I heart connecting with people!

I'm always amazed when something I've written, posted, or advertised causes me to connect with another person.  And I LOVE to connect!  So, interested in connecting with me?  Find me here...


Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/authorkimearley  I try to share inspiring posts of others, some of my own, and interact with friends, family, and people who are interested in what I do on this page.  Start a conversation!  I'll join in!  :) Link is also below.

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Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/kimberlyearley  I'll be honest here.  I just don't remember to use Twitter very much.  But occasionally I do.  So if you'd like to connect with me here, I'll try to remember not to forget to talk to you.  :)



LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyearley  Again, Facebook is my main way of interacting with others, so don't be surprised if I'm quiet on here quite a bit.  But I do really like to network, and LinkedIn is a good way to find people that are already living your dream life (the career portion, if you want a career).

Connecting with others means we each have the opportunity to find out we have interests in common, a common goal, or simply that we can enjoy and appreciate one another!

Delivering Happiness - the movement

I went to the library last week, and got several books on my current passions.  One that I got was Delivering Happiness:  A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh.  The book is part how he became a self-made millionaire (along with the mistakes along the way), part encouragement to follow your passions, and part how to live your life to be happy.  The last is what I was most interested in, but the book was thoroughly entertaining and quite educational.

I remember hearing when I was a young adult from a wise woman that happiness was for children.  I had a child of my own, and I needed to understand that I needed to buckle down and join the adult world.  That very wise woman was right in many aspects... I was still very childish, and I knew that my dreams needed to be put away for a while so that I could earn a living and support my fledgling family.  But she was also wrong.  I didn't know it then, and am just learning it now.  It is possible to have dreams and follow them responsibly.  Happiness is not a pipe dream for children.  It's something we as adults can do every day.

The second badge above, from Ralph Waldo Emerson, hung in the bathroom my sister and I shared as a child.  It continues to hang in my bathroom today.  They are the truest words ever spoken, and something I've at least attempted to live my life by.  "For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

If you agree, and you'd like to join in making the world a happier place, click one of the badges above.  It will take you to the website.  See what you can do.  Read inspiring stories from others around the globe.  And most of all, remember that anything and everything you can do starts with you first.

"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong.  The amount of work is the same." - Carlos Castaneda.

One more quote from the book that has resonated with me is, "Life isn't about finding yourself.  Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw.

I can't say it any better today.  Off to explore more on the site.  :)

Thought of the day...

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”

Christopher Reeve

So many of these quotes about making your own dream life happen really resonate with me. It's more than I think I can, but also as basic and simple as that.  If you dream it, believe in it, and make the effort to get to it, you can do it.

Thought of the day...

"Until you are committed, there is hesitancy... Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.  Begin it now." - Goethe

Thoughts?