Today I became a "Professional Photographer"! Well... kinda. I got paid for one of my photos! Kinda. I mean I have sold some work before, and made money for charity with my photos, but today I finally sold a camera that I had won in a photography contest! The camera was the prize but I sold it on CL for $300!! Pretty close to the retail price of it! I am pretty happy about that. It's a start.
Also today I got it in my mind that I was going to invite my sisters and their families over for a bonfire/dinner tonight so I cleaned my house and tidied my yard all up. They can't make it, but that's beside the point. I cleaned and tidied! That's a big deal for me. I was able to do this because my kids are out, being entertained elsewhere. Usually we go off on adventures together on Saturdays.
It's also sunny today! And I have exercised for the last three nights! Sorry for all the exclamation marks.... just feeling good about these steps. As one of the previously mentioned quotes says... each day only comes once; try to leave something good in it's place. Or something like that. It's a good one.
Oh I read another good quote today... "God doesn't give you the people you want, he gives you the people you need. To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you the person you were meant to be". I was wondering about that... if some of the people that have been in my life were given to me by God... or just a mistake of my own making. I know I wouldn't be the same person that I am today without them. And I know that I am a better person for having had them in my life. Regardless of the hurt. They seemed like a mistake... but maybe it was God's doing? Maybe I wasn't straying from his path at all. Maybe it is the path that I was supposed to take. Interesting. Makes me feel better.
