Friday, December 30, 2011
Tired and Cold
I have a lot to do today, and I'm glad I got the day off to take care of shit. First stop, DMV D:
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Festivus
Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated as a way to celebrate the holiday season without participating in its pressures and commercialism.[1] It was created by writer Dan O'Keefe and introduced into popular culture by his son Daniel, a screenwriter for the TV show Seinfeld,[1][2] as part of a comical storyline on the show. The holiday's celebration, as shown on Seinfeld, includes an unadorned aluminum "Festivus pole", practices such as the "Airing of Grievances" and "Feats of Strength", and the labeling of easily explainable events as "Festivus miracles". Celebrants of the holiday sometimes refer to it as "a Festivus for the rest of us", a saying taken from the O'Keefe family traditions and popularized in the Seinfeld episode to describe Festivus' non-commercial aspect.
Festivus can be celebrated whenever one wants it, although the original Festivus took place in February 1966, as a celebration of the elder O'Keefe's first date with his future wife, Deborah,[1]. It is now celebrated by the O'Keefe family on December 23, as depicted on the December 18, 1997 Seinfeld episode, "The Strike".[2] According to O'Keefe, the name Festivus "just popped into my head".[1]
The holiday, as portrayed in the Seinfeld episode,[1][3] includes practices such as the "Airing of Grievances", which occurs during the Festivus meal and in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him or her over the past year. After the meal the "Feats of Strength" are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor, with the holiday ending only if the head of the household is actually pinned.
The original holiday featured more peculiar practices, as detailed in the younger Daniel O'Keefe's book The Real Festivus. The book provides a first-person account of an early version of the Festivus holiday as celebrated by the O'Keefe family, and how O'Keefe amended or replaced details of his father's invention to create the Seinfeld episode.[4]
Some people, influenced or inspired by Seinfeld,[1] now celebrate the holiday in varying degrees of seriousness; the beginning of the spread of Festivus is chronicled in the 2005 book Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us by Allen Salkin.[5]
Festivus is introduced in the Seinfeld episode "The Strike," which revolves around Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards) returning to work at H&H Bagels. He does so after learning that a 12-year strike in which he participated has ended (because the minimum wage has risen to the level of the wages demanded by the workers twelve years earlier). Kramer becomes interested in resurrecting the holiday when, at the bagel shop, Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) tells him how he created Festivus as an alternative holiday in response to the commercialization of Christmas.
Frank Costanza: "Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."
Cosmo Kramer: "What happened to the doll?"
Frank Costanza: "It was destroyed. But out of that a new holiday was born: a Festivus for the rest of us!"
Kramer: "That must have been some kind of doll."
Frank Costanza: "She was."[6]
Frank Costanza's son, George (Jason Alexander), creates donation cards for a fake charity called The Human Fund (with the slogan "Money For People") in lieu of having to give office Christmas presents. When his boss, Mr. Kruger (Daniel von Bargen), questions George about a $20,000 check he gave George to donate to the Human Fund as a corporate donation, George hastily concocts the excuse that he made up the Human Fund because he feared persecution for his beliefs—for not celebrating Christmas, but celebrating Festivus. Attempting to call his bluff, Kruger goes home with George to see Festivus in action.
Kramer eventually goes back on strike from his bagel-vendor job when his manager tells him he cannot have time off for his new-found holiday. Kramer is then seen on the sidewalk picketing H&H Bagels, carrying a sign reading "Festivus yes! Bagels no!" and chanting to anyone passing the store: "Hey! No bagel, no bagel, no bagel..."[6]
Finally at Frank's house in Queens, New York, Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George gather to celebrate Festivus. George brings Kruger to prove to him that Festivus is real.
[edit]Festivus pole
In the episode, the tradition of Festivus begins with an aluminum pole. Daniel O'Keefe credits fellow Seinfeld writer Jeff Schaffer with introducing the concept, which was not part of the original O'Keefe family celebration. During Festivus, the pole is displayed unadorned. The basics of the Festivus pole are explained by Frank in two separate situations:
Cosmo Kramer: "And is there a tree?"
Frank Costanza: "No, instead, there's a pole. It requires no decoration. I find tinsel distracting ... [I]t's made from aluminum. Very high strength-to-weight ratio."
When not being used, the pole is stored in the Costanzas' crawl space.
[edit]Festivus dinner
In "The Strike", a celebratory dinner is shown on the evening of Festivus prior to the Feats of Strength and during the Airing of Grievances. The on-air meal was shown to be some sort of meatloaf. The original holiday dinner in the O'Keefe household featured turkey or ham followed by a Pepperidge Farm cake decorated with M&M's, as described in detail in O'Keefe's The Real Festivus. In the Seinfeld episode no alcohol is served at the dinner, but George Costanza's boss, Mr. Kruger, drinks from a hip flask.
[edit]Airing of Grievances
The celebration of Festivus begins with the "Airing of Grievances", which takes place immediately after the Festivus dinner has been served. It consists of lashing out at others and the world about how one has been disappointed in the past year.
