What's It All About?


"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates

While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.

You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase." MLK

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Feelin' Groovy

As a result of last night's cold/cough nightime liquid medicine. It's hours later and I feel like I'm definitely on something. I called in sick to work today. Hated to (yeah, I know since I'm not so fond of my job most of the time) but wasn't going to risk driving like this plus I just feel like crap. I only got on the computer to see if my request for days off cleared. They haven't so now I'm reaching out to co-workers for help. I won't bore you with any more details about the crazy rules we're subject to at work regarding attendance, etc. It's not like anywhere else I've worked.

I'm so mad about getting another cold. I ran out of the multivitamins and vitamin C I was taking a week ago and thought I could get by without getting more since spring seems to be approaching. WRONG WRONG WRONG! Crud. Also staying up later than usual to finish catching up on "Bones" was not the smartest thing I've ever done. Speaking of that, I'm caught up now. I did it! But I'm so not going to get into any commentary/questions about it right now. I just want to go back to sleep.

To be pondered at a later time...maybe. Why do some books made in to a TV series work for me and others don't? I read all of "The Dresden Files" before I saw all of the episodes and didn't have a problem with the translation for TV. "Dexter" also works. I guess the one that I don't think will (have done too much reading about the differences between them) is "True Blood" based on the Sookie Stackhouse southern vampire mystery series by Charlaine Harris. I've read all the books and now they have a series but I just don't think I'll watch it.

Anyhoo. Back to bed now.

Noire

Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!

Things I'm grateful for everyday....

- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)

Current Favorite Quotes

“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos CastaƱeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain

(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)

7-25-07

1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.

Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)

  • 1. No one can bring your life to you
  • 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
  • 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
  • 4. Every choice means giving up something different
  • 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
  • 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
  • 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
  • 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
  • 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them