Live In The Moment...

The below passage came into my email box sometime last week and it couldn't have come at a better time.  With so much going on at one time (my business, hubby's business, day job, bills, etc.) at times it can feel like way to much but then I realize if I just enjoy the moment, the little worries no longer matter.

Stress, worry, and anxiety simply come from projecting your thoughts into the future and imagining something bad. This is focusing on what you don't want! If you find that your mind is projecting into the future in a negative way, focus intensely on NOW. Keep bringing yourself back to the present.

Use all of your will, and focus your mind in this very moment, because in this moment of now there is utter peace. ~Rhonda Byrne

 

Inside Is Where It Counts...

Hello All.. I'm baaaacccckkkk...once again, lol.

For those of you who are not aware, I mentioned (on twitter) that due to my crazy schedule I will be posting somewhat of a mini mag (once a month) on my blog. These post will consist of things like the post below, updates on my jewelry and my life thoughts in general.

I will be posting the last weekend of every month and to get this weekend started, I have brought you some wonderful thoughts by Rhonda Byrne. ;)

Every human being on the planet wants to be happy. Anything that anyone desires is because they think their desire will make them happy. Whether it is health, money, a loving relationship, material things, accomplishments, a job, or anything at all, the desire for happiness is the bottom line of all of them. But remember that happiness is a state inside of us, and something on the outside can only bring fleeting happiness, because material things are impermanent.

Permanent happiness comes from you choosing to be permanently happy. When you choose happiness, then you attract all the happy things as well. The happy things are the icing on the cake, but the cake is happiness.

Thank you all so very much for reading.

~Positively Jewls

Never Stop Learning...

Hoping everyone is having a long, relaxing and productive extended weekend. I myself am very happy about having an extra day off.  If I could have an extra day off every week, I swear I'd be a brand new person. :)  \

My weekend started off awesome as my husband sold one of my jewelry sets, talk about hustle man from the 5th floor, yup that's my hubby and I love him for it.  I always talk about having a great support team when in the process of accomplishing your goals as it makes a world of difference and I stick by that as it's so very true.

Friday night the husband and I went over to the besties and had an awesome time watching Kevin Hart, drinking wine, eating pizza and playing Nintendo Wii.  I then spent my Saturday and Sunday doing absolutely nothing as I was completely exhausted but it paid off as today I am feeling good and ready to get back to business. :)

With this extra long weekend, I took the time to go over my 2013 goals and two of the main goals I am working on are below.

Goal #1: Yes, I am a grown woman who can't swim and I definitely fit the stereotype of most black people not knowing how to swim but I vow this year to be my year to change that. ;) I remember being young and trying to swim, you know the one leg up and the one leg holding onto the swimming pool floor, I know I can't be the only who did that :) but that is just something that will no longer rock as I get older.  Ok, maybe it could but I am now at a point in my life that I refuse to stop learning and the older I get the more I want to learn and learning how to swim is one step in the right direction.

There are many people who grow older and decide that if they didn't learn something while they were young, what's the sense of them learning now but this definitely shouldn't be the case.  It's never to late and you are never to old to learn anything. Especially now that I want to become a  mom, i don't want to be sitting on the sideline while the husband and kids go off frolicking in the water, I want to play too. :)  After conducting much research about where I can take swimming lessons without breaking the bank, I finally decided that the YMCA may be the best choice for me so off I go next weekend to find out what they have to offer... stay tuned...

Goal #2: Learning how to ride a bike... I remember my dad taking me out one time when I was maybe about 6 or 7 years old and I wasn't listening and we were going down a hill and the bike and I went for a joy ride.  I guess Dad was like the party is over, my baby girl will not hurt herself and this bike is evil, lol.  That was the first and last time I have ever been on a bike. No, actually the last time was when I got on hubby's bike while it was parked peacefully in our living room and let's just say I didn't get far.  Although the memory with my father was an hysterical one and a great memory to hold onto, for many years I have had this craving to learn how to ride and once again, I refuse to just sit on the sideline.  

No longer will I say I can't, I will try and try and try again until I learn.  I vow no matter the age, no matter the thought, I will learn and continue to learn throughout life and nothing or no one will stop me.

Thank you to everyone for reading and please make sure to leave your comments below and tell me something that you would love to learn and vow to learn in 2013.

~Positively Jewls

Believe In Yourself...P. Jewls Now on Etsy.. :))))

Hey Everyone,

Well it's been about a month since I have written anything new but don't worry all, I swear I wasn't slacking off, instead, I was getting some business done and finally got my shop open on Etsy. See, the picture above is proof of a work in progress. :)

During my time away and even before then, I had made a few pieces (that you can take a look at on my Shop page ;)) but I was so nervous about putting them up as I wasn't sure about the reaction I would receive. I slowly began sharing pics of my products via social media like Instagram, Facebook etc. and with some positive feedback and a few nudges from the husband, I bit the bullet and finally opened my Etsy store.

After much procrastination I finally opened my store and the feelings I felt were those of happiness, relief, enthusiasm, excitement, motivation and everything in between. 

With common sense thinking I know that huge success will not happen overnight but it will come in due time if I believe in myself, have patience, keep a strong support system around me and just keep pushing forward.

I'm sticking to my guns and I vow to continue on this wonderful journey, I even made business cards to make it more official. :)

Thanks to everyone who has been reading my blog for a while now and I hope you continue to follow me on this journey.

I'm soooo excited and amped up to see what comes my way and I hope taking you all along with me will show you all if you believe in yourself anything can happen.

