Sometimes the small things make people happy and often people try and find happiness in the big things. Each day you're alive should make you happy. How you choose to live that day is what makes it a life worth living.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Friends
What would life be without friends...
That's a thought, right? Seriously...I have the most amazing friends and I'm so lucky to have them. There's not enough gratitude I can express to make them realize how much the little things matter to me. If there weren't people you can just rely on for anything, then it would be no life at all. Those people are amazing friends. They just show up and know how to take your mind off things and if it weren't for them, I would just be lost. It's nice knowing people care and results in waking up with a smile :)
On a more positive note, I'm appreciating NYC more and more each day. Not sure how long my NYC adventure will continue but I'm trying hard to survive the 'Big Apple'
That's a thought, right? Seriously...I have the most amazing friends and I'm so lucky to have them. There's not enough gratitude I can express to make them realize how much the little things matter to me. If there weren't people you can just rely on for anything, then it would be no life at all. Those people are amazing friends. They just show up and know how to take your mind off things and if it weren't for them, I would just be lost. It's nice knowing people care and results in waking up with a smile :)
On a more positive note, I'm appreciating NYC more and more each day. Not sure how long my NYC adventure will continue but I'm trying hard to survive the 'Big Apple'
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Focus
People always say... "I'm focusing on myself right now" but are they really?
Focus on your family, career, kids, friends, etc whatever you may want it to be. Why is it that the minute 1 aspect of our life goes haywire we lose focus on the 1 thing we care most about. Remember what that 1 thing is, set the goals and go for it! Remember not to lose sight of what really matters.
It's easy to get distracted and forget about working towards your goals especially when human nature is to want everything to be perfect all the time. It will never be perfect. We have to find perfection in our imperfections. That's what makes us and our lives unique.
Focus on 1 thing at a time and other things will fall into place and then your imperfect life will be perfect.
Focus on your family, career, kids, friends, etc whatever you may want it to be. Why is it that the minute 1 aspect of our life goes haywire we lose focus on the 1 thing we care most about. Remember what that 1 thing is, set the goals and go for it! Remember not to lose sight of what really matters.
It's easy to get distracted and forget about working towards your goals especially when human nature is to want everything to be perfect all the time. It will never be perfect. We have to find perfection in our imperfections. That's what makes us and our lives unique.
Focus on 1 thing at a time and other things will fall into place and then your imperfect life will be perfect.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tomorrow may not come
Every moment and every person in your life that you love is precious, don't take them for granted but show them how you feel. More than once.
I will never forget the memories I have of you, those will be with me always. I will always remember you and will forever keep you in my heart. You helped raise me when I was a child and have seen me grow up to who I am today. I know you're watching over me, every step of the way, guiding me and blessing me. I wish it wasn't goodbye, I just wasn't ready to say it yet. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever. I know you're resting in a peaceful place and I can only hope I can pass on the warmth, love, and generosity as you did for others asking nothing in return. You were a great wife, mother, sister, aunt, a great woman that we will remember always.
Tomorrow may not be there so "Live Well, Love Much, and Laugh Often"
I will never forget the memories I have of you, those will be with me always. I will always remember you and will forever keep you in my heart. You helped raise me when I was a child and have seen me grow up to who I am today. I know you're watching over me, every step of the way, guiding me and blessing me. I wish it wasn't goodbye, I just wasn't ready to say it yet. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever. I know you're resting in a peaceful place and I can only hope I can pass on the warmth, love, and generosity as you did for others asking nothing in return. You were a great wife, mother, sister, aunt, a great woman that we will remember always.
Tomorrow may not be there so "Live Well, Love Much, and Laugh Often"
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Growing Up
Here's the strange part. I've always been afraid of growing up. But with age comes wisdom. Yea it sounds funny to say it like that but it's true.
Years ago when i was graduating from high school or even further back when i was graduating middle school in 2000. WOW. almost 11 years ago. So much has changed and I've learned so much.
The last few days I've come to realize a couple things about myself and people in general. In life everyone works hard to get where they want to go. Some make it further than the others and sometimes the universe has something else in mind. So everyone's plans change. I never planned to be in New York at this age, single, looking for a career change. But here I am! Some people planned to finish high school then go to college and then get a job in whatever. For some that happened. For some, it wasn't so black and white. There's a lot of grey in life. How you react and adapt to situations in life is what makes you, you.
I went to a public middle school and then a catholic high school. I'm not sure if it was the education or the upbringing or the choices we make as we grow up but everyone's life didn't go according to plan. I think it has a lot to do with the choices we make which are stemmed from how we were raised. There were people who didn't think I would go anywhere in life, because I was a shy 8th grader. years later when I ran into the same people from my class of 2000. It was apparent that I was headed in the direction to do big things. I could have rubbed it in their faces, getting a scholarship to a private university or living in a big city like Chicago at the time and making 3X if not more than them. But clearly we are all happy in our own way.
People work hard in their own capacity. I realized this then and again recently that people make choices and you live with those choices and you accept it because that it reality. Generally everyone is happy with the way things are and the ones that aren't happy, well they could be in an entirely different situation and things could be far worse.
Everyone has to live their own life and stop worrying about others. where they are in life, etc etc. It's not a game. Everybody has a different way of thinking and everyone goes someplace in life and more often than not. Everyone knows how and why they got there.
Life isn't a competition, it's about getting somewhere right? Success? why not focus on being the best "you" and you will automatically get everything you deserve.
Years ago when i was graduating from high school or even further back when i was graduating middle school in 2000. WOW. almost 11 years ago. So much has changed and I've learned so much.
The last few days I've come to realize a couple things about myself and people in general. In life everyone works hard to get where they want to go. Some make it further than the others and sometimes the universe has something else in mind. So everyone's plans change. I never planned to be in New York at this age, single, looking for a career change. But here I am! Some people planned to finish high school then go to college and then get a job in whatever. For some that happened. For some, it wasn't so black and white. There's a lot of grey in life. How you react and adapt to situations in life is what makes you, you.
I went to a public middle school and then a catholic high school. I'm not sure if it was the education or the upbringing or the choices we make as we grow up but everyone's life didn't go according to plan. I think it has a lot to do with the choices we make which are stemmed from how we were raised. There were people who didn't think I would go anywhere in life, because I was a shy 8th grader. years later when I ran into the same people from my class of 2000. It was apparent that I was headed in the direction to do big things. I could have rubbed it in their faces, getting a scholarship to a private university or living in a big city like Chicago at the time and making 3X if not more than them. But clearly we are all happy in our own way.
People work hard in their own capacity. I realized this then and again recently that people make choices and you live with those choices and you accept it because that it reality. Generally everyone is happy with the way things are and the ones that aren't happy, well they could be in an entirely different situation and things could be far worse.
Everyone has to live their own life and stop worrying about others. where they are in life, etc etc. It's not a game. Everybody has a different way of thinking and everyone goes someplace in life and more often than not. Everyone knows how and why they got there.
Life isn't a competition, it's about getting somewhere right? Success? why not focus on being the best "you" and you will automatically get everything you deserve.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
It's a matter of time
It's a matter of time when things will go right instead of wrong. It's a matter of time when I won't be misunderstood by some people. It's a matter of time I will know more about myself than I do today.
It's a process and does someone really know themselves entirely? I know what I like and don't like. I think everyone has to figure things out and that's what I've been doing. Everyday is something new right? Just trying to live 1 day at a time....let's where life takes me :)
It's a process and does someone really know themselves entirely? I know what I like and don't like. I think everyone has to figure things out and that's what I've been doing. Everyday is something new right? Just trying to live 1 day at a time....let's where life takes me :)
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