SHINING BRIGHT ON YOU
  • Home
  • Product
  • Blog
  • Vlogging
  • The Daily with the Angels

Day 327 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

4/23/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Good morning my beautiful friends...I hope you are all finding yourselves well on this Sunny Thursday morning.  


As I went on Facebook to check out what everyone was doing, I had a friend who had posted this particular picture because her 5 year old daughter wanted to know if her coat made her look fat.  I KNOW!!!!  I feel the same way.  I can't believe how young our kids are worrying about their body image.


This has spiraled way out of control.  Its one thing to be healthy and take care of your body, but it's another when the media is dictating to our extremely young people on what we should look like.  


We are all here on this planet for a reason...our bodies are the way they are for a reason.  We all have life lessons to learn while we are here; our bodies are one of them.  There are people born with thin bodies and they never have to deal with weight in their life however they have other things that they will have to tackle.  There are people born whose bodies are average and curvy, and there are people born who are obese. Everyone has their journey and everyone is different, what's important to remember is that we all have lessons we are teaching as well as learning.  Our bodies were never made to be the deciding factor of who we are.  We are using these bodies, housing our spirits while we are here.  


Here is what the saddest thing is; celebrities are dictating what is beautiful and what is not.  What we forget to remember is the fact that the celebrities will starve themselves, take drugs, work out 6 to 8 hours a day, or have plastic surgery to change what God gave them.  How sad is that...a man in Hollywood decided what is beautiful and what sells.  So now we have generations literally killing themselves to attain an image that is not possible without some sort of intervention.


Here is a thought...How dare we not trust God in his decision on what our body should look like.  Body image is an epidemic that can't seem to get cured...it's worse than cancer.  Children are growing up hating their bodies to the point of these kids hurting themselves physically, emotionally and mentally.  We are treating each other horribly because of what our bodies look like.  If you are not skinny you must be a lazy horrible person.  But if you are skinny you must be brilliant.  


Think about that...how are we raising our kids?  Are they being raised with tolerance and loving one another, or are we raising our kids to judge and be hateful.  Let's jump off this crazy wheel of body image and get back to the basics.  Start looking in the mirror and love yourself instead of loathing yourself.  Start looking at other people and see their beauty because we all have it.  We all grow old and let me tell you, we will all end up wrinkly with thinning hair and sagging body parts.  Who cares!!!!


Let's start to change our mindset for the sake of our beautiful children.  Until we meet again...


With all my love...Rita



0 Comments

Day 321 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

4/17/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Good morning my beautiful friends...I hope you are all finding yourselves well.  I hope you are all recovering from tax day....I still am trying to figure mine out...thank goodness for extensions....hahahahha

I love this particular inspiration because no matter what we have been through, things we have done in our past we can put them all in the past. Everything that has ever happened has always been for our highest good.  Yes, I did say that.  If you think about everything that has occurred in your life you have learned from it...correct?  Well, then that has been for your highest good.

Too many times we don't know how to look at our past, or we have too many people telling us how bad we are from our past (mostly us) so we always see our past as bad.  Today, start looking at your past as stepping stones, life lessons that have gotten you where you are today.  Don't be ashamed of what you have gone through be grateful for it.  

I was just talking to my son yesterday about what he has been up to the past few years.  He had gotten himself into some trouble recently and he was sharing with me that he does not regret the trouble he got into.  In fact it has helped him get control back into his life.  He was putting himself in careless situations that could have caused great harm to him or someone else.  He is glad that he got caught because now he is ready to get his life on track and have the next chapter of his life start.

I am sharing this with you because we have all done something in our past that we are not particularly proud of; however we can always look at it as a learning lesson instead of something negative. Everything had to happen in your life as it did to get you where you are today.  It does not matter how bad the situation; it has gotten you where you are today.  Who you are today does not reflect your past either....I know this is some crazy stuff to think about.  

We were born to learn and grow on our own.  That is exactly what we are all doing...use your life lessons to get you further into your future.  Don't waste your time thinking about the past and what you should have done; see your past as the steps you needed to take to get to where you are.  Really love and appreciate who you are right now and leave the rest alone.

Until we meet again my friends...

With all my love....Rita


0 Comments

Day 315 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

4/11/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Good evening my beautiful friends...I only have 30 minutes left in the day to write.  I found myself in bed ready to sleep and my mind has been going crazy thinking about the day.


One thing I love to do with my business is participate in vendor events.  Not only do I love to be in front of a lot of shoppers, but the vendors who I get to work with and learn from are amazing.  I have learned so much from so many different people, I truly feel blessed.


