A certain someone I know likes to remind me -when I forget -that my world IS a happy place.
Maybe no one else would make the choices I have but I'm sure glad of them.
I have so fucking much to be grateful for. And not just things that I should be thankful for. Shit. Does that make sense?
It might not. I'm so ...happy right now. And I don't know where to begin.
I know so many people that are the coolest, awesome people. Friends, family, FB acquaintances, co-workers. Random strangers.
My problem isn't that I'm self-centered/involved/think I'm so wonderful, it's that I think EVERYONE is wonderful...including me.
Wait. Was that a Freudian slip ...isn't my problem that I think I'm not so wonderful and I wonder why people put up with me [if I'm so self-centered]??
Whoa. Let's just stop right there and get back to thinking about the things I'm grateful for.
*I'm grateful for profit sharing money and tax refunds that enabled to me to get some monkeys off my back, money-wise.
*I'm grateful I work for an airline -and with any luck, I'll be in San Diego 24 hours from now. S's birthday is tomorrow. He managed to get the day off and is making an event of it.
*I'm grateful I have a valentine. While I feel love all the time, from so many places in my life, there is nothing quite like someone telling you they love you on a day that is...a day they can with words, on paper. :P
*I'm grateful my parents were able to move into a new apartment, in the same building, but now on the ground floor, with a deck. (And that I didn't have to help clean the old one.)
*I'm grateful I got a chance to sit with one of the newbies at work, L, and talk to her about the job & try to give some of the benefit of my experience.. And she's a really awesome woman. I hope we'll become friends.
*I'm grateful I have my own washer and dryer. I've got to do at least one load of laundry before leaving town (need knickers.)
You know, I think Oprah was right about the whole "keeping a gratitude journal" thing. I've had diaries and journals ever since I was 10 and got my very first diary.
Ah, memories. That first one was one I got it from this woman, Pauline, who lived in the same apartment building back around Christmas, 1980. It was 5 year diary, with a lock and a key. And to me it was ...the best present I'd ever received (besides my buddy bear, but that's a post for another time). I've loved having that outlet for expressing myself since then.
Maybe that's what the new theme of the blog will be...gratitude. Daily (Weekly? Monthly?) gratitude.
Musings from a big and beautiful sometimes "drama queen" on her current state of existence
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.
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)
- 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.
"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