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

Friday, April 3, 2009

As usual, plans changed

So this "weekend" didn't go the way I planned. Yesterday, Thursday, was all about just vegging out and relaxing. Was totally OK with that having worked an entire week for a change. No time w/B except for brief phone time and then today was all about getting my car back from my brother -needed/got new strut for oh, only $170. Eeeeeeeeeeeek! Then nappin' 'til time to go to shift at SPCO. Now here and bored. Not going out w/S tonight because my finances are in dire straits. (Bad, bad Sam taking those unpaid days off.) After work tonight, going to hit the grocery store and stock up on ramen noodles. Ugh. You gotta do what you gotta do though right?

So I've been watching more episodes of "Remington Steele". Have felt the need for pure escapism TV and boy, does that ever fit the bill.

Tonight however, I'll watch the latest eps of "Bones", "Hell's Kitchen" & "Supernatural".

Work tomorrow and for the next few days. Next Thursday I'm thinking of attempting to head down to FL. Got a call from my aunt today and apparently she's moving out into her own place. Good for her. I have mentioned her husband and son are shits right? So maybe this will help. We -my mother and that part of the family -want her to come up here -but w/a teenage son who's life is there -this probably is the best compromise. So anyway, I'll head down Thursday and come back Friday night. Just a short visit to give her some love and support (besides it doesn't cost me a penny!)

Only 2 more hours before done here. What am I going to do to kill the time? I should have brought a book. Oh well. I'm sure I'll find something to do here online....

Later.
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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 Castañeda
"..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)
"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