Welcome, welcome, whether you are a familiar face or a new visitor! For you first timers, I am so glad that you have found me, as I am passionate about sharing resources and information to help you builder stronger and more satisfying relationships in your lives. I regularly mix family, faith, friendships and frugality for lots of fun and thoughtful reflection.
Today I am guest blogging at Living in Financial Excellence, run by my friend, Matt Wegner, who is a Dave Ramsey certified Financial Coach. He also records a helpful weekly podcast and has lots of great information on his site. I am thrilled to be sharing there every month and I invite you to join the circus.
Make friends with the problems in your life, those elephants in the room.
Friends? Really?
Well. Sorta kinda friends.
The I’m going to hug you real hard and not let go because you have something very important to teach me kind of friends.
Remember that much of your valuable education occurred when you were in the midst of a difficulty, not when everything has been going just peachy-keeney fine:
Fall off your bike enough when you are a beginner, and you quickly figure out how to stay upright and healthy as opposed to flat on the pavement groaning in pain.
Hit your thumb with a hammer one too many times, and you will find a way to pound nails without flattening your fingers.
Bounce enough checks in your account so that you spend the equivalent of a car payment on overdraft charges, and you will create a system that allows you to spend your money with joy and intention, rather than seeing your funds evaporate like a mud puddle on a sunny day.
So what this means is that you want to take these issues and embrace them fully and completely.
Because as long as you are running away or trying to hide from them, they will continue to get the best of you.
Get them in a big bear hug of an embrace, wrestle them to the table, grab a coffee, and let the questions and the learning begin.
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That picture of the elephants is just too cute! My dad adores elephants.
Making friends with the elephant in the room makes sense, ’cause a lot of problems aren’t going to go away. Financial issues, yes. A cancer diagnosis…much more tricky to deal with, but possible!
Thanks for stopping by Lemon Drop Pie today!
Thanks for coming by, Ginny Marie. You make a good point about a cancer diagnosis, because that won’t necessarily go away.
I have never faced that beast, but my hope for myself would be this: that I would work to find the good, what insight and understanding I could gain from being diagnosed and what I could do with and learn from that, and how it could perhaps bring me closer to God and my family.
Twitter: SUSZYCUE
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I loved reading your post today. You are certainly postive. I too feel one’s greatest learning moments are during a struggle and we all have them. Loved the pictures of the elephant. I find that Dave Ramsey has some great ideas. I will check out your quest post.
It was fun to drop by; thanks for your thoughts today.
Twitter: HappyWivesClub
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I am certainly finding comfort in all the lessons I’m learning these days. So many. What a blessing. I am truly fortunate to be able to embrace every challenge and to look for the lesson in the trial.