To my sweet Uncle Gunn

August 3, 2014February 12, 2019 | MichelleMarie

After Pa passed, your oldest brother, it left our large family each dealing with this loss in different ways. When one loses a siblings or parent it leaves a hole in your heart and you struggle to find words, or some type of expression to convey this loss. You wrote a song, two in fact, one in the 70s when your Pa, my Gpa passed and then one for your Brother Dan, my Pa. I want you to know I love you to pieces and thank you for reaching out to me. I love sharing with you because it to me is all about inspiration and giving back when your cup sometimes feels empty.

Uncle Gunn you fill my inbox with beauty. Your photos take my breath away as well as your wisdom. I have always loved your words they are like a bandage and while I/we heal we will continue to love and give love because that’s what we do. I’m so thankful to call you Uncle. I am blessed beyond words and I’m trying, though failing pitifully, to tell you how much you mean to me. So I’m posting these photos, I believe they speak for themselves the connection you and I share.

It is well with my soul~these are so beautiful Uncle Gunn! I love exploring this beautiful garden called earth through your eyes!

Gunnarisms~part 3~If it ain’t fixed yet—maybe it needs to stay broken??!!

August 3, 2014November 19, 2015 | MichelleMarie

17. I have “opportunities in disguise” that I have to uncover—
while some people call them—PROBLEMS!!
18. I woke up this morning BREATHING with My loved ones all around me.
What huge piece of life did you miss out on today??
19. One of the hardest things to do is “change everything that we don’t like” about ourselves.
20. You can carry the message to the person, but you can’t carry the person.
21. Simple life math – SELF WILL = SELF KILL
22. You can travel the WORLD and tell all about it – if your soul is empty,
you really haven’t gone anywhere!!
23. If You are not going forward – You are falling backward.
24. The ultimate tools for life are not at the Snap On dealer.
The biggest forever toolbox with all of life’s tools have been
place at your feet by God. Get with him, and you will discover them.
25. Life is SIMPLE – We just like complicating the heck out of it – in hyper drive!!
26. If it ain’t fixed yet—maybe it needs to stay broken??!!

OWNING YOU~Cherish your wishes and your dreams

August 2, 2014February 18, 2016 | MichelleMarie

The Wisconsin Dells — The Eau Claire Dells~photo by Gunnar Timothy

Some of us have rarely been allowed to stand alone as ourselves, breath, touch our inner soul,
think, reflect, take deep breaths of our OWN….and simply “BE!”
Work like you don’t need the money, Love like you’ve never been hurt,
And dance like no-one’s watching—ALWAYS in everything.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never in nothing,
great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Cherish your wishes and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul
and the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Like the light in the dark of a dismal night, let your self STAND OUT as glowing,
warm, and welcome, PROUD in the unmistaken truth, that YOU own YOU!

Gunnar Timothy

Believe in your heart and soul that something astounding is about to happen

August 2, 2014November 19, 2015 | MichelleMarie

Believe in your heart and soul that something astounding is about to happen.
Love your YOURSELF in YOUR life.
Believe that your powers, and your potential have no limits,
And believe always in your own goodness.

Wake each morning with the awe of just being alive.
Discover in each day the magnificent small miracles,
Displaying awesome beauty of the world.

Explore and embrace life within yourself,
in awareness of everyone you see each day.

Reach within your spirit to find your own special being.
Amaze yourself and arouse those around you,
To the potential of each new day.

Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect;
For this is the essence of your humility and humanity.

Let those who love you help you.
Take down the WALL to trust enough to take what others offer.

Look with hope to the horizon in each new day,
For today is all we really have.

Live this day like it were your last.
Let a little sun shine out as well as the sun shinning in.
Create your own rainbows, even if it is for yourself.

Be open to all possibilities.

Believe in always, and in always…. believe in Miracles!
Author Unknown re-write by Gunnar Timothy

People come into your life for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime

August 2, 2014November 19, 2015 | MichelleMarie

When you know which one it is for a person, you will know what to do
for that person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need
you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty,
to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically,
emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a Godsend, and they are!
They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrong
doing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do
something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die.
Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a
stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire
fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered,
and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has
come to share, grow, or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or
make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They
usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real!
But, only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons: things you must
build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to
accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use
in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love
is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life.

This inspiration from my Uncle Gunn blessed me this morning.

I am thankful to have him in my life and I love him to pieces.