As promised, let’s do a giveaway! I talked to you in my last post about Finding Good. I asked you to take the challenge to start identifying the good – the little things or big things – every day in our lives. I encourage you to jot down what you find each day that is good in yourself, others and in your life itself. If you don’t have a chance to write it down then just think about it every day.
I am headed to Creative Escape on Wednesday and will be home one week from tonight. Let’s take this week to try out the challenge. Sometime between now and Sunday evening at 8 pm leave a comment on this post about your experience of Finding Good this week. All comments received from now until then will be included in the drawing for a set of 10 clear stamps from Hampton Art (Studio G – katie & co.)
As you can see, they are darling designs by katie & co., each in a 2″x3″ pack.
Find good this week, leave a comment and I’ll announce the winner on Monday, September 8 when I return from Creative Escape. See you then!
I’m finding good in that I’ll be joining you at Creative Escape! … I’ve still got to pack- but I know CE will be ALL GOOD!
Kollette,
I try to find good in every situation. This week after having my grade changed for the 4th time since June, I realized that this is good compared to a friend who was just told on Friday that she no longer was teaching Special Education but now had to teach French.
My situation is very good compared to hers.
Margie Rowles
I found some good tonight with some friends I hadn’t seen in a while. The reminded me what good friends are all about!
I found good in our Awana Program tonight at church, peopel finding the time and energy to devote to kids.
Can’t wait to meet you at CE.
My good was found in spending time with dear friends, and family yesterday…just to be able to sit and take time to share our lives, loves. dreams and ambitions. It’s not often we just take the time these days!
Looking forward to meeting you at CE!!
I will be looking forward to seeing you at CE also. There is lots of good around. I think of my husband who got up early to drive me into town from our cottage to go to church so I could meet some people and talk about the crops I’m starting there in October. I found good in the woman who I met from another church (we have 3 churches together during the summer months to give the staff holidays) who told me about her scrapbook group and we promised to promote each others’ projects. I found good in the Yahoo group for CE who are all such caring and generous people, ready to help each other in thoughts and deeds and to send each other gifts.
Pam
Finding good…you know, I’m going to mention something that my daughter tells me several times a year, most especially going into the fall. ” Mommy, I really like Christmas!” you like all the gifts uhh. “No, I like the warm feeling I get inside.” How? “I don’t know, it just makes me feel good.”
So finding good…my daughter, who knows what’s most important. The warm feeling you get inside when being with those closest to you.
Heidi
Good Morning:
There is so much good around us! My family makes
me feel so good. Tomorrow is my husband’s birthday
and we have been married 35 years! My daughter
and son are recently married and we love their
spouses. And best of all we will be grandparents for
the first time next March!
Take a look, have a grateful heart…good is here.
Best of Luck…Nancy
I found good in the eyes of my 20mos. old granddaughter. The accepting and confidence I saw there is something we should never lose.
My Dad is very sick…he has incurable esophagial cancer and this week we have gotten the news that the chemo is not working. He is in the hospital and has been in the hospital for almost two weeks. Obviously time is not on our side and it is by far the hardest thing I have ever been a part of. The good? EVERYONE loves my Dad…he is such a good man. He brings out the good in me and he makes me laugh even now when things are bleak. The good? The nurses on his floor…they all love him…and they are so good to him…above and beyond their job. The good? My stepmom…who is at his side constantly except for the times I stay with him so she can have a break.
I am so glad you asked this question…because I was truly seeing the unfairness of it all…and forgot that if I looked deep enough there would be good.
I don’t need to win the prize for this…Truly Kolette I already won just by writing it down! Thanks!
Dancingly, Denise
From Maine
http://www.dancinglydenise.typepad.com
It’s been easy for me to find good this week because I’m coming to CE and the anticipation is killing me!
I found good in the wonderful man I married. Not only does he encourage me to go to Scrapbook events like CE, but while I was away this weekend at the Scrapbook Expo (and will also be at CE this weekend), he did lots of repairs around the house
and added extra shelving space in my scrap area.
He also looked after our boys and cooked all weekend whilst I was gone, no take outs for them !
I am finding good in myself. As this new month begins I am looking to see more and be more everyday. I know that there is only one way to be truly happy and grateful and it all comes from within. I am determined to find that everyday. Looking forward to seeing you both at CE this week also.
