Let Yourself

Let yourself be 

inspired 

to create, 

to express, 

to be.

Words of Advice

By far the best profile picture I have ever seen on Facebook EVER!

I'm off...

Thought

" Life isn't that serious...Laugh a little"

Life, According to Bill Gates

My mom sent me this email and I wanted to share it with you.

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school.

 

He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!  

Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. 

Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.  

  

Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: They called it opportunity.
 
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
 
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room..
  
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.

*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
 
 Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.

*Do that on your own time.

Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
 

Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds.Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Life Is A...

Life is a:

• stage. Get ready to perform
• field. Get ready to play
• canvas. Get ready to paint
• plate. Get ready to cook.

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen. --Reinhold Niebuhr In loving memory of Fr Bertram Griffin -- 1932-2000 Requiescat in Pace

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths. Proverbs 3, 5-6

Timothy Bloom - 'Til The End Of Time ft. V

WOW. I mean you have to watch this twice. Once with your eyes open and once with your eyes closed. Putting the specimen of black beauty aside this song is wonderful and powerful. I'm going to keep my eye out for this guy right here.

Enjoy!

P!nk - F**kin' Perfect

John Mayer - Daughters

This is a lovely song. I can't call myself a John Mayer fan, but I can say that I do enjoy the songs I have heard from him. This one is one of those that have stuck with me.

Enjoy =)

Plus One to Vocab

Today's word is depauperate.

The word depauperate is an adjective and means poorly or imperfectly developed.

No one wants to live a depauperate life. Let us then strive for excellence and enjoyment. After all, it is just one we get.

Our Song

I find joy in the simplest of things, and this is one of them. Imagine two grown people singing this nursery rhyme for each other and meaning the world to each other when they do.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are gray.
You never know dear how much I love you.
Please don't take my sunshine away.

May you remember to appreciate and cherish the little things in life.

Inspirational Message with the touch of Chocolate

These days chocolate is being lauded for many newly discovered benefits. Dermatologists have found that applying chocolate topically renews and moisturises the skin, making us look younger and more beautiful. Scientists are excitedly studying chocoalte's ingredient theobromine as a promising cough surpressant that seems to work better than traditional elixirs, without any of the side effets. Perhaps most striking is the discovery that dark chocolate is packed with flavenoids, an antioxidant that protects against cardiovascular disease.

Of Course, chocolate lovers have always sworn by chocolate's other benefits to the heart. Women especially turn to chocolate regularly for comfort and consolation. Whether it's the rich, sweet tast or some chemical that influences our emotions, chocolate makes us feel better when we're sad or hurting.

All of us can be like chocolate. We can't moisturise a friend's skin or stop her cough, but we can soothe her heart. We can be a shoulder to cry on, a listening ear, a word of comfort. We don't have to have all the answers. All it takes is a heart that cares and firm commitment to stay, even when we'd rather run the other way.

Funny thing about being there for someone at her time of greatest need: when we comfort and bless another, we invariably feel blessed and encouraged ourselves. Won't you be chocolate to someone who needs consolation today?


Taken from Hugs for Chocolate Lovers

Inspirational Quote on Journeys

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." -Marcel Proust

Inspirational Quote

"The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself." - Mark Twain

The Topic Is Love

"Love is a taste of paradise." - Sholem Aleichem

Inspirational Quote

"Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it fear of losing ourselves? Until we do lose ourselves there is no hope if finding ourselves." - Henry Miller

Live Your Best Life

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have lived just the length of it. I want to live the breadth of it as well." - Diane Ackerman

Thought For The Day

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
-La Rochefouchauld, French writer