What do you want?

       Patience has never been a strong suit of mine. I've gotten better with dealing with waiting through maturity. Often I find that I may not be at a stage in my life where I could handle the responsiblity of what I want at the present moment. Some desires may be fleeting but if it grows in time then it will happen at a more opportune place in my life. I do not believe that everything happens for a reason, but I do believe that there is something you can learn from every experience.

"Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself."
Joseph Campbell


"Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation."
 James Allen


      A year ago one of my dearest friends and I sat down in a resturant and talked about all the places we wanted to see and all the things that we wanted to do. We decided to make a bucket list for the next ten years. We both agreed that everything on the list was something that we really wanted to do or accomplish. It was a realistic list that could be done with proper planning and some initiative on both our parts. I believe we've already accomplished three of the things on the list. It's not really imperative that everything on the list gets checked off,  but it is important to know you are capable of making your goals a reality and to become an active participant in living.


"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls."
Joseph Campbell


"To find yourself, think for yourself."
 Socrates 

     Sometimes I catch myself being sucked into the entertainment madhouse. You need to act and dress a certain way, buy certain things (that list never ends), and think.... wait nevermind they would rather do the thinking for you. It's meant to play into peoples' insecurities and offers acceptance of a life you never knew you needed or wanted. It's all smoke and mirrors... and does not offer any real substance or develops any character. 


"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
Oscar Wilde

    If you want to be in great shape, exercise and eat right. There is not a short-cut or magic pill to get you the real results you want other than sweat and perseverance. 


    If you want to be with an amazing person that enriches your life. . . become an incredible person that would be their equal. 


“The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe.”
Deepak Chopra