From the Seinfeld episode:
Frank Costanza: "And at the Festivus dinner, you gather your family around, and tell them all the ways they have disappointed you over the past year!"
Frank Costanza: "The tradition of Festivus begins with the Airing of Grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you're gonna hear about it. You, Kruger. My son tells me your company stinks! You couldn't smooth a silk sheet if you had a hot date with a babe...I lost my train of thought."
[edit]Feats of Strength
The Feats of Strength is the final tradition observed in the celebration of Festivus, celebrated immediately following (or in the case of "The Strike", during) the Festivus dinner. The head of the household selects one person at the Festivus celebration and challenges that person to a wrestling match.[5] Evidently, the person may decline if they have something else to do, as Kramer did in the episode. Tradition states that Festivus is not over until the head of the household is pinned in a wrestling match. The Feats of Strength are mentioned twice in the episode before they actually take place. In both instances, no detail was given as to what had actually happened, but in both instances, George Costanza ran out of the coffee shop in a mad panic, implying he had bad experiences with the Feats of Strength in the past. What the Feats of Strength entailed was revealed at the very end of the episode, when it actually took place. Failing to pin the head of the household results in Festivus continuing until such requirement is met.
From the Seinfeld episode:
Jerry Seinfeld: "And wasn't there a Feats of Strength that always ended up with you crying?"
George Costanza: "I can't take it anymore! I'm going to work! Are you happy now?!"
Frank Costanza: "I've brought one of the cassette tapes."
Frank Costanza (on a tape recorder): "Read that poem."
George Costanza (on a tape recorder): "I can't read it, I need my glasses."
Frank Costanza (on a tape recorder): "You don't need glasses! You're just weak, weak!"
Estelle Costanza (on a tape recorder): (shouts) "Leave him alone!"
Frank Costanza (on a tape recorder): "All right, George. It's time for the Festivus Feats of Strength!"
George Costanza: "No! No! Turn it off! No Feats of Strength! I hate Festivus!"
Frank Costanza: "We had some good times."
[edit]Festivus miracles
Cosmo Kramer twice declares a Festivus Miracle during the Festivus celebration in the Costanza household.
Miracle 1:
Sleazy Guy: "Hello again, Miss Benes."
Elaine Benes: "What are you doing here?"
Sleazy Guy: "Damnedest thing. Me and Charlie were calling to ask you out, and, uh, we got this bagel place."
Cosmo Kramer: "I told them I was just about to see you. It's a Festivus Miracle!"
Miracle 2:
Gwen: "Jerry!"
Jerry Seinfeld: "Gwen! How did you know I was here?"
Gwen: "Kramer told me!"
Cosmo Kramer: "Another Festivus Miracle!"
Jerry Seinfeld: (gives Kramer a murderous glare)
Etymology and origin
The word Festivus in this sense was made up because it sounded funny to Dan O'Keefe. The English word "festive" derives from Latin "festivus", which in turn derives from festus "joyous; holiday, feast day".[7][8][9]
In the original O'Keefe tradition, the holiday would take place in response to family tension, "any time from December to May".[10] The phrase "A Festivus for the rest of us" also derived from an O'Keefe family event, the death of the elder O'Keefe's mother.[10]
The elder O'Keefe wrote a book, Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magic (1982), that deals with idiosyncratic ritual and its social significance, a theme relevant to Festivus tradition.[11]
Festivus can be celebrated whenever one wants it, although the original Festivus took place in February 1966, as a celebration of the elder O'Keefe's first date with his future wife, Deborah,[1]. It is now celebrated by the O'Keefe family on December 23, as depicted on the December 18, 1997 Seinfeld episode, "The Strike".[2] According to O'Keefe, the name Festivus "just popped into my head".[1]
The holiday, as portrayed in the Seinfeld episode,[1][3] includes practices such as the "Airing of Grievances", which occurs during the Festivus meal and in which each person tells everyone else all the ways they have disappointed him or her over the past year. After the meal the "Feats of Strength" are performed, involving wrestling the head of the household to the floor, with the holiday ending only if the head of the household is actually pinned.
The original holiday featured more peculiar practices, as detailed in the younger Daniel O'Keefe's book The Real Festivus. The book provides a first-person account of an early version of the Festivus holiday as celebrated by the O'Keefe family, and how O'Keefe amended or replaced details of his father's invention to create the Seinfeld episode.[4]
Some people, influenced or inspired by Seinfeld,[1] now celebrate the holiday in varying degrees of seriousness; the beginning of the spread of Festivus is chronicled in the 2005 book Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us by Allen Salkin.[5]
Festivus is introduced in the Seinfeld episode "The Strike," which revolves around Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards) returning to work at H&H Bagels. He does so after learning that a 12-year strike in which he participated has ended (because the minimum wage has risen to the level of the wages demanded by the workers twelve years earlier). Kramer becomes interested in resurrecting the holiday when, at the bagel shop, Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) tells him how he created Festivus as an alternative holiday in response to the commercialization of Christmas.
Frank Costanza: "Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way."
Cosmo Kramer: "What happened to the doll?"
