Beat Boredom Drive

So there's this AMAZING kid named Tucker Ricker who is currently battling cancer.  He came up with the brilliant plan to do a movie and video game drive for Primary Children's Oncology Clinic to help keep the kids there getting treatments from be bored.  Click on the picture above for more details and if you are able to help out I'm sure he would love it!

Luvz,

Meg :0)

Golden Nugget #7 LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

This is one of my favorites!  I absolutely LOVE my life! 

The other day I walked out of the gym and was amazed at the beautiful way the sun was reflecting off the clouds as it was rising above the mountains' tall peaks.  Then as I was driving home from the gym and I saw this:

I wish the pictures did the actual sight of this rainbow justice, but if you think about the most beautiful sunrise rainbow you have ever seen and multiply it by 100 you will feel the awe that I felt this day!  It was like a small piece of Heaven.  As I got closer to my house the entire rainbow came into view.


I started out seeing only a small part of this beautiful rainbow, but as I drove and got a different view the whole thing came into view.  It was as if Heavenly Father sent that rainbow to remind me of that even among the gray dark times of life there are beautiful gifts to be found.  The gifts may only look small at first, but as we gain a different perspective we can see that the small gift we saw was only a fraction of what awaited us!  I know this is sometimes hard to remember.  I went to school that day and completely forgot about the rainbow by the end of the day.  It had been a stressful day and I didn't feel like it had gone well at all.  Then the next morning I was again reminded of how beautiful life is if I could just remember the amazing things I learned just the day before.

This rainbow was even more beautiful and amazing than the one the previous day.  I am so thankful to my Heavenly Father for the gentle reminders he gives me every day of the beauty of life.  Remembering each day is a gift that I get to create with my actions, words, and choices has helped me in my reactions to challenges.  It has also helped me to be more grateful for what I do receive in my life.

I look forward to creating each day!  I create greatness at every opportunity!  I am creating my life in the choices I make, the words I speak, and the actions I take!  I am living my healthy life in mind, body, and spirit!  I am powerful and inspiring!  I am blessed with an AMAZING FAMILY and FABULOUS FRIENDS!  I am showing up everyday in my DIVINE GREATNESS!  I am LIVING MY BEST LIFE!!!

90 Days Golden Nugget #3-6

Before I start I just wanted to let you know that I started a new blog just for my 90 Golden nuggets (just in case some of you don't want to read all the other stuff that happens in my life) :0)  It is megz90.blogspot.com.  I will be posting my golden nuggets on both blogs.  This blog will just have extra stuff that happens in my life :0)

Golden Nugget #3  FOOD IS MY FRIEND!!!  #4 NUTRITION IS 80% OF MY RESULTS!  #5 YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT! #6 MY BODY IS A TEMPLE

Before starting my 90 days, I had a love/hate relationship with food.  I loved to eat it, but hated how fat I believed it made me...One of the first things I learned was that food is my friend.  I just had to learn how to correctly feed my body to turn it into the fat-burning machine it was meant to be!  I've learned to eat a healthy protein and then fill up on fruits and veggies.  I also learned to eat every 2-3 hours.  Eighty-percent of your results are due to your nutrition.  If I fill my body with junk, I will feel like junk.  If I fill my body with healthy nutritious food, I will feel healthy!  You are what you eat! :0)

Heavenly Father blessed me with this amazing body that can do AMAZING things if I treat it the way I should.  In 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 Paul says,

"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
"If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are."

My body is a temple and I need to feed it the right kinds of food to help it perform it's proper functions.  I've always thought about treating my body like a temple and making sure not to get tattoos or take harmful substances into my body, but I never really thought about the food I eat and how it can effect my temple.  Now that I've truly discovered that my body feels better when I fill it with healthy food, I will continue the rest of my life eating this way. 

Does that mean that I will never eat a sugary treat ever again?  No!!!  I love chocolate just as much as the next person, but I won't be eating it all the time.  Everything in moderation.