I found good today in a blocked up toilet and bathtub drain. I worked on it for over an hour all the while wanting to call my husband to do it. But I stuck with it- and as of this moment, my drains are draining. I am woman- and that is good!
I have found the good this week in the fact that my daighter has not cried in 6 days about me going to CE:)
She finally realized mom will be back and she will be ok.
My good today….my husband, always…and my youngest daughter. At 14, she is the sweetest, kindest young lady I know. With a lot of humor she reminds me to rid myself of mom angst and she always makes me smile!
I’m also looking forward to your class at CE.
I found good when I married my husband, he is the most caring, cosiderate,giving, helpful,compassionate,loving,sweet, wonderful person I know.
As I sit in my office packing a few little RAK’s to take to CE, I am listening to the giggles of my 4-year-old twins chasing our dog around the house. No better feeling than children’s laughs!
Thank you for helping me to sit still and be aware of what is around me!
I was upset earlier because I had to work out of town all week & couldn’t get ready for CE, but then I got home Friday & my husband had cleaned the house & had a dozen roses waiting for me. I thought I was going to miss out doing a project with my friends (that are also going to CE) & they didn’t do it until Friday & I was able to spend time with them.
I have found and been teaching my children that we have been blessed with the beautiful gift of living in a world where free will and choice reign. They are young, but really are grasping that it goes beyond the idea of choosing not to steal a pack of gum or to tell a lie, but that they also get to choose how they feel about a situation or experience. It has been wonderful and inspiring to see them apply “choosing” and thus creating their experiences. Today I see the good in a gorgeous rainy day here in Ogden and the opportunity to hang out with my family at Lagoon on a cool, crisp day – especially before I head to AZ for Creative Escape. See you soon!
I found good in looking at my husband kindness, taking care of the dog (with his hand on his head) during an electric thunderstorm, a very stressfull situation for an old good dog.
i, too, am leaving for CE tomorrow. i wanted to have a family dinner and found out that my son had other plans. well, bless his heart, he came to dinner. that totally made my week!
aloha, all.
There is so much good to be thankful for, our family is healthy and safe, that means so much to me. Also, I got an email last night from an old college friend and I get to catch up. I think that is good as well.
Oh, I have experienced some VERY good things this weekend and look forward to even more GOODNESS this coming week (as I will be down in sunny AZ for CE too–can’t wait!). Good thing #1… news of your pregnancy and thoughts of how wonderfully a baby will bless your lives. Can’t think of anything that makes me more happy than families being blessed w/babies! Congrats!!!! Good thing #2…I took a half day to create & craft (the first since March!) and it felt so incredible to play with scrapbbooking goodies again. (I was beginning to wonder if I would EVER get the creative juices flowing again.) Good thing #3, I pretty much took a “lazy weekend” pass for the entire Labor Day Weekend (my husband said he hadn’t seen me do so little (work that is) in “forever”. I made sure my family was fed and loved, but I put a severe limit on my chore/to do list and instead relaxed, visited, read, played around w/some organizing… today I feel rejuvenated and more balanced….ready to dive into my chore list….all good stuff. See you at CE!!!
We just returned from the lake and riding around enjoying the water will make anyone thankful for God’s creation and just spending time with family. What could be better???
I found good in the hospital yesterday when visiting my brother in law, whom had been in a motcrcycle accident. I got to spend time with his new fiance, get to know her better and see how much she cares for him.
Hi Kolette. I went to CE the first year and it was awesome. I’m always looking to find good. This weekend we found good by giving our niece some money to buy her kids school shoes (and a big bag of candy just because)
Regina
Hi Kolette,
I have been looking for employment and I found good today when I came home and my friend Melissa had stopped by while I was gone and left an application, fax number, and name for the HR person for a job lead. How awesome is she!
Hi Kolette,
My heart is both full and breaking tonight, and it is good. My youngest is leaving in the morning for college. I am so proud of her, but I am going to miss her so much. Today I was finding the good in her clothes on the bathroom floor and the dirty dishes on the counter. All the clutter and mess she creates, the sounds of her, the chaos, must be good because they will be missed when she is not here. The evening sounds of her talking and texting her friends, clumping up the stairs after going out with friends, will be silent. Tomorrow night the only sound at night will be my husband’s snoring, but that is also a good thing because it means he is sleeping beside me, right where he belongs.