However, from the inspiration that I have attached to this blog, you might be asking yourself where is this going...I am going to tell you.  Today I had a great time being with amazing talented people.  I learn so much about other companies and all the opportunity that is out there for people to just grab on too and create a life for themselves.  We all pick our passion in our businesses and that is what makes us successful.  Some people are aggressive, some people are passive, and others are just loving and kind and just want to share their business.  Sounds good right????


Well, today there was a woman who was in the wellness business, helping women change their body shape. Sounds good enough right...well only up until the point when she approach another vendor minding her own business sharing what she loves like everyone else at today's event.  This woman took it upon herself to tell another vendor how she was not dressed appropriately for her body type.  The kicker is she is a total stranger to vendor #2.  Can you imagine walking up to someone working and saying you are not dressed appropriately for your body type and I am an expert I can teach you how to dress.....OMG!!!!


I was flabbergasted at the audacity of this woman.  We do have freedom of speech but not at the expense of another.  How dare a woman who was in her late 60's to early 70's act that way; she should have had better manners than that.  I feel like women are tearing each other down in such a way it truly hinders what we are all trying to do.  Every woman lives for their family and what they can do to provide a great life.  How dare another try to knock her down.  We truly need to start loving each other instead of competing and tearing each other apart.  I could not imagine in a million years telling someone that unless it was solicited.  


My sisters out there, let's start loving each other and having each other's back...there is nothing that is so important that we need to break each other down just so we can get a head.  Think about it...we have all torn down someone and we too have been torn down.  We need to stop the madness.  


Tune into my show this coming Monday from noon until 2pm cst....I will be talking about this subject...I feel it needs some serious attention.  www.247thestream.com/news


Until we meet again my friends...


With all my love...Rita

0 Comments

Day 314 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

4/10/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Good afternoon my beautiful friends...I hope you are all finding yourselves safe this calm and sunny day and taken care of.  Last night was crazy with the horrible storms and tornadoes; my family and I spent a lot of time in the basement praying we would not get hit and prayed for all who did.  It was a terrifying night.

How often do you find yourself in a storm...it does not matter what kind of storm you are in but you are praying like crazy to get through it?  I know for my own self I have endured many storms...however I have gotten through all of them, what I have trouble dealing with is the aftermath.  I find myself completely exhausted and used up.  It takes me a few days to get myself together.

For me it's not about the storm that I have trouble with it's the aftermath. I have put so much of me into a storm with the doing and praying along with the creating of a solution I don't realize I use up all of my energy.  When it's all said and done I find myself depressed and completely depleted.  How many of you go through this?



Even right now I am finding myself having trouble talking about this topic because I am in the aftermath.  I am feeling depleted; it's almost like someone has sucked the life force right out of me.  I feel like I don't want to do anything, I don't want to move; I just want to stuff myself in some little corner and not be bothered.  However that truly is no way to live.  We need to allow ourselves some down time and not feel guilty about it.  We need to give ourselves the love and attention that we need so we can re-energize and keep going.  


I have to say, when I am writing this blog I feel like I am giving myself some life.  I feel like when I put myself out there and share my full self with you I get a piece of me back.  Sharing my struggles helps me to breathe life back into me.  It sounds crazy but it's true.  If you are at all feeling depleted do something wonderful for yourself, something that is going to keep you going and not make you feel worse.  When I write I feel amazing, when I stuff food in my mouth that is not good for me I feel worse.  I need to keep remembering how writing makes me feel.  


One thing that really makes me feel good is helping other people.  When I am putting my attention elsewhere I feel amazing.  One thing to remember is that we will always get through the storm...how you deal with the aftermath is the real question....


Until we meet again my friends...


With all my love...Rita


0 Comments

Day 312 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

4/8/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Good morning my friends...I hope you are having the time of your life bringing in the season of spring.  It is such an amazing time of year to watch everything be born and re-awaken.  

As it is a new season with new beginnings we also get to make new choices for ourselves.  Every moment we are awake we get to constantly make new choices for how our life is going to go.  

We get to start over every moment.  Can you imagine that thought?  We get to start over every moment.  We can choose something then choose again.  We get to always re-choose how our life is going to go and how we are going to respond in every moment.  If something is not going our way we get to choose how we respond and make it different.  We have the power to decide all of it.

We get to begin again...we get to create do-overs for ourselves every moment we choose too.  To be real, there are some moments we don't get to choose to redo; however we do get to choose how we respond and how the outcome will turn out for us.  We always have that opportunity to begin again when we choose.

