Follow Your Bliss

Religion is just one of those topics its always safe to stay away from, right?  Maybe if your telling this to someone who is not open minded... People believe what they want to believe.  People will share their opinions no matter what. Great! Cause no matter what is right or what is wrong, what is right is that we are ALL entitled to our OWN beliefs.  There is only "right or wrong" answers to those who don't respect another persons beliefs.  Clearly, we don't have to all share the same beliefs, but we can certainly be respectful towards what another person believes in. There was once and Indian poet I read about, and his name is Rajchandra.  He specified that no religion was superior because they all brought people closer to God.  So, if there is one thing that confuses me about all this its, why do people get so heated when they talk about religions? Why, when all religions (at least the ones i know of) are there for a greater good?  Where's the g...

For many years I believed the only person who could truly bring me happiness was myself.  I think it was this reason that bandaged the wounds of living independently - too independently. Don't get me wrong, I think one of the best qualities in a person is them being able to stand on their own two feet and support themselves in all ways, especially financially.  If there is one thing I take pleasure in, its knowing I can do just that.  However,  it shouldn't be a justification in claiming you don't need anyone - by anyone, I mean a partner in life. So can I do mostly everything on my own? Pretty much. If I can't, I'll find the way to pay someone no matter my financial circumstances.  Even though I have not changed as a person, my views continue to change....I'm finding that even though I have and will continue to bring my own happiness, there is something much more that comes along with a committed, loving companionship.  I like to see this kind of happi...

There are certain things I’m starting to experience, rather then just reading or hearing about, where I can finally say I believe that when you give to the universe, the universe finds ways to give back to you… When reading one of my books by Steven Covey, I came across this, “Service is the rent we pay to live here on Earth,” I had thought the idea sounded nice and hoped that actually following through with it would feel just as good – I was wrong, it feels even better. I feel like when I take the time to care about other people - people I don’t know and will never meet, there is a special feeling you receive for putting some good out there for a piece of the world to have.  All I can say is, I don’t think I’ve ever felt so grateful to know that I’m helping someone else.

...sometimes you have to make plans as if there was no one else in the world...

"Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together" is a quote by Marilyn Monroe that I love - I love it because there are so many times where things don't go according to planned... Its as though there is some comfort in knowing things go wrong for all the right reasons.  What other way to look at a situation you don't want to be in or that you wish could have been different?  What's the use of being upset over something when you have no control of the past and all the hope in the world for the future? When all else fails, I look forward to my favorite part of the day.... knowing I get to dream - when everything I could ever want, is everything i've always had. 

I was reading an interview with Jennifer Lopez in Aprils' People magazine, and there was a question that really caught my attention.  The interviewer asked JLO if she felt better about herself now then she did when she was in her 20's. She responded with, "Yes. I feel better, I feel smarter.  In my 20's I just wasn't there in my mind and my soul and my spirit..." Many women who I've spoken to, that are older then me, often say they felt better about themselves and about their life once they reached their 30's - which makes me feel somewhat at ease.  Maybe because parts of me feel so incomplete.  This is not to say I'm unhappy, because I'm a happy person and I'm extremely grateful for all I have; however, there are pieces of me that don't feel right - like I'm missing something, or like there has been a sense of loss somewhere. After I read her full interview, i of course admired her pictures but not because of her beauty, but b...

I remember once there was this guy I dated and I have to be honest…he was an attractive guy and fun to hangout with, but I automatically knew I could never see myself with him in my future.   Now I look back and ask myself why? I mean, how could that be if I never gave him a chance?   Truth be told, I didn’t want to give him a chance, but only because I knew in my heart it could never be.   Is that something a person automatically knows?   It must be…could it be that –that was one of Gods gifts he gave to us?   An unknown, somewhat psychic ability to determine if someone is right for us, whether we know them or not? All I can say is, I too, have been in his shoes before just as many others have and its not a great feeling knowing someone automatically knows they can’t see themselves with you – it doesn’t even have to do with you liking the person, but it has to do with you being rejected.   The let down is in hearing that you can never be that “specia...