Follow Your Bliss

“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey As you probably already know, life has a way of making it easy to forget all the incredible things we already have when we’re putting so much focus on the things we don’t have… Sometimes I catch myself falling into a zone where all I can think about are the things I want and have no way of obtaining anytime soon; it makes me feel hopeless.   However, there are times where I literally had to look at the clock and tell myself that at this very moment, I have EVERYTHING I could ever need…and usually I remind myself of how grateful I should be for my health, my family and the people who I am surrounded by daily.   I couldn’t imagine how life would be without my friends, my roommates and my co-workers…my job… I just feel the more I count my blessings, the less there is to be upset about. With that being said, I have everyth...

This is how I know I’m aging… Its interesting looking back and realizing how I have changed. (probably similar to the way many have.) One thing I have developed is patience.   Five years ago I wouldn’t have had the patience for children or animals…basically anything that required my assistance or attention.   For instance, when I’m hanging out with my five-year-old cousin, I don’t mind getting her dressed before me or how slow she takes with certain things. Lol Actually, I find I enjoy being able to help this little person:-)  Now a days, I have this nurturing tendency where I feel like I need to take care of someone or something! Lol   I think this is the main reason why I want a puppy :-D  I just want to be able to share loving energy and take care of something :-)

Anytime I write a song, my inspiration is usually heartbreak.  It almost seems as though I can’t write about anything else when it comes to my music; or could it be that-that’s all I can write about because that’s all I have known? When I started working on my newest song, I wanted so badly to have something good to say, but if I did, my lyrics wouldn’t be true and I’m all about writing my life experiences.  I’m not trying to sound like a downer, because I’m not, but it seriously gets to the point where I start to wonder if something like love and stuff even exist for me.  I mean, I know it exist in the world because I see people around me who share it– I guess you can say that those peoples happiness are the ones who are giving me hope. See, up until recently, I thought a good relationship between two people was one where you weren’t being hit or cussed at.  With that being said, my standards were never high and so I never really knew how I should have been t...

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...