We always get the opportunity to take that very next step.  It does not matter what is happening we always get that next step to take for our lives.  That next step is always there...it's a matter of choosing to take that next step and how we react to the next step.  Everything is always up to us how we are going to live....if you think about it...life does not just happen, it responds to what we are asking for...

We always get to choose to say "I am sorry" and we always get to choose whether or not we forgive. We sometimes feel that if we forgive then we are saying its okay for us to be treated a certain way; however if we forgive, we are truly forgiving for our own selves to be free to move forward.  When we stay stuck and don't forgive our past or what has happened to us, we become bitter angry people and our whole life stops.  Think about it....what is it that you keep getting angry about and you stay stuck in that moment....until you decide to forgive you will continue to live that nightmare.  I have chosen to forgive my past and myself; I have set everyone free along with setting myself free.  I have realized all that I have been through has been a blessing in disguise so that I can appreciate all that I have in this very moment. 

We need to take some time for ourselves.  We need to start to take the time to look around and really appreciate all that we have.  All work and no play makes for a very grumpy person.  We have all been through it trying to get a head and make ends meet.  I get it!!!  However we need to stop and start to love, laugh and enjoy all the fruits of our labor before it all withers away.  All work and no play will not make you better it will make you bitter.

I beg you; start to live your life to the fullest and enjoy all the gifts that are around you.  Life truly is one big party that goes by way to fast.  Look around at your children that will definitely tell you how fast time goes by.  When I look at my own son who is now 23 years old...I can't believe it....just yesterday he was sitting on my lap telling me how much he loved me and how beautiful I was.  Life goes by in a blink, we are never promised tomorrow so quit worrying about yesterday and really enjoy today.  

Have an amazing day my friends...Until we meet again...

With all my love....Rita

0 Comments

Day 306 on Empowering Women to be Healthy and Confident!!!

4/2/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Good morning my beautiful friends...It is a gloomy rainy day today...however if you are actually looking through my eyes it is a glorious day of cleaning.  The rain is coming down pretty good which will allow for the earth to get its spring cleaning on.  All the salt and left overs from the winter gets to be washed away...a new day, a new season.


Talking about seasons; how many of you has gone through many seasons of your life?  I am not talking about spring, summer, fall and winter the season, I'm talking about spring, summer, fall and winter in your life.  You know what I am saying...


How many of you feel like you've wasted years of your life because you mad poor choices?  I am here to tell you that you did not make a poor choice...you chose to learn a lesson and your class may have been difficult, you may have had to repeat the class, but you came out of it alive and you learned something.  You never waste your life on the choices you make.  We are all on different journeys; what we learn is only our business, no one else's.  Remember, no one has walked in your shoes; no one has a right to judge your journey. 


How many of you spent years in a relationship that was toxic, years with an addiction, and years at a job where it wasn't fulfilling for you?  You have not wasted your life.  You had to be in that relationship learning and growing so you can finally realize that you can stand on your own and be prepared for the amazing relationship you are either in right now or just about to be.  The years you have spent with addiction have not been wasted either...you need to go through what you went through because you were learning how to get it right and make it stick.  You have an amazing life right now without the addiction....it just took some time to figure out...enjoy the life you have right now!!!  Being in a job for years were it was not fulfilling is not a waste either; you needed a place where you could bring home your paycheck while you figured out what really inspires you.  You did not waste your life; you actually took the time to figure it out and now your life is absolutely amazing.


I love the fact that nothing that you or I have done has ever been wasted.  It has all been a learning experience so that we can enjoy the rewards of your efforts.  Don't ever sit and feel sorry for yourself; don't sit and let anyone else feel sorry for you.  Our journey is our own...how we get to the destination is the path we have chose...we need to learn and grow, there is no easy path, we all have a path that will sharpen the skills we need and have for our amazing gift called life.


Until we meet again my friends...


With all my love...Rita

0 Comments

    Rita OWEN

    I have been through a lot in my life just as everyone else; I have found that what I have gone through has always been for my highest good.  There is not a thing that I would change in my life; I would keep the good, the bad, and the ugly.

    Sharing my lessons with you helps me to be the best version of myself.  What I have learned, I share so you are the best version of yourself.  

    When we stand together we are strong and tall making a more confident and loving world.  We are forgiving our past and embracing all that is learned.  We then are teaching our children to be human and the best version of themselves.

    Rita Owen 



    Archives

    June 2024
    January 2024
    January 2023
    May 2022
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    April 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    August 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly