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New Year & Your Resolutions

January 1, 2019 Gina Lockhart Leave a comment

A new year.

Just 24 hours ago, you were considering new goals, new resolutions, new dreams, new commitments and a new outlook on life. Each year, we see people posting about it while others giggle about it too.

Sure, it’s only another day but with a different number attached to the year, but it’s up to you on allowing it to be that clean slate you have wanted.

My reminder is that you never want to burden yourself with unrealistic goals. Keep your life simple and not allow family, friends or the news bring your down with negativity. I know that it’s harder with family. Many pretend to have it all together, but they don’t and they are far more miserable than you think and passing judgement on you and as they make fun of others is only a small reflection of the tortured and rotten souls they have within. Avoid them.You might be born into it, but you don’t have to belong.

You can always create goals throughout the year.

Go easy on yourself. Relax a little. Keep your goals simple to obtain them and feel great when you accomplish them. Now get on with your bad ass self!!

Peace within ~ Peace comes out.

Love within ~ Love comes out.

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Black Sheep

January 1, 2018 Gina Lockhart Leave a comment

I worked, played, stalked by a creep and contacted the Feds, my father passed away, going back to blonde, health goals met, started noticing some flirting though “Stella ain’t got her groove back” yet – and survived it all.

I realize after hearing stories, that I’m nothing like the rest of the family and I’m extremely grateful for it. I’ll continue to treasure being the ‘black sheep’ of the family. It’s what I do best. I wish I had learned this years ago, but now is fine too. I am not sorry if you’re reading this. I do not like how you treat each other. A family gathering with you all is described as: A rabbit hole filled with cobras wearing crosses.

I do have a renewed faith in friendships again. Friendships really are like a garden, you have to remove the weeks to see the real fruit/veggies who feed (encourage etc) you as much as you feed (encourage etc) them. Update: I paused while writing this ‘blog’ and ended up finding this article called, “5 Tools for Pulling Weeds from Your Heart” By Genevieve Schmitt.

Yep – this is probably the same shit written another year gone by. I don’t like to do too much details, it is after all, the Internet. I know all too well that there are some mentally unstable people out there who need to get help. So if this is boring, I’m proud that it is now.

I shall leave you with some of my favorite quotes – maybe they can inspire those of you who stumble on this blog:

“To thine own self be true…..”
~Shakespeare or Sir Francis Bacon depending on how much history you really are into.
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“Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.” ~ Unknown
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“If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.” ~Actor, Will Smith
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I bend like a weed in the wind; My enemies perfect me.
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Before enlightenment – chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment – chop wood, carry water.
~Zen Buddhist Proverb
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Tomorrow always comes, and today is never yesterday. ~S.A. Sachs
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Reason and faith are both banks of the same river. ~Doménico Cieri Estrada
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“Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.”
~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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“Maybe some women are not meant to be tamed. Maybe they need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with”.
~~Carrie Bradshaw – Sex and The City

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It took just one man.

October 5, 2017 Gina Lockhart Leave a comment

On September 28th, I wrote this on Facebook and don’t want it to get lost in the sea of past posts. It’s a little vague in details because it I want it to be. I know the details. He knows the details and a few people know the details – that’s all that matters. It touched my soul.
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Over this past week, one man has shown me truth, his word, his integrity and honor. I will forever be grateful. Good men exist. He didn’t hesitate. He became the most incredible man in the World in my eyes. I have so much respect for him. I wish many amazing things go in his way.

I then showed someone else the same things and hope that person continues paying it forward. Good people exist who help and give without selfish expectations.

It was nice to reflect on this as I enjoyed my evening star gazing as the last day of summer for Washington. The air so fresh and the temp is just right. Life is such an interesting journey. I finally feel open to many things now. I know, pretty cryptic and deep.Some will understand and others may not.

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A Humble Man Goes A Long Way

January 13, 2017 Gina Lockhart Leave a comment

Advice I gave to a young man is paying off from a break up: “Lay it all out there with her. If you guys love each other – do what it takes. Ask her two questions. 1. Can we work on this together? 2. Would you like to be with me?”

She loves him. They are going to work it through. The power of a humble man beats pride any day. Truth wins.

Two days later, I received a text saying “thank you” from him. We chatted a bit more and I told him: “A humble man goes a long way. Just one thing, don’t let it get abused. You will know that line by your intuition. Women are visual as well. It’s the one misunderstanding I think men have. We need to see the actions of love. There ya go. For the rest of your life, you have the key.”

Not long after I messaged that, this came across my Twitter feed:
Don’t believe people who tell you they love you. Believe the people who show you.

I have dated some really prideful men when all I needed was to be shown vs words or hell, maybe even hearing would have been enough in one relationship. This isn’t about a man chasing a woman. This is about a man loving a woman and doing his part to keep things fresh, alive, grounded, stable and again: his part. What she does after that is her part. I don’t need to go deeper than this, I already advised for him to not let it get abused.

I don’t want to see this young couple fizzle into the trap of moving on and have the wash, rinse, repeat syndrome. There is no perfect partner – there is only a partner who is perfect for you.

Love isn’t a battlefield. It would be more of a bed of roses. They have thorns, beauty and all are uniquely different. It takes work to cultivate a good environment to get these beautiful creatures to grow. When two are side by side with equal care, they are amazing. Their roots will touch each other, drink the same water, share the same ‘bugs’ (aphid etc), require the same amount of light and shelter – but still remain the same unique rose as an individual.

Love from within your soul.