Sitting in front of my computer this morning, slowly sipping my cup of coffee, I pondered what to share for my Monday Messages.

Suddenly, it occurred to me that I’ve not many exciting plans for the week to regale you with… in fact, my average day is not much to blink at!

Then I began laughing at myself, considering that I’ve been using my Monday post’s, to basically map out my week, since my blogging began! There sure were a lot of My’s in there! Gross!

Why on earth would I think everyone might be waiting on pins and needles to see what my plans were, for the week? When I thought about what the average person’s day or week looked like, compared to mine, I laughed at myself even more!

Sometimes, I think it’s ok to laugh at yourself if it brings about something good. In this case, it helped me to start thinking more about others… and less of me! Someone once lovingly chided me, “it’s not always about you, girl!”

Looking at Mondays from someone else’s point of view, if I knew my week would be filled with hours of stressful commuting, eternally boring boardroom meetings, running the judgy office gossip gauntlet, AND balancing my home life… I couldn’t do it!

Honestly, I nearly threw up my cup of coffee just from thinking about it!

Remember the commercial with the Mailman and the family wanting to return the Chucky Doll they’d purchased? Remember his reaction when he looked past the family, into the house, noticing the doll suddenly appear behind them?

Yeah… that’s sort of how I felt, at the thought of working in an office.

So, where is she going with all this, you ask? Well, after I recovered from the thought of a life once lived, I decided that it’s high time this Monday message thingy should be about you. What I mean is that it should be For you; it should benefit you, in some way!

Wondering how my words could benefit you, I thought, “What words might encourage someone who’s about to endure something long, exhausting, and without much reward?”

Ouch! It’s so much easier to think about myself, in this regard.

Ok, here goes…

For all of you beautiful and valuable souls that I love and hold dear to my heart,

Treat anger with forgiveness, turn away from that which does not bear good fruit, and look for ways to bring a smile to another.

Oh… and, take good care of your bodies, because you only get one!

Here, this should get you started…

I promise there’s nothing too weird in them… Really!