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Live Deep and Suck Out ALL The Marrow Of Life

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of CRAZINESS. Comfortable craziness. Uncomfortable craziness. Pleasurable craziness. Painful craziness. Fun craziness. Frustrating craziness. Sweet craziness. Sour craziness. PURE CRAZINESS… all the way! All I can say is: good thing I’m CRAZY. LOL

The whole concept of being a Positive Mom is knowing how to navigate life through the crazy days… that’s coming from Elayna, who is directionally challenged (and talks about herself in the third person). I always say: You don’t drown from falling into the water, you drown by staying there!”

Last night I took a pregnancy test. And it was negative. And I was disappointed. And I cried. And then I needed to move on.

Someone started talking to me about life philosophy to try and cheer me up. One thing led to another and we ended up talking about Henry David Thoreau. My eyes soul lit up as I recited his words:

“…I wished to live deliberately… and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.”

Life is not supposed to be perfect; life is supposed to be lived! ~ Elayna Fernandez, The Positive MOM

Life is hard… but the purpose of life is not perfection, it is enJOYment. The purpose of life is to live it. The purpose of life is to experience it. To dive in. To seize the day. To play full out. To embrace all its moments: the screams, the tears, the frowns, the giggles, the smiles, and the belly laughs.

Life is not supposed to be perfect; life is supposed to be lived! ~ Elayna Fernandez, The Positive MOM

I choose to SEEK JOY in my life. Sometimes the simplest yet most powerful miracles get lost with the noise, get trapped in the busyness of every day, get buried up in the bills and paperwork.

I choose to INVEST my life; to not waste and not spend my days wandering around. Today is all I have. Today is all YOU have… and yesterday is forever gone.

I choose to SUCK OUT ALL THE MARROW OF LIFE. I’ll be more deliberate, conscious, and intentional about my 1440 minutes, so I can say I truly did live…fully… and with no regrets.

Maybe I’ll be a mom again…maybe I won’t. I am a mom NOW and I will soak up in feelings of gratitude, joy, and appreciation for the blessings I already have. I’ll suck out the marrow of life while I’m still living.

What do you choose to enJOY more TODAY?

Elayna is a homeschool educator, single mom of 4, founder of the Positive MOM Community, award-winning Storyteller, Story Strategist, and Student of Pain. She’s a bestselling author, internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, and 3x TEDx speaker. To receive a gift from Elayna, click HERE.

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Ann Marie Forshay

Wednesday 1st of November 2017

The most positive person I knew was a leukemia survivor and he quite cleverly liked to say "Suck out all the marrow of life." Ha. He meant it. And lived it. He made it his mission to try to make every person he came in contact with during the day....to make their day "just a little bit better". He'd smile at the check-out clerk at the grocery, give a compliment to the mail carrier, and literally did help little old ladies cross the street. He knew how to live - and it was to BE POSITIVE!!

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Payal Bansal (@TrendsnHealth)

Sunday 3rd of August 2014

Life is not supposed to be perfect; life is supposed to be lived!

So very true....:)

Debra @A Frugal Friend

Saturday 2nd of August 2014

Oh my goodness.....I really need to read this tonight. I will choose to enjoy the craziness of the moment right now..........the good and the bad. Moments are fleeting!

Kungphoo

Thursday 31st of July 2014

I too get stuck in trying to make sure everything is right and not live it.. I need to change that or i will never live the way i want to.