Today

As I opened my eyes this morning, I greeted the day with prayers and a smile. It is so good to be alive!

As I age, aches and pains of the body are there. I am not as young as I used to be. It takes me longer to do what I used to do in a few minutes. Minutes can become hours now.

But the joy of life remains.

A flock of geese just flew over, honking all the while. The sun feels warms on my head and is bright. Colors surround me in many forms. It will be another good day.

How do I know that will be true? Because I declare it to be so.

Will there be obstacles to face? Yes. Will some of those have a negative impact? Of course, but I will counter it with a positive attitude. I know that what I focus on will multiply, so I focus on the good. The bad stuff will multiply exponentially, like feeding a Gremlin after midnight and then getting it wet (like in the movie “Gremlins”)!

What do you want to emphasize…positive or negative? It is your choice.

Geese in Flight

Geese in Flight

Geese Over Front Range, Colorado
Geese Over Front Range, Colorado

Unknown's avatar

About upliftingthoughts4u

Life-long learning has been my quest always. There is so much in the world that brings us down. Like the old song says: "Eliminate the negative, Accentuate the positive..." Life, Love, Truth, Peace, Beauty, Laughter, Light, Joy = All these and more need to lift our spirits so we can soar. Daily wear and tear affects us all. Each one needs to take the time daily to look beyond the problems in our lives so we may find the solutions needed. I wish to use all my lessons learned to share uplifting thoughts with you. Come join me in trying to make this world a better place... :-) I have been happily married to author and poet W. Foster Welborn for 29 years. (His blog is URL: www.wfosterwelborn.com = RSS Feed is: www.wfosterwelborn.wordpress.com) He has 6 books on Kindle and 2 in print. I am his editor/typist. I currently have 4 more books that are in my finishing process. Watch for them!

Posted on January 20, 2014, in Uplifting Thoughts and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 30,996 Comments.

  1. With havin so much written content do you ever run into any issues of plagorism or copyright infringement?
    My blog has a lot of exclusive content I’ve either written myself or outsourced but it seems a lot of it
    is popping it up all over the internet without my permission.
    Do you know any solutions to help prevent content from being stolen? I’d really appreciate it.

    Like

    • Thank you for your comment. As to plagiarism and copyright violations, I can sympathize with you. However, the internet has no parameters. Once it is put out there, who knows where it goes or how? I personally welcome sharing because it is the highest form of praise. I just want to get some ideas out there so people can become more aware and begin to make different decisions based on new information and expanded awareness. As to copyright violations, you can submit your work to the U.S. Copyright office for a cost of $35 online. However, the only way one can prosecute is, after acceptance and a copyright is issued, one must pursue in U.S. District Court, with a lawyer at the cost of $$$$$$. You just have to ask yourself if it is worth the effort. Enjoy your day anyway. 🙂

      Like

  2. It’s really very complicated in this full of activity life to listen news on TV, thus I just use web for
    that reason, and obtain the newest information.

    Like

  3. Wonderful goods from you, man. I have understand your stuff
    previous to and you are just too wonderful. I actually
    like what you have acquired here, certainly like what you are
    stating and the way in which you say it. You make it entertaining and you still care for to keep it wise.
    I can not wait to read much more from you. This is really a terrific website.

    Like

  4. I am now not positive the place you are getting your information,
    but good topic. I must spend some time finding out much
    more or figuring out more. Thanks for great info I was in search of this info
    for my mission.

    Like

  5. I got this web site from my pal who told me about
    this web site and now this time I am visiting this web page and reading very informative articles or reviews at this place.

    Like

  6. Hi there, i read your blog from time to time and i own a
    similar one and i was just curious if you get a lot of spam responses?
    If so how do you reduce it, any plugin or anything you
    can suggest? I get so much lately it’s driving me insane so any help is very much appreciated.

    Like

    • Actually, insofar as spam goes, http://www.wordpress.com (my host) puts all incoming messages into my spam folder. I open that to review the messages to either delete spam or put messages into the pending folder so I may respond to them. I do this frequently. Unfortunately, spam is out there. Sorry I could not help you more. Enjoy your day anyway. 🙂

      Like

  7. It’s going to be finish of mine day, however before end I
    am reading this fantastic article to improve my experience.

    Like

  8. Hello, i think that i saw you visited my weblog thus i came to “return the favor”.I’m trying to find things to enhance my web site!I suppose its ok to use some of your ideas!!

    Like

  9. Howdy! I know this is kind of off topic but I was wondering
    which blog platform are you using for this site? I’m getting fed up of WordPress because I’ve had issues with
    hackers and I’m looking at alternatives for another platform.
    I would be fantastic if you could point me in the direction of a good platform.

