Happy Place

Its been a while sense I wrote on this blog. I am laid off work and in what I call a major life "in the mean time" I have not clue what that means yet have been saying it for years.

One word I do not say is but...as in "I like you but....." Yet..:) I use Yet now and my Mentor says its a light form of but...I think I may rid myself of "yet" soon as well.

Back to the "mean time" I am laid off work and running out of money fast and single and I am happy. I wake up smiling and wake up happy and just trust that I am just where I am to be right at this time and am enjoying the moment. How many women my age get to rent a room somewhere and find them selves? No one I know.

I spend all my time job hunting and yesterday I stepped outside the box. I woke up happy and then started thinking "What if's" for about five minutes! "What if i do not get a job and can not pay rent" etc. I stopped what I was doing and headed off to the mall / womens center. Hey.....Its NOT my fault that the womens center where they have job leads and interview clothing for displaced women is at the MALL :) After I visited the womens center I tried on pants and to my delight I am now a size 8! I kid you not! I tried on 3 different pairs of pants to make sure I was a true 8 and I am. Now, what does that have to do with anything? Alot. I stepped outside the job hunt box a bit to bring joy to my life by trying on pants! Then I went out in the mall and listened to the beautiful Christmas music playing and made a mental note of the stores so I can go online and apply today, See I was job hunting while I was finding my joy yesterday. Finding joy each day is a must as I do not use bad behaviors like eating to find joy.

I then went and stood in a small line and visited Santa. I did! I sat on his lap and got my picture taken with a few friends two years ago and I actually lived in his house. He and his beautiful wife own a home and rent out rooms to women that need help and are displaced. I lived there a few months and am grateful to him and he is Santa each year in the mall. He loves life and loves to give and he is a true real Santa. So i went to see him to tell him and how him how great I am doing and he just smiled a huge smile. He loves when his girls do well.....He is cute and calls his wife his "Blonde Bomb Shell" ...priceless.

OK after I went to see Santa i left the mall and went down town to a art gallery. My friend Allanah and I became friends with her after we trespassed in her back yard. I had a chat with her and she told me about a natural foods store that is hiring and said she will be on he look out for me. My mentor told me to network and he is so correct! setting on a computer just sending out resumes will not totally cut it in this economy and for the jobs I am applying for and my hearts desire is to work at a natural foods store and that will take networking of some kind.

Where am I going with all this? I had the choice to set in my dark room and apply online for jobs all day long or get my butt up and go out and do something different and to find JOY in all you do. That mall / art gallery trip changed my whole day and outlook on life!

We all have different things that transform our moods or attitudes. Mine is being around positive people.......What works for one person does not work for another. I have friends who get happy and transformed watching tv and that does not work for me. Find your own happy place and force yourself to get off your butt and go there and stay there until you are singing zippidy doo dah!