Coleens Business

  Finding Happy... This week I took a little trip down memory lane.  Meet my grandparents on my dad's side. First glance at this picture you might make some assumptions that these are not very happy people, but maybe well enough content. (I think back in the day people were instructed not to smile or move while taking a picture to keep it from being blurry). I have found that reading about them and learning what they did in life and the experiences they had shares a story of the unique nature of happiness.  Frank and Rhoda married quite young and lived a life of great trials. Yet as I read my grandfathers history, he repeatedly shared the lessons he had learned and his gratitude to the Lord for the bounty that they enjoyed in life. After my Grandmother Rhoda died he said, "We lived a happy life together, we loved each other." ..."I tried to make the best of life...sometimes people dwell on their own troubles, but...there is always someone that is a little worse off ...

Dreamer... Sometimes I just feel like I am living a dream. Less than a half day drive and I am in the middle of Monument Valley in South East Utah. While visiting this dreamy place, I felt the vast possibilities that lie before me. At times I feel that my destination is prettier to look at from a distance, and doesn't seem all that real. It would be much easier for me to just set back and let life happen and enjoy the scenery. I can just stay here in my safe place and not venture beyond my comfort zone. After all dreams are only dreams... right?  I realize from this weeks study that I need not be afraid to dream and that it is even better to dream big! Dreaming is different than just letting life happen. It adds purpose and direction. I mentioned in my class discussion that as I looked  at my life backward I realize that just about everything good that has happened began with a thought, a wish or a dream. In fact, it is during my dreaming or the pursuit of it that the unexpect...

Who or What? The Big and Small of it All  As I am preparing to register for the next semester of school and consider what classes and how many I should take, it has weighed a bit on my mind. I have to consider as I move forward in my journey, who I have working with me that will guide and support me in the success I seek to have. Sometimes I wonder just what is it that I am trying to accomplish? Sometimes I feel like this frog!   "Who"-is definitely the most important factor for success in business and in life. When I consider who is "on my team" I am so very grateful for the respective time and the encouragement my family gives me. When I get discouraged it is "who" is helping me that helps me realize "What" really counts. I credit my Heavenly Father for the great people that surround me. He helps with "the big and small of it all".  I have been learning about the importance of great mentors, I can't pass up the opportunity to pay ...

  The Challenge Every year I start out the year with the hope of growing the perfect garden. We live in a hot climate, so we have to plant early, but not too early, to get the best crop. Some years have been amazing! Some, like this year, not so much. There are years that my table is continually laden with vegetables and fruits. This year just a few onions. I still have hope, the  summer is just starting. Maybe the squash will do well and the carrots will root deep. It takes a lot of patience to grow a garden. I think I will plant a garden as long as I am able.  Already as I look at what is not happening in my garden I am planning and thinking about what I can do next year that will make it better. What keeps me going? What motivates me to keep trying? I think it is "the challenge." Everything I do with my garden I learn from it. I learn that there are many things that contribute to the success of a garden. The only sure way It will be a failure is if I quit trying... So ...