    Like

    • My host is http://www.wordpress.com, which has free themes and lots of online guides. I used Mystique, which I modified, using the guides. It is mobile friendly. It is reasonably priced. There is a double layer of security if you have a smart phone. You might want to check it out. All you have to do is “follow the bouncing ball.” It is very easy to do. No coding knowledge is required. Follow your passion and blog. Write it down and get it out there! Happy blogging! Enjoy your day! 🙂

      Like

  10. It’s in fact very complex in this full of activity life to
    listen news on Television, therefore I just use internet for that purpose, and obtain the latest news.

    Like

  11. I’m not that much of a online reader to be honest but your sites really nice, keep it up!
    I’ll go ahead and bookmark your website to come back down the road.
    Many thanks

    Like

  12. Hey, I think your website might be having browser compatibility issues.
    When I look at your blog site in Safari, it looks fine but when opening
    in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping. I just
    wanted to give you a quick heads up! Other then that, amazing blog!

    Like

  13. Hi, i think that i saw you visited my site thus i came to “return the favor”.I am attempting to find things to enhance my website!I suppose its
    ok to use some of your ideas!!

    Like

  14. I am really impressed with your writing skills and also with
    the layout on your blog. Is this a paid theme or did you customize it yourself?
    Anyway keep up the excellent quality writing, it is
    rare to see a nice blog like this one today.

    Like

    • My host is http://www.wordpress.com, which has free themes and lots of online guides. I used Mystique, which I modified, using the guides. It is mobile friendly. It is reasonably priced. There is a double layer of security if you have a smart phone. You might want to check it out. All you have to do is “follow the bouncing ball.” It is very easy to do. No coding knowledge is required. Follow your passion and blog. Write it down and get it out there! Happy blogging! Enjoy your day! 🙂

      Like

  15. Incredible points. Solid arguments. Keep up the amazing work.

    Like

  16. I know this web site presents quality depending posts and extra
    material, is there any other web site which provides these data in quality?

    Like

  17. What’s up, everything is going nicely here and ofcourse every one is sharing facts, that’s
    truly excellent, keep up writing.

    Like

  18. Greetings! I’ve been reading your web site for a while now and finally got the courage to
    go ahead and give you a shout out from Huffman Texas!
    Just wanted to tell you keep up the fantastic work!

    Like

  19. Excellent article. I absolutely appreciate this site. Continue the good work!

    Like

  20. What’s up colleagues, its enormous article on the topic of teachingand entirely
    defined, keep it up all the time.

    Like

  21. Very rapidly this web site will be famous among all blogging viewers, due to it’s good articles or reviews

    Like

  22. What’s up to every one, since I am really keen of
    reading this blog’s post to be updated regularly.
    It contains good material.

    Like

  23. I enjoy what you guys are up too. This sort of clever work and
    coverage! Keep up the terrific works guys I’ve included you guys to my own blogroll.

    Like

  24. I am extremely inspired along with your writing talents as smartly
    as with the structure for your blog. Is this a paid subject or did
    you customize it your self? Anyway stay up the nice high quality
    writing, it is uncommon to peer a nice weblog like this one these days..

    Like

  25. I’m gone to tell my little brother, that he should also go to see this blog on regular basis to
    obtain updated from hottest news update.

    Like

  26. Why viewers still make use of to read news papers when in this
    technological world the whole thing is accessible on web?

    Like

  27. Excellent post. I am experiencing some of these issues as well..

    Like

  28. I have been browsing online more than three hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours.
    It is pretty worth enough for me. In my opinion, if all
    webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the internet will be much more useful than ever before.
    I couldn’t resist commenting. Exceptionally well written!
    I will immediately take hold of your rss feed
    as I can’t in finding your email subscription hyperlink or newsletter service.
    Do you’ve any? Kindly let me recognize in order that I may just subscribe.
    Thanks.

    Like

  29. you’re really a just right webmaster. The web site loading speed is incredible.
    It sort of feels that you’re doing any unique trick.
    Also, The contents are masterpiece. you’ve performed a wonderful process in this matter!

    Like

  30. It’s perfect time to make some plans for the future and it’s time to be
    happy. I have read this post and if I could I wish to suggest you few interesting things or
    suggestions. Perhaps you could write next articles referring to this article.

    I want to read even more things about it!

    Like

  31. Its like you learn my thoughts! You appear to grasp so much approximately this, such as you wrote the book in it or something.
    I feel that you just could do with a few p.c. to power the
    message house a little bit, but other than that, this is excellent blog.

    A fantastic read. I’ll certainly be back.

    Like

  32. Hi, this weekend is nice in support of me, for the
    reason that this point in time i am reading this wonderful informative piece of writing
    here at my residence.

    Like

  33. Good post. I learn something new and challenging on blogs I stumbleupon every
    day. It’s always useful to read articles from other writers and use a little something
    from other web sites.

    Like

  34. beats mlb
    I leave a leave a response whenever I especially enjoy
    a article on a website or if I have something to
    add to the discussion. Usually it’s triggered by the fire communicated in the article
    I browsed. And on this post Today | upliftingthoughts4u.

