My 6 Word Philosophy of Life Brings Perspective
Coming up with my Philosophy of Life took some thinking. What is my philosophy of life? What truths do I follow consciously or unconsciously?
And it took 12 tries:
- God loves me. Live like it.
- First things first. Forget the rest.
- Weary but still hanging in there.
- Live life on purpose every day.
- Forgetting is easy, forgiving is hard. (At 50, forgetting is a natural talent.)
- Friends are treasures. Tell them often.
- Loving God. Loving others. Loving myself.
- Life is hard. Deal with it.
- I love being mom, auntie, sister.
- Breathe. Eat. Read. Walk. Think. Talk.
- Forgive often. Pray always. Love now.
- Joyful Hope, Patient Affliction, Faithful Prayer.
I choose #12 as my 6 word philosophy of life.
It comes from Romans 12:12: Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. This has been my on-again, off-again verse for the year for many years.
- It gives me proper perspective on how to handle life.
- It also reminds me that life here on earth is short, has a purpose, and is preparation for a greater forever destiny – Heaven.
- Most importantly it reminds me that Someone (God) is in control, has the answers and power and wants to share both with those who ask and obey.
Your Turn . . . Take time to wrestle with your philosophy. Your philosophy will guide how you behave and think. . . . Then post you answer here. . . . How about tagging someone so they too can benefit from this meme?
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This meme was brought to you by . . . . Theresa from Stitches of Grace . She tagged 3 people (me, Lynette and Amy) for this meme.
Memes have rules. Here are the rules:
- Link to the person who tagged you. Done.
- Post the rules. Done.
- Share a 6 word philosophy of life. Done.
- Tag 3 other people. I’ll tag 6 because in RSVPing there is usually a 50% chance of a No: Lori, Doodah, RunningShoes, Jenny, Alanna, Can’t Backspace. It would be awesome if either Catlady or Duker left their 6 word philosophy in the comment section.
Be warned. This is not as easy as it looks. Be sure to let me know, if you do participate.
Entry filed under: Meditations, Susan's World. Tags: affliction, hope, philosophy of life, Prayer.
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Lori | . at .
Am thinking on it, but not committing myself yet!
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doodah! | . at .
Wow! I’ve been tagged. OK – I will work on it. (I just counted These are not my pants. in case those were 6 words. Nope. Only 5. I will have to think some more. I saw this on a few other blogs, and it IS hard. I will get to thinking!
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Jenny Arnez | . at .
Okay…I’ll do it…does “I would like fries with that” count? Just kididng…I’ll give this some thought and let you know what I come up with. Fun!
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susan2009 | . at .
Wahoo! I am looking forward to these answers from these 3 different ladies. I’m wondering if once I read them, if they are words I would’ve guessed they’d written.
LIke for Lori – I could see, Now I’m being silly mind you – “God, family, books. What else is there?” I know, friends too but when you only have 6 words, somethings gotta go.
Doodah – after the words, “These are not my pants” add “AARGHHHHHH.” Or however you’d spell that scream.
Jenny – If you don’t want to go with the french fry theme, how about the more acceptable one of, “Life is always better with chocolate.”
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catlady | . at .
Surely you could figure out mine, Susan
“One day at a time, sober.”
“Don’t sweat the small stuff” was only 5, and adding “it’s all small stuff” was 9 so I stayed with the basics.
After all, if I’m not sober I’ve lost God and me and, ultimately, everything else.
Love you.
CL
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susan2009 | . at .
Catlady – Yes, I could’ve come up with something close.
You forgot your “breathe.” Maybe it could be, Don’t sweat the small stuff. Breathe!”
All during church today while taking notes, I looked to see how many of the points contained 6 word. Quite a few. 🙂
BTW – nice job on the bathroom flyer.
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kckotecha | . at .
best thinking of life.very nice.
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