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lil_erika

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About Me

....MY LIFE.....RAGS-TO-RICHES-TO-RAGS-TO...ULTIMATE HAPPINESS!!! What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate. (Trump) Experience taught me a few things. One, listen to your gut, trust your inner voice, or inner guide, no matter how good it seems on the surface. Two, stick with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best successes come when your back is against the wall and you have no other option. Fourth, build a strong team of friends and supporters. Lastly, NEVER let setbacks hold you back. Make Your Life the Master Piece it was meant to be, those are the words I live by. I have had some major setbacks in my life, in works and in my relationships. No matter what has happened in my life, I rely on my game plan and implementing my plan. I have had people who have ridiculed me for making so many plans, and ultimately, that is my way of working out the kinks, putting things in order and getting my plan on paper. I am focused on my dreams and my desire to inspire others to greatness, to unleash the genius within each of us, to unlock the door that is hiding our true potential. It has been said that "what lies before us, is nothing compared to what lies within us" , I believe that it's true. I have personally witnessed hardships. I do not care to remember, nightmares of my life and the things that have happened to me kept me awake many nights, and through it all I repeated to myself, "I am better than this situation, the situation does not control me, I am who I am despite the situation." And in the end, I have proven who I am and that the situation has not taken me from me. I have seen others go through trauma, lost loves, and ruined businesses and eventually succumb to the negativity, the heartbreak, and defeat of the human spirit. I have been there in their shoes myself, wandered there in that place aimlessly, and ultimately emerged, reinvented, improved and the master of my fate. I have learned that money is not everything; it is not the end-all-be-all to life. Money is a means to an end, a tool, nothing more. Without it or with it trials, tribulations and heartbreak come and go, to base your life around your credit score, or your bank account balance, or how big your house is, that to me is a wasted life. Those are all nice things, however they are not what life is made of; love, true love, to spend your life spreading and encouraging love, this is a worthy life. Financial insecurity and uncertain futures have created stress in my life and my relationships, my quest for success has at times leveraged me financially beyond the point of breaking, and the stress has taken its toll on my relationships. Making my life the Masterpiece it is meant to be, is not an easy task, I have learned to address those fears and successfully traverse the course. As we all know, hard times can hit when we least expect it, financial ruin, natural disasters, lost loved ones, and in times like those it is when we need our friends, family and support team the most. I have made money and I have lost money, I have always remained the same, fun loving, entertaining, focused and down to earth, I have always been. The only difference is the places I eat, and the places I visited and the place I call my home. Money can come and go in my life; the only thing that is constant is ME. I have learned, if you want to improve your circumstances, improve yourself. Like the Phoenix, I rise above my own destruction, and ashes, evolving and rising above the ordinary into something extraordinary. I enjoy difficult pursuits that challenge me to excel, and I refuse to accept anything less than the best I can be. From rags-to-riches to rags, and now Ultimate Happiness, that is how I would describe my life and myself. From ruin to rebirth, always rising from the ashes with a vigor and passion for the best that lies within me, and the best life has to offer. I do not know of anyone who does not have challenges. Everyone can tell stories of personal traumas. Holding thoughts of inadequacy, lack, gloom, and ill will doesn't do anyone any good. You cannot hold a picture of failure in your mind and expect it to guide you to success in any endeavor. However if we choose to do so, we can use these experiences; to propel is forward instead of using them as excuses not to achieve our dreams. It is my experience that a person must constantly be creating, finding, or adding value to the lives of others. Success cares nothing about personal history, excuses, or life challenges. If you add value to the lives of others eventually and one way or the other, money will flow to those who do. One of my strongest personal belief is you become what you think about habitually. Make your plans as fantastic as you like, because 25 years from now, they will seem mediocre. Make your plans ten times as great as you first planned, and 25 years from now you will wonder why you did not make them 50 times as great. x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t Click here to make Falling Objects x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t x a n d i t MySpace Layouts Myspace Layouts
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friends... friends....friends.... music....

I'd like to meet:

people afraid to lose oneself...^^......
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Music:

underground music... trance.... r&b.... acoustic....rock... alternative...new wave...pop-rock....love songs...

Movies:

the last american virgin.....ghost....... electric dreams...... st. elmo's fire..... ....zapped... .....tootsie....... i for icarus... cinderella man.... something the lord has made..... brokeback mountain.... and.....

Television:

bubble gang... smallville... hbo... cinema one... mtv asia...

Books:

sidney sheldon books...

Heroes:

myself....myself.... myself......

My Blog

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"It's a wrap!"Don't you sometimes wish for time to freeze or go in slow motion, particularly when you feel strongly about some things or thoughts? Romantic thoughts? Unwrap it. Don't stop. Go! GO! GO!...
Posted by lil_erika on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:31:00 PST

all about santa... (better late than never...)

This article was published in The Philippine Daily Inquirer's "Youngblood" section, which is a throne room of sorts for young aspiring writers. This article was superb enough to make it to the Decembe...
Posted by lil_erika on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:44:00 PST

rEaLiTy HaS iT's OwN mIdDlE fInGeR...

Reality Has Its Own Middle FingerFull_moon Its full moon now, I can see its written a whole of my life story there. I see the dark night in my 2nd day in New Year, shining with one or two stars above....
Posted by lil_erika on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:34:00 PST

holiday hurrahs...a new depressant

there's something extremely depressing about christmas that gives me this weird nauseous feeling and i just can't point out what it is. majority of my depressingly stupid generation seems to enjoy chr...
Posted by lil_erika on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 02:21:00 PST

love and life....

"Love is eternal - the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lam...
Posted by lil_erika on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:12:00 PST

lAsT cHrIsTmAs....

Geez, time flies really fast these days. One day we were looking forward for the Holidays, and before we knew it, it has swiftly passed. Hooo Hooo..Christmas is the time of year when you have to be ha...
Posted by lil_erika on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:33:00 PST

soulmate.....

"A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we a...
Posted by lil_erika on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:04:00 PST

dear......

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Posted by lil_erika on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:44:00 PST

i love you...

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Posted by lil_erika on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:29:00 PST

more on love...

i waNt to be someoNe's last caLL of the night and his first thouGht in the morniNg..i wanT those 5-hour conversatiOns that end in: no, u hang Up first..i wAnt the heArt-racinG, paLm-sweating, whaTs-go...
Posted by lil_erika on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:34:00 PST