Make up your own mind

The quest for truth starts at birth and ends only at death. Open your eyes, your ears, your heart and trust your own intuition. Carefully sift through the words you hear to filter the truth from the lies. Things are not always what they seem.

Breaking rules

In order to be original and do something new, it is necessary to break a few rules along the way. But its important to know the rules to the game you are playing. An understanding of the fundamentals and a familiarity with the playing field is the platform from which you can leap in your new direction with purpose!


Remember learning the rules is the easy part ~ breaking them in a way that is innovative, unique and clever is what takes the real work!

Try and fail, but don't fail to try

We are taught from such a young age that failure is abominable, punishable, looked down upon. . . when in all actuality it is a very necessary part of success. Nobody succeeds without many trials and errors or Failures! Fear of failure must never be a reason not to try something. In fact, we should expect to fail and fail again in the pursuit of finally getting it right one of these days!


So get out there and try again and again until you get IT the way you want it, what ever IT is!!

cha cha cha cha Changes . .

Life is all about evolution. We see it all around us in nature and at the same time we ourselves are simultaneously going through the same transitions day by day, although they might appear subtle at first, there comes a time when others see it or we see the changes for ourselves. Changes in relationships can affect us the most, but even those are necessary for our personal growth and evolvement.

They are not long, the days of wine and roses

"I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers".  ~ Claude Monet 
I was overwhelmed by the beauty in bloom at the LA Arboretum last week, a SPECKtacular place I'll be going back to visit again soon!

happy 4th of july!

. . . . I'll tell you a secret . . . . Our freedom is won by facing our fears. Personally, as a country and as a civilization. Celebrate the fears you have faced and overcome this past year!

Come Alive!

Problems and troubles are sure to find us. That is a given. So it is our job to find joy and happiness. When we are truly happy we can do wonderful things! Get out there and find something to be happy about and come ALIVE and celebrate!!

BEaUtiful

Dream in technicolor!

Shoot for the stars in your dreams. Don't hold back one glorious detail. Let your imagination run wild and free. Shed the safe black, white and grey and embrace the rainbow of opportunities out there waiting for you!! HAPPY FRIDAY!

Stick your neck out?

Sometimes you will find you need to stick your neck out, go the extra mile . . . extend a helping hand, again and again. And sometimes . .   after you've been nice and patient and forgiving, it's time to try something different ~ entirely different. 

get over IT!

Whatever "it" is, that is bothering you. Some hurt that you are holding onto, get it out ~ tell someone, make amends ~ either by forgiving or forgetting and get over it. Most likely in the grand scheme of things its minor in comparison to the real tragedies going on in this world today that you could be dealing with instead.
thanks to my friend Ingie for shooting these cool photos of me yesterday :D

a year from now . . .

Time flies no matter what you are doing. It is a finite thing, our greatest gift of all. We can chose to spend it anyway we like. Opportunities come and go, we get side tracked and we procrastinate. So take the time to think about what you really want to accomplish this year, because everything takes time, so why not start now!

This year I want to travel and I want to write a story. So I need to start planning my trip and writing a page a day. No time like the present!?!  xo

Man's best friend

"Outside of a dog, books are man's best friend". It's hard to imagine just a few centuries back, only an elite minority were taught to read. The shift from a minority to the majority reading, has had a monumental effect on our world. Much like the growing effect of the majority now having access to the internet today.


So pull a book off the shelf and teach yourself something new today!! Just because you CAN!

Letting Loose

While there are lots of times in life it is necessary to be serious and sober  ~ there are also lots of times in life it is equally necessary to be light-hearted and tipsy!