Blessings to everyone and remember to follow me on Instagram, etc. to stay abreast in the life of P. Jewls.

-xoxo

~Positively Jewls

Let Your Life Flow...

When you choose to perceive Love over fear, life begins to flow."
"By placing the magnifying glass on your ego's dark ilusions, you weaken its strength."
"Sometimes your higher self will guide you to make mistakes so you can learn lessons."

- Gabrielle Bernstein

Clapping hands... So true!

Thanks for reading all... Have a blessed day! :)

~Positively Jewls

Make The Best Of It...

I was going through my email and came acorss one of my daily emails from The Daily Love; which by the way is a really awesome and uplifiting site, so please check it out if you haven't already. Yeah, so I checked out the email and there was a specific quote that rang so true and I felt the need to share with you all.

Enjoy! 

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity." - Gilda Radner

Thanks so much for reading everyone....

On a side note, Positively Jewls is opening up on Etsy this weekend.  So happy, nervous but excited... :)

~Positively Jewls

They Say Looks Don't Matter...

In the dating world or rather the world in general, they say when it comes to dating someone looks don't matter but in some ways I have to say that isn't the complete truth. 

Now, for all of you that have played the dating game, whether you admit it or not the first thing that attracts you to someone is their appearance.  The first think you say to yourself is, "Damn he is fine," or something like that, due to the way this person looks you will want to find out if the feeling is mutual and if it is, you give him a chance, not because you knew what he had to say but because he looked good.  Now that you two have gotten over the physical part, you now have to hold a conversation and this can be the deal breaker.  Either he is cute in the face and can hold a conversation without you wanting to throw up or it can be the reverse, in that all he is, is just a cute face.

Now what happens when things happen in reverse? Instead of knowing what a person looks like, you only know what the person has to say. This could be because maybe a friend wants to set you up but you have only held a phone conversation and have seen no pics, or you met this person online with no pic, or over a phone dating thing, whatever the case may be, you get the point.  The conversations are awesome, you have allot in common and the best part is that he makes you laugh.  Then comes the time to meet in person but beforehand you finally get the pic you've been waiting for but before you look at it, you already have in your mind what he looks like so your excited, you have butterflies and your hoping he thinks you are just attractive. Then you look at the pic and it's the total opposite, butterflies are gone, you forget about the great conversations and instead you are looking at the pic and thinking to yourself, hmmmm. Yes, it sounds superficial but we are all human and most of us have probably done this one time or another. 

After speaking with a friend this evening, I realized that this reaction does happen more often then not but that doesn't make it right.  Instead of throwing in the towel because this person is not what you pictured, why not keep an open mind and an open heart.  Although he doesn't look like Lance Gross or the Rock, he may just be the coolest and funniest person you will ever meet and that alone will make him the most gogeous person in the room.

All in all, looks may be the first attractioin but in the end it really doesn't matter as it is not the deciding factor.

Thanks so much for reading all and stay tuned for a pic of the new piece I am working on. :)

~Positively Jewls

New Jewelry...Rose Pedals...

Hello Again... Above are some of the awesome and fun pieces I recently made this past weekend and I can't wait to show you the matching pieces when done.  I am having an awesome time coming up with these pieces from the components I received recently and I can't wait to showcase them on Etsy.  Remember to follow me on Instagram to keep up with my upcoming pieces that will be featured on Etsy.  Stay tuned!

Thanks so much for reading.

~Positively Jewls

How Will You Know??

How will you know how much you are appreciated, unless someone tells you??

First off, I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas and Santa was good to you. ;)  As for me, mom bought the husband and I a Keurig, yay! Although I don't drink coffee myself, I can also make green tea and white hot chocolate in that bad boy. Oh yeah! Thanks mom. :)

Now back to the topic at hand.. How will you really know how much you are appreciated unless someone shows you or simply tells you? The answer to that is...you will not know..

Through the years I have worked at quite a few companies but I have never felt as appreciated as I do now.

Just to give you a little bit of a background, I hold the title of an Administrative Assistant which technically means I run the whole office.  At the prior jobs I worked at during the years I would bust my butt and rarely ever received a thank you because I didn't receive a thank you I began to feel unappreciated and when someone starts to feel unappreciated, what do they do, they start to not give a damn.  Don't get me wrong, I still did my job but the extra efforts and enthusiasm was no longer there.

Well low and behold the job I have been at for almost three years now, not once do I ever feel unappreciated.  Every single person in that office makes me feel appreciated even when I do the littlest of things. No one acts like they are to big to make another feel appreciated and that is what kindness is all about. With them just simply saying thank you, it actually makes me want to go the extra route to run the office properly because I know the hard work I put in is not just blown off because it is what I am suppose to do.

We must always remember that whether it's the office or a relationship we deserve to be appreciated because all  that we give is not because we have to give it but because we want to give it.  As a bonus, remember to show appreciation to others because  what you give you will receive.

Thanks so much for reading everyone and make sure to leave your comments below and tell me what simple actions make you feel appreciated.

~Positively Jewls

Pretty Colors...Roses..Hearts...Sparkle...Oh My!

I ordered these beautiful beads and components last Friday and as always they were delivered right on time. I fell in love with the large heart components online but they are even more beautiful in person. My sketches are ready and I am so excited to build some new pieces and present them to you all on my up and coming Etsy shop.  I just finished my first set and can't wait to make more.  

Make sure to follow me on Instagram to check out all the new pieces as they're being made.

Thanks so much for reading everyone. :)

~Positively Jewls