It's New Brunswick day on Monday and it's a statutory holiday too, whoo Hoo but also Boo because summer is going way too fast for all of us but especially us that live in the snow belt regions but oh well, that's ok because there's not a blessed thing that we can do about it. So I am really hoping for the humidity to break for us that's having to endure it and the thunderstorms will go away and I know that I am asking way too much but if the temps could be in the low to mid 70's for the month of August that would be heavenly but I know that's not going to happen so I will enjoy whatever the weather because life is good especially considering the alternative, so let's always look for the positives in life because if we look hard enough we will always find it and when looking at our quits, whether we're at day 1 or day 101 or day 1000 or whether we're struggling as long as we continue moving forward in this journey of quitting smoking, everything will become positive, I look back at my smoking days and can't believe how many decades of my life I wasted on the cancer sticks but whew luckily I wised up and tossed the yakies ( cigarettes ) away. I had many failed attempts in the past but not this time, because with my willingness to succeed and with all of you my friends and fellow Exers, my commitment and determination to be successful worked and as long as I remain vigilant and the same goes for each and everyone of you as long as we protect our precious quits while enjoying our freedom then life is positive and believe me when I say that the first few weeks and months of my quit wasn't easy by no means, I had days that I blatted like a baby or maybe I could've ripped off your face if you happened to look at me the wrong way, I didn't have a lot of company those first couple of months of my quit because nobody wanted to be around me and most people didn't think I could quit but here I am and if I can do it after 40 yrs of smoking and I know that there's quite a few here that's smoked 45 or 50 yrs or more that's been quit for 3 or 4 yrs or longer, so make up your mind to never ever smoke again and stick to it because there's definitely life after cigarettes and Freedom is yours for the taking and it is EXhilarating!
Marilyn 746 DOF
