Be nice!

I don't understand why it is so hard to be nice. I was always taught to treat people how you want to be treated. A smile is free! Some people can't even accept a simple smile from someone without thinking they are up to something. I was talking to someone who is battling a sickness right now & she's so mean! She's in the hospital right now & I heard her speaking to the aide in such a nasty manner. I couldn't believe that! I said to her you shouldn't be mean to the staff. You need them to take care of you, not the other way around! I said just be nice. Plain & simple. I told her that I understand what she is going through, but they didn't make you sick. She thought about it & the next time I talked to her, she said I changed the way I would talk to the staff. I felt good about that, but a few months later she was back at it again. That's on her. I tried! When I was in the hospital for 6 days in 2009 after my 1st Chemo treatment, I felt horrible. Pain, pain & more pain, but I never took it out on the nurse, aide or Doctor. Every time they took blood or anything, I would say thank you & smile. My one nurse told me I was her most pleasant patient. She said you are dealing with Cancer, but yet you smile & say thank you for everything. She said the staff talks about how nice I was to be around. I realized I wasn't sick because of them. I was angry, but they didn't make me angry. I still had to be me. Being mean doesn't get you anything. I smile at the cashier. I will get off my phone & engage in a pleasant conversation acknowledging the person. I say thank you & have a nice day. I ran across the meanest cashier! I guess she was having a BAD day! She didn't speak! Just ringing my stuff up with attitude. I started to get irritated, but the little voice in me said NO! I asked her how was her day. She looked at me, like what! She said I'm tired & ready to go home. I asked what time did she get off. She said in an hour. I said your hour is almost here & you can go home & relax. I said it with a smile on my face. I said thank God for today, tomorrow will be better. Her mood changed. She smiled & said you're right. When she finished, I told her to have a Blessed evening & get some rest. She smiled & said thank you so much & apologized for her bad mood. Just by being nice, I changed someone's bad mood. A smile can do wonder's for person. Try it! Let someone go in front of you with fewer groceries. Be nice & pay it forward. I try to be as nice as I can. That's what God expects of us! Being nice can change things. Why is everyone too busy to be nice? Slow down & smell the roses. Being nice is free! Would you rather be known as a nice or mean person? I choose to be nice. Think about it. It's easy to do. Have a Blessed Day. I'll be back soon! ;)
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Accept what is happening & embrace it!

Sometimes things happen to us & we always want to ask why. Everything happens for a reason! I had to accept that I had Cancer & embrace it. Did I want to accept that? Hell no! I decided to accept what was happening & embrace it the best way I could. I took the lesson in it all & decided to change my life for the better. Am I a better person? I'm a work in progress! I can take what happened to me & help someone else come out of a dark place of sadness. I get great joy in talking to people about my battle with Cancer. It's nice when people see me & hear I'm a Cancer Survivor. They may be experiencing the same thing or have a family member or friend battling Cancer. They can have something to look forward too. If God did it for me, he can do it for them too! That's my way of embracing what's happening in my life. If you're experiencing a loss & you're mourning, it's ok to cry & be sad. By all means, get it out! Embrace it, because that will help you move forward. No one can put a time frame on grieving. When you feel the need to cry, please do! Never let anyone tell you to get over it! You have to accept what has happened so you can embrace it. I'm a Cancer Survivor! I say that proud! I don't care who gets sick of hearing that! God gave me a 2nd chance & I want the world to know! I'm a Cancer Advocate for life! I've embraced it! This is who I am. I have a new purpose in life. There is life after Cancer & a loss. You have to fight you're way through it to get to a place of peace. Whatever you're going through, there is light at the end of the tunnel! Trust me, it's there! Defeat the Devil! Know that God will never leave your side! It's people out there that would love to trade places in a heartbeat to leave their problems behind. Learn how to stand strong. We all will go through things. That's life! Go through it with your head held high & remember you won't be the 1st or the last person to endure whatever it is that is happening. It is how & if you accept what's happening & how you embrace it. Life is what we make it. I choose to embrace life! I hope you will too. God Bless! I'll be back! Have a Blessed Day!
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