My friend sends me "street art" she finds in LA. Hilarious. Game on life. Game on!
"The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbow. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are … It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.
You, me or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It ‘s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done."
Sometimes I have no idea what I am doing at my job, but I have to pretend I fully understand.
Customer's Email:
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Noted. Thank you for the update.
For me, its like reading out of a textbook again. School was not so useless after all.
Fake it until you make it.
From Think and Grow Rich:
A long while ago, a great warrior faced a situation which made it necessary for him to make a decision which insured his success on the battlefield. He was about to send his armies against a powerful foe, whose men outnumbered his own. He loaded his soldiers into boats, sailed to the enemy’s country, unloaded soldiers and equipment, then gave the order to burn the ships that had carried them. Addressing his men before the first battle, he said, “You see the boats going up in smoke. That means that we cannot leave these shores alive unless we win! We now have no choice — we win — or we perish!”
Success in anything takes resolve. And the more difficult to achieve or the more rewarding the prize, the more resolve and commitment towards the end goal there needs to be.
People are silly creatures and given an easier way out, our ego tells us that the prize is not worth it; that there is a next time and we were not ready at this moment.
Relationships are very much the same way. I feel like its a constant game of who is willing to give more and we are always holding back our best and so therefore both parties lose.
Joe and David were good friends and Joe had marbles while David had pogs. David wanted to trade all his pogs for all of Joe's marbles. They talked about it during recess that day and agreed. That day when David went home and he gathered all his pogs together, he started to think to himself. "What if Joe keeps his best marbles?" David started to sort out all of his favorite pogs and he kept them. The next day David and Joe met and they traded. Joe gave all his marbles and David gave "all" his pogs. Joe seemed very happy with the trade. That night David could not sleep. He kept thinking what marbles he was missing out on?
I will always give you my best. My very best <3
Ham or Eggs for breakfast?
The chicken laid an egg and was part of the process in making a breakfast.
The pig, however, gave its arm or leg or maybe even its life to be part of the breakfast.
That is what you call commitment.
So in your current relationship are you ham or eggs?
You know how you are ham?
When you break up, you have no girl to call to come over for wine and scrabble. No booty call. No automatic rebound. No girl that was waiting for you to break up. No girl you were thinking about if shit ever hit the ceiling.
Wine and scrabble anyone?
Is it possible to be friends with someone you use to sleep with?
Is anyone out there good friends with someone they once slept with? I have no close friends where that is the case and I would like to know some instances/stories of how it worked and if it does at all.
There is nothing finer than being in that moment and holding the one you love, finally being together against all odds and overcoming and enduring the circumstances.
The Notebook is a very beautiful story, but I wonder. I wonder though what it was like for Ryan Gosling's character through the years as the girl of his dreams was no where to be seen. He had built a dream house for her waiting for her to come back one day. What kind of belief did he have to have that even when she had let go he held on so tightly and so ridiculously?
I wonder if he had friends in the movie what they would have been telling him. They probably would have told him to move on and that he is crazy for waiting for her. They would tell him to sell his house and start a business or just move away so he can move on. They would have tried to tell him to just focus on himself and that there are better girls out there for him, but I do not think he would have swayed.
There is a scene in the movie where Noah sleeps with a random girl while he is still waiting for the love of his life. I wonder as he stared off into space with eyes so empty, did he doubt himself? I wonder if he thought maybe he should let go and just give up. Maybe he could fall in love with this girl.
In the bible, there is this passage that with the faith as small as a mustard seed, miraculous things can happen. The mustard seed is one of the tiniest seeds but it grows to be one of the biggest trees. The magic of the mustard seed that we often forget is that it was given time. With small faith and belief over a long period of time, it continues to grow until it reaches its final and full potential.
The world is always looking for a love like fireworks or that of shootings stars with quick results and presence. However, we forget how quickly it phases. There is something to be said about a consistent and deep burning ember that lasts in our souls. And this type of love can be only seeded in a consistent belief over an extended period of time when the rest of the world would have already given up. They say everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
Would you continue to believe? Could you have endured?
Acknowledging things give it power and legitimacy. David is now single. Its been two weeks. Long story short, our timing was off and our passions are pulling us in different directions for now. It was a very mature break up, which makes it even harder. Life is good and I wish her the best.
Alright back to me! Focus people, focus. Everyone knows when you break up, you get to go on a drinking binge and your boys are suppose to throw shots and girls your way.
Since my break up, I have not gotten drunk nor have I even called another girl up to fill the space.
I have instead gone back to church and went to a conference last week and a retreat this week. I have made travel plans for myself in the next two months and I have surrounded myself with friends as I always have.
It is interesting, because no one treats me like I just broke up. There is no pity party and people are already making fun of me because I am single.
Maybe, I am lucky and have peace and joy about the things to come and I know there are good plans in store for me. Or maybe my defense mechanisms are kicking in. I will continue to break down my thoughts and experiences over the next couple years about the lessons I learned in this last relationship. Either way, I am doing really well right now.
Here is my current to do list:
"Sleep in Peace. Wake up in Joy. Walk in Love." - Pastor PB
Just keep climbing... just keep swimming. 
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They say the nights are the hardest. You can keep running and moving, but its when you lay down and try to sleep that your mind runs to the crevices, the areas you were able to block throughout the day. The thoughts enter and linger and the what ifs play with your head.
I use to be able to fall asleep so easily and so soundly. I guess those were the days when I was completely fulfilled. Now I have to start again and learn to fill those holes and the gaps in which she once perfectly complemented.
Oh sleep. Please come easy tonight. I have a busy day tomorrow. I will update you lovely xanga people soon. I have not been able to put down the words or wrap up all my thoughts. Its as if I write out the words, the reality will completely sink in.
9/3/2012
It was our last day together. No, not yet. The words are still too soon. Lets stop time and hold this moment for just a bit longer.
"She made you decent and in return you made her so happy."
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