    I was moved enough to drop a comment 🙂 I actually do have 2 questions for you if you do not mind.
    Could it be just me or does it look like a few of the remarks
    look like left by brain dead people? 😛 And, if you are posting on other online sites, I’d like to keep up with everything fresh you have to post.

    Would you make a list the complete urls of your communal pages
    like your Facebook page, twitter feed, or linkedin profile?

    Like

    • Please keep in mind that these comments are coming in from world-wide locations, and English does not translate very well. I just look for the message and do not edit it. Also, I am certain that many of those who comment are using small keyboards because of the duplicate letters, etc. Sorry, I don’t have time to anything other than blog. Enjoy your evening!

      Like

  35. We’re a group of volunteers and starting a new
    scheme in our community. Your web site offered us with valuable info to work on.
    You have done an impressive job and our entire community will be thankful to you.

    Like

  36. Grate post. Ҝeep posting sսch kind оf info onn yoսr page.

    Im гeally impressed ƅy ʏour blog.
    Hellο thеrе, You have performed а fantastic job. Ӏ wіll certɑinly dig it ɑnd personally sugǥest to my friends.
    I am ѕure they will be benefited fгom thіs site.

    Like

  37. What’s up, for all time i used to check website posts here early in the morning,
    since i enjoy to learn more and more.

    Like

  38. Hello there! Would you mind if I share your blog with my myspace
    group? There’s a lot of people that I think would really appreciate your content.
    Please let me know. Thank you

    Like

  39. I will right away take hold of your rss as I can not
    find your e-mail subscription hyperlink or e-newsletter service.
    Do you’ve any? Kindly let me recognise so that I
    may just subscribe. Thanks.

    Like

  40. Fabulous, what a web site it is! This blog provides valuable facts to us, keep it up.

    Like

  41. Ahaa, its nice dialogue about this article here at this web site,
    I have read all that, so at this time me also commenting at this place.

    Like

  42. I just could not leave your site before suggesting that I extremely
    enjoyed the usual info a person supply in your visitors?
    Is going to be again regularly in order to inspect new posts

    Like

  43. If you are going for finest contents like myself, simply pay a quick visit this web site every day because it provides
    feature contents, thanks

    Like

  44. I was able to find good information from your content.

    Like

  45. What’s Happening i’m new to this, I stumbled upon this I
    have found It positively useful and it has aided me out loads.
    I’m hoping to give a contribution & assist other
    customers like its aided me. Great job.

    Like

  46. I don’t know if it’s just me or if perhaps everybody else encountering
    problems with your blog. It seems like some of the text on your posts are
    running off the screen. Can someone else please provide feedback and let me
    know if this is happening to them too? This could be
    a issue with my browser because I’ve had this happen previously.
    Thank you

    Like

  47. Thank you a bunch for sharing this with all people you actually recognize what
    you are speaking about! Bookmarked. Kindly also discuss
    with my website =). We could have a hyperlink trade contract between us!

    Like

  48. Howdy excellent blog! Does running a blog such as this require a large amount of work?
    I have absolutely no expertise in coding but I was hoping to start my own blog soon. Anyhow, if you have any ideas or techniques for new blog
    owners please share. I know this is off topic but I simply had
    to ask. Cheers!

    Like

    • Yes, it does, but it is fun. My host is http://www.wordpress.com, which has free themes and lots of online guides. I used Mystique, which I modified, using the guides. It is mobile friendly. It is reasonably priced. There is a double layer of security if you have a smart phone. You might want to check it out. All you have to do is “follow the bouncing ball.” It is very easy to do. No coding knowledge is required. Follow your passion and blog. Write it down and get it out there! Happy blogging! Enjoy your day! 🙂

      Like

  49. I am really enjoying the theme/design of your
    site. Do you ever run into any browser compatibility problems?
    A handful of my blog readers have complained about my site not operating correctly in Explorer but looks great in Opera.
    Do you have any suggestions to help fix this issue?

    Like

    • After lots of comments about how well my IE works and checking it out myself, I found that the problem is on their end – their device or provider. I tell them that and ask them to go directly to my URL (and/or RSS Feed) directly and check out if it is still doing it. Enjoy your day!

      Like

  50. Hi! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any trouble with hackers?
    My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing several weeks of hard work due to no
    backup. Do you have any solutions to protect against hackers?

    Like

    • In response to your question, I always keep a separate copy of my posts so that I have it backed up, and I have an exterior hard drive for this as well. I believe my host, http://www.wordpress.com, has two layers of security if you have a smart phone. I have not had any problem to date. My host is http://www.wordpress.com, which has free themes and lots of online guides. It is reasonably priced. You might want to check it out. All you have to do is “follow the bouncing ball.” It is very easy to do. Follow your passion and blog. Write it down and get it out there! Happy blogging! Enjoy your day!

      Like

Leave a reply to Retha Cancel reply