Frank Costanza: "It was destroyed. But out of that a new holiday was born: a Festivus for the rest of us!"
Kramer: "That must have been some kind of doll."
Frank Costanza: "She was."[6]
Frank Costanza's son, George (Jason Alexander), creates donation cards for a fake charity called The Human Fund (with the slogan "Money For People") in lieu of having to give office Christmas presents. When his boss, Mr. Kruger (Daniel von Bargen), questions George about a $20,000 check he gave George to donate to the Human Fund as a corporate donation, George hastily concocts the excuse that he made up the Human Fund because he feared persecution for his beliefs—for not celebrating Christmas, but celebrating Festivus. Attempting to call his bluff, Kruger goes home with George to see Festivus in action.
Kramer eventually goes back on strike from his bagel-vendor job when his manager tells him he cannot have time off for his new-found holiday. Kramer is then seen on the sidewalk picketing H&H Bagels, carrying a sign reading "Festivus yes! Bagels no!" and chanting to anyone passing the store: "Hey! No bagel, no bagel, no bagel..."[6]
Finally at Frank's house in Queens, New York, Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George gather to celebrate Festivus. George brings Kruger to prove to him that Festivus is real.
[edit]Festivus pole
In the episode, the tradition of Festivus begins with an aluminum pole. Daniel O'Keefe credits fellow Seinfeld writer Jeff Schaffer with introducing the concept, which was not part of the original O'Keefe family celebration. During Festivus, the pole is displayed unadorned. The basics of the Festivus pole are explained by Frank in two separate situations:
Cosmo Kramer: "And is there a tree?"
Frank Costanza: "No, instead, there's a pole. It requires no decoration. I find tinsel distracting ... [I]t's made from aluminum. Very high strength-to-weight ratio."
When not being used, the pole is stored in the Costanzas' crawl space.
[edit]Festivus dinner
In "The Strike", a celebratory dinner is shown on the evening of Festivus prior to the Feats of Strength and during the Airing of Grievances. The on-air meal was shown to be some sort of meatloaf. The original holiday dinner in the O'Keefe household featured turkey or ham followed by a Pepperidge Farm cake decorated with M&M's, as described in detail in O'Keefe's The Real Festivus. In the Seinfeld episode no alcohol is served at the dinner, but George Costanza's boss, Mr. Kruger, drinks from a hip flask.
[edit]Airing of Grievances
The celebration of Festivus begins with the "Airing of Grievances", which takes place immediately after the Festivus dinner has been served. It consists of lashing out at others and the world about how one has been disappointed in the past year.
From the Seinfeld episode:
Frank Costanza: "And at the Festivus dinner, you gather your family around, and tell them all the ways they have disappointed you over the past year!"
Frank Costanza: "The tradition of Festivus begins with the Airing of Grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you're gonna hear about it. You, Kruger. My son tells me your company stinks! You couldn't smooth a silk sheet if you had a hot date with a babe...I lost my train of thought."
[edit]Feats of Strength
The Feats of Strength is the final tradition observed in the celebration of Festivus, celebrated immediately following (or in the case of "The Strike", during) the Festivus dinner. The head of the household selects one person at the Festivus celebration and challenges that person to a wrestling match.[5] Evidently, the person may decline if they have something else to do, as Kramer did in the episode. Tradition states that Festivus is not over until the head of the household is pinned in a wrestling match. The Feats of Strength are mentioned twice in the episode before they actually take place. In both instances, no detail was given as to what had actually happened, but in both instances, George Costanza ran out of the coffee shop in a mad panic, implying he had bad experiences with the Feats of Strength in the past. What the Feats of Strength entailed was revealed at the very end of the episode, when it actually took place. Failing to pin the head of the household results in Festivus continuing until such requirement is met.
From the Seinfeld episode:
Jerry Seinfeld: "And wasn't there a Feats of Strength that always ended up with you crying?"
George Costanza: "I can't take it anymore! I'm going to work! Are you happy now?!"
Frank Costanza: "I've brought one of the cassette tapes."
Frank Costanza (on a tape recorder): "Read that poem."
George Costanza (on a tape recorder): "I can't read it, I need my glasses."
Frank Costanza (on a tape recorder): "You don't need glasses! You're just weak, weak!"
Estelle Costanza (on a tape recorder): (shouts) "Leave him alone!"
Frank Costanza (on a tape recorder): "All right, George. It's time for the Festivus Feats of Strength!"
George Costanza: "No! No! Turn it off! No Feats of Strength! I hate Festivus!"
Frank Costanza: "We had some good times."
[edit]Festivus miracles
Cosmo Kramer twice declares a Festivus Miracle during the Festivus celebration in the Costanza household.
Miracle 1:
Sleazy Guy: "Hello again, Miss Benes."
Elaine Benes: "What are you doing here?"
Sleazy Guy: "Damnedest thing. Me and Charlie were calling to ask you out, and, uh, we got this bagel place."
Cosmo Kramer: "I told them I was just about to see you. It's a Festivus Miracle!"
Miracle