2011 Is Here--Life Lessons Learned in 2010

In a few hours it will be a brand new year.  I think we are all amazed that it is already 2011.


This year has held some of the most unbelievable events in my life--as tough as some of them have been, they have each held a reason for change, for growth, to clean out life and be surrounded by positive thinkers and people who choose, repeat CHOOSE- to be positive. 


This time on earth is short and full of life lessons for us all.  We each make a conscious choice daily on how our lives will be lived.  Don't sweat the small stuff; for life is not worth it.  Keep positive and happy, for each moment that ticks by is our LIVES...will you look back and say that you were happy, at least trying to make each day a good one by caring about other people, showing kindness and always being honest??  Try it--you will enjoy a much more quiet and calm internal (and external) life!


 I have learned this past year that although the majority of those I know in my personal life are exactly what they say they are--sweet, caring and loving people.....there are always going to be those that end up turning on another in a moment--surprising the heck out of us.  There is hurt in everyone's life, this is simply part of our learning experience.  We can be the most caring, giving, generous in mind, spirit and wallet; and still be hurt by those we thought were there for the long haul.

Friends that suddenly decide they do not need us anymore and have actually used us up over the years will show their true colors....someday, and when we least expect it.  I am shocked at the hurtful words that have been thrown in my face, and by the people (or person) who have done so is the most shocking of all.  Those I have taken the time to help, care about, listen to, whom I have CHOSEN not to turn my back on when they needed me....in one moment have hurt me beyond words.  My heart breaks when I think of the words hurled at me.  I won't use my platform here to berate the person in particular, it is the lessons learned that are worth writing about.   

Yet how do we truly know when this will happen?  Especially if it comes from a person that has been in our lives, whom has had absolutely no issue with accepting my help, and never had a reason to be angry....it is a life lesson that has taken many years in the making to understand.  I am still not 100% in total understanding the whys this shocking attitude was necessary.  I really don't think I will ever understand.

When is the last time you took it upon yourself to clean up where you live?  Something small and insignificant in life, right?  WRONG.  I was screamed at for cleaning because I had: wait for it....wait for it.....entered a room to vacuum the floor that hadn't been cleaned for 4 months or longer.  Uh huh.  I was berated for cleaning.  Now THAT'S a new one I haven't run across yet!


I am SO DONE with people that are spoiled, feel they are entitled, and have absolutely no sense of manners or respect for elders--or for anyone for that matter.  More than that, I am done with the parenting, (and the parents), that actually allow that type of behavior and do not absolutely insist on a much-needed apology.  So done.  (Did I mention I was done?)  LOL


Time to move on to a fresh year, a fresh start, getting back to work after the Pump implantation, and focusing on all things positive!! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  WELCOME 2011........ 



And as always, Gentle Hugs...

The Nightingale Pledge; Thank You Nurses!

The Nightingale Pledge hold the words that all nurses speak, upon graduation from Nursing School.  These words tell of our profession in its most basic sense. 

Honesty.  Integrity.  Ethics.  Loyalty.  Compassion.  Trust.

A nurse who possesses the above in her heart, mind and soul, is on the path to fulfilling this special pledge all nurses take on that wonderful day.  Nurses before her, and nurses after; have, and will solemnly hold up their right hands and speak these same words.  They mean the world to us.  

When your path crosses that of a nurse, take just a moment to let them know that what they have chosen to do for a lifetime, is appreciated by others.  And that--means everything to a nurse; hearing that the work done, along with the emotional investment given in patient care- has been meaningful to someone. 

No matter what specialty a nurse chooses, and there are many available to us, our profession is a lot of heart.  We want to touch that one person, just as I hope to do in writing this blog.  

Thank you to all the nurses who taught me, took me under their wings, allowed me to feel comfortable in a new environment.  I remember each and every one of you! 

I've been away from a lot of things lately, and my desire was to post here, well...time has absolutely flown this month.  November and December of 2010 are months that have held some of the most eye-opening and growing experiences that I have ever been subjected to.  I am not talking strictly about pain here.  Time to clean up a lot of emotional and personal closets.  Throw out what was stagnant, toxic and cumbersome; allow in freedom of self, people around who are positive, with an outlook of good, not always the sad story that is told again and again.  Nothing changes if we don't make it change!  It takes strength of self, reaching deep inside to find what lie inside us; you may be surprised at just how strong you can be.  It takes being in situations that require you to call upon your ability to adapt.  That ability is amazingly easy to call up.  Much easier than you may think!  

If you are reading, thank you for checking back here with me!  I never intend to allow days to go by without a post; yet this part of life also calls for adaptability--is there internet everywhere you've been?  Try out a few days without being online.  It gets easier.....but it's odd I must say.  

Gentle Hugs-----<3             

                                  THE NIGHTINGALE PLEDGE

    

 "I solemnly pledge myself before God and in
the presence of this assembly, to pass my life
in purity and to practice my profession
faithfully.

I will abstain from whatever is deleterious
and mischievous, and will not take or
knowingly administer any harmful drug.

I will do all in my power to maintain and
elevate the standard of my profession, and
will hold in confidence all personal matters
committed to my keeping and all family
affairs coming to my knowledge in the
practice of my calling.

With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the
physician, in his work, and devote myself to
the welfare of those committed to my care."

*The Nightingale Pledge was composed by Lystra Gretter, an instructor of nursing at the old Harper Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and was first used by its graduating class in the spring of 1893. It is an adaptation of the
Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians.*

*Source: http://filipinonurse.blogspot.com