I am finding good in my life…which lots of times involves watching my boys play Star Wars…they are so cute with their swords but they play, play, play so much I am not sure I take very much of it in. I am finding good in just watching them and listening to their dialog…it is good, entertaining and they are certainly a gift from God.
I just received my school tax bill in the mail. Over $4000. What on earth could be good about that. Took me awhile to get over the annual sticker shock. Then I made a concerted effort to look for the good. We have been very blessed to live where we do, in a small village with a small school system that outperforms the area private schools. The tax bill equals about half the annual tuition at the private schools for ONE child. 70% of the highschool students are in- volved in band or choir. 50% participate in a sport. My 5 children have all received excellent educations there, earning scholarships for college. My tax dollars are well spent. Now that I no longer have a child in the school system I will have to remember the good each year at school tax time so that I won’t resent paying it for the next generation of children.
Hi Kolette,
I am new to your blog, but not to your work. I have taken your ‘Choosing Joy’ workshop at BPS and find you to be so inspiring.
Congratulations on your pending arrival. Children are a joy like no other!
I just got home late, late last night from Creative Escape. I had the time of my life. I was honored to have the opportunity to hear Kollette and Jason speak (the Good Book being a bonus). I sat and was amazed at how often I don’t focus on the good. How the good surrounds our lives, yet we tend to have our blinders focused on the bad. Their talks were so spiritually uplifting I can’t even begin to describe.
I was put in a position to start only seeing the Good and to put those blinders on the Good. My mind felt like it was running in the Kentucky Derby.
I got to see Good happen in the restroom on my first day ever at Creative Escape. I must first, I was scared to death. But God put this wonderful women in the restroom with me. This Good being Mary Mitchell noticing my fear and talking with me. She made my experience wonderful. She took me under her wings and never let me go. She now has become a life-long friend. I feel like she is the long lost sister I never had.
I am so grateful for her being my Good these last four days.
Kolette, I just wanted you to know that because of you (and Jason) I have actively looked for the good and began writing down today a few of the things I am grateful for. First of all, I’m glad I was able to see you in action at Creative Escape. Your class was my favorite! It was what I needed and I feel so blessed to have been able to attend. Frequently I find myself giving in to a “pity party” and life can be really challenging some days, but I loved one thing that Jason shared in your class (or maybe it was in his speech) about “gratitude and depression can not co-exist.” Years ago when I was going through another hard time my bishop told me to stop praying for what I needed because the Lord was aware of what I needed and that I needed to spend my prayers giving thanks for what I had. After focusing on my blessings it was hard to feel sorry for myself. Even though some days are dark and my struggle with depression is real, when I focus on my many gifts, blessings, and opportunities it makes it possible to hang on and keep smiling. Thanks for your class at Creative Escape, and I’m looking forward to taking your class on BPS. Let Jason know that we loved his speech too! You are such a great team and I’m looking forward to seeing you in action as parents.
Hi Kolette, I too was at CE and spoke to you outside this morning about the Monacooties. Please tell Jason thank you for his words of wisdom and thank you for your goodness and your teachings.
I have been telling my husband about you and Jason all afternoon. And telling him all the absolutely hilarious things Jason said in his speech last night. He loved the idea of the book from class and the daily gratitude planner. I was actually only going online to see what the name was of the planner and now have found myself checking out your website and writing this for too long.
I look forward to seeing more of your work and following you through BPS and your site. Thank you again and God Bless.
I found good today on the back of my husbands motorcycle. It was a beautiful day and I had so much fun just being with him.
After hearing Jason speak last night I am finding the good in EVERYTHING. I am especially finding the good in myself right now, that I am doing alright as a parent. I want my daughters to be the best children, students, citizens, friends, etc. that they can be. I have realized that as long as I am the best I can be, they will be the best they can be. So I am finding the good in being the best me that I can be.
Kolette.
I found joy in being one of the lucky participants at Creative Escape. It was a true blessing to be in your class and to hear your sweet husbands talk on Saturday night. It is a joy that changed my life forever. Thank you so very much!!!
Love,
Lori