Happy Birthday!

Yes that is right. I, Kinsey Peotter, have entered the world of 19 yr olds. How does it feel?......much the same as 18 did. :) it doesn't feel like it's been a whole year though. I t feels like just yesterday i was starting my senior year of high school, not being able to wait for my 18th birthday, and now suddenly POOF!!! I'm already 19. I'm not going to lie though, when i was younger i had a very different idea of where i'd be by now. I always thought i'd be in law school, have a boyfriend, planning a wedding, and singing for some fantastic company, but none of that is true. And you know what? I'm okay! I don't even want to go to law school anymore! And i may not have a boyfriend but that's okay too. I know eventually it'll happen and i'll be planning a wedding sometime in my life and i'm really ok with waiting for the right guy to happen. And no i'm not singing for anyone but myself, but i still love it and i still hope to become a part of jazz group someday. So i guess for now i'm just simply okay. Nothing truly fantastic happening, yet i'm blessed with the things i do have and am grateful for my family and friends who have contributed so much to my well being. So one more year gone by and hopefully many more to come! Keep reading, and keep hoping because hope makes everything easier to bear. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! :)

Results!

So from my last post i challenged myself and the few readers i have to spend a day being totally positive. How'd it go everyone? Well i'll tell you a few things that happened to me. I spent a few days trying to positive but not every single one stayed that way all day. The first day i got to the office and everything was shut down. We were having major computer and phone issues, and missed several patients phone calls because of it, needless to say most parents were slightly angry. But, keeping with the theme i tried to be even more pleasing then usual over the phone and you know what? IT WORKED! A few parents called annoyed and ended the call being ok about the whole fiasco. I mean i'm normally very pleasant over the phone trying to calm down a parent but it doesn't happen often and that day it did. Luckily i was able to keep myself a little more happy then i would've been and hopefully kept some patients happy as well.

Next day i tried i had to work at Neilsens. Usually i get very tired and irritable toward the end of the night from working, but i remained positive and it didn't seem so bad. We got done pretty quickly and i went home feeling tired but not totally worn out, like usual. I even had a customer tell me i was one of the happiest and most accomidating fast food workers he's ever seen. Now that may not be true, but it was nice to hear.

I'm sure many other things happened that i didn't even notice but over all i'd say the challenge had been met! If any of the people i came in contact during those times felt any better, i really don't know, but i know that i felt good and that usually makes people around you feel pretty wonderful too. So tell me all about your experiences and don't let the challenge stop here. Keep being positive, look for ways to make someones day, wear a smile, and always serve others.

Keep it Positive

The art of being positive is not an easy thing to learn. It requires patience, perseverances, and a general want to be happy. I try to live life in a positive manner, granted I don't always succed as my family, and friends can tell you, but I'm in general a very happy person. What I love about always trying to be happy, is that you can usually see how it affects the other people around you. I love the times when I see someone at work or even just in passing and all you do is give them a smile and you can see their faces brighten up a bit. Sometimes that's all it takes to turn someones day totally around. Sometimes it takes just a shoulder to cry on. Others it takes some good advice. But on an occassion it all takes an open heart, and that age old positive attitude. Sometimes helping another is all it takes to make me feel better too. I think happiness should be a wide spread phenomenon. So let's start it everyone! Try just for one day to pay very close attention to everyone around you. Be happy, and smile, and look for as many opportunities as poosible to brighten someones day no matter what avenue you take to do. It really does improve your day and hey if everyone just tried it once that would be a lot of days where many people could just feel better.

Ants

Well it's started. I've finally been convinced enough to start a blog. The only problem, what to write?, who will read it?, blah blah blah. I finally just decided to do it for myself. "My first post?" you may ask?, simply this.
Lately I've been thinking. Mostly about trivial things, but more recently about one thing in particular. Ants. Have you ever really stopped and considered an ant? I mean I know it sounds pretty corny, but honestly think about it. These incredible, strong, tiny, creatures carry more then 10 times their body weight! 10 TIMES! How much do they weigh? About .01 pounds on average. that's like the size of a skittle, and yet they can carry 100, or 1000 skittles! And not only are they strong they work together. There are hundreds upon hundreds of these little insects building and tunneling and supporting each other. Each one works to gather food for their colony and help each other. I just marvel over these creatures who so faithfully work all day, and all night.
Now why have i been thinking about ants? Because If I could have half that strength do you know what I could do? Well and not just even me, but the world. Honestly, how cool would it be to see the entire nation do something together? Something like feed the world, or clean it, or even just stop fighting with each other. Again at the risk of sounding like a terrible infomercial for "Save the World!" or something like that, but I really have been thinking about that.
I've been the most terrible campaign for tree huggers right now. I thought I knew what i wanted to do with my life, get married, get a job, be an interpreter, have a family, etc. But, can i do more? Am I meant for a bigger destiny, or to help more people, or maybe even none of that? I may not know, but what I do know is that, like an ant, I will not give up. An ant won't give up when their hard work is washed away, and neither can I.
So what am I destined for? Well let's find out! I know 2 things for sure. 1 that the Lord is always on my side, and 2 as long as I keep moving forward I can not go backward, and can not fail.