Learning, reading, yoga, pilates, walking my bull terrier (Charlie) with my husband, working out at the gym (especially spinning), listening to music. I love the smell & crackling sound of a wood burning fire, so the next house I buy must have a real fireplace!The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude… I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you…we are in charge of our attitudes. ~ Charles SwindollPeople are often unreasonable, illogical,
and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, People may accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some
false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone
could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness,
they may be jealous;
be happy anyway.
The good you do today,
people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have,
and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis,
it is between you and God;
it was never between you and them anyway. ~ Mother TheresaRealize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. ~Og Mandino
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Don't quit when the tide is lowest, for it is just about to turn. Don't quit over doubts and questions, for there's something you may learn. Don't quit when the night is darkest, for it is just a while 'til dawn. Don't quit when you have run the farthest, for the race is almost won. Don't quit when the hill is steepest, for your goal is almost nigh. Don't quit, for you're not a failure, until you fail to try. ~Jill Wolf I honour the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honour the place in you which is of love, truth, light and peace. When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, we are one. Namaste
Depends on my mood...I love music...I really relate to it...especially Blue October, Staind, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida, Tom Petty...anything that expresses raw emotion. ♥ LET LOVE RULE ♥ ~Lenny Kravitz
Match Point, Closer, In the Name of the Father, Sleepers, Girl Interrupted, Notes On A Scandal, Forrest Gump, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Click, Miracle on 34th Street, It's A Wonderful Life, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Mona Lisa Smile
It's a lie. It's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully, and...all the glittering assholes who appreciate art say it's beautiful 'cause that's what they wanna see. But the people in the photos are sad, and alone...But the pictures make the world seem beautiful, so...the exhibition is reassuring which makes it a lie, and everyone loves a big fat lie. ~Alice in Closer
Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60s. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted. ~Susanna in Girl Interrupted
...the blues are because you're getting fat or because it's been raining too long. You're just sad, that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?" ~ Holly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Passion. Temptation. Obsession. There are no little secrets. ~ Match Point
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♥ Wentworth Miller ♥
"The world around me then was kind of grim. I had to learn to pretend in order to...I don't know...block the grimness. The whole world seemed sort of closed to me...(I felt) on the outside of everything, and all I could do was to dream up any kind of pretend-game." ♥ RIP Norma Jeane ♥
Don't watch it that much, but when I do, I'll watch Law & Order or King of Queens.
I read everyday and I have read tons of books. These are some of my favourites: The Catcher in the Rye, The Four Agreements, Summer Sisters, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Shopaholic series, She's Come Undone, I Know This Much Is True, White Oleander