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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

Life is good.

It’s kind of like “stop and smell the roses”.  I used to live life in the fast lane,  not really paying attention to what’s important.  Totally wondering why I was so stressed out and how can I be happy.  Life was just passing my by. 

I figured out what I had to do.  The answer was right in front of my face.  I had to make changes no matter what.  Simplify things if you will.  First and formost I needed to focus on what was important to me and that was family.  Things are so much easier now.  The best part of my days are watching my daughters blossom into beautiful young ladies and my son come home from school repeating things he had learned during his first year at kindergarden.  Coffee in the morning while I’m waving him off to work and walking the kids to school.  It’s like watching the seasons change,  and and slowing down to enjoy it.  Life is good…if you want it to be.  so love it and remember it could always be worse.  Learn to take the good with the bad and don’t make things more difficult than they have to be.  You’ll see life is worth it.

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  1. Lauren Axelrod

    On September 25, 2008 at 9:06 am


    Really inspiring and positive. I like this piece.

  2. LadyC

    On September 25, 2008 at 12:42 pm


    Very encouraging.

  3. gabbbic1219

    On October 13, 2008 at 12:58 pm


    beautiful n so true…wake up people,family is more important than anything so yes we should all slow up a bit n take it in!nice advice…

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