be lovely . be true

I don’t always feel or look lovely – I’m guilty of shamelessly running into the grocery store with severe bed-head and a pajama top under my shirt.

I don’t always say lovely things – It’s my nature to be polite, but sometimes my impatience gets the best of me, as does ignorance, the wasting of time, angry customer service clerks, entitled drivers ….. this list of pet peeves that might put me over the edge of loveliness could go on and on.

I don’t always act in a lovely way – I’m not proud of some of my (un)fine moments. Period.

On top of my sometimes-lack-of-loveliness, I have made some decisions in my life, large and small, that caused me to not be true to myself. (I think we’ve all done that.)

Aptly named, this blog is a physical reminder of my daily

mental effort to try to be a lovely person and to try to create a lovely day.

I found these instructions online:

This blog is also a reminder to try to remain true to myself in the choices that I make.  

William Shakespeare was way before his time….

Daily activities and the people around us – at work, at home, at the store, on vacation, at school – can test our efforts at being lovely and true. On the other hand, events and people (strangers or not) can inspire new ideas and ideals, educate us, cause sudden epiphanies, motivate us to see the bright side, etc.  We just have to be open to the possibilities.

This blog simply tells some of those stories.

But, most importantly, at the end of the day (and at the end of each blog post),

I think of something or someone who made my day lovely (or, likewise, whose day I attempted to make lovely)

and unknowingly contributed to my unwavering effort to be lovely and true.

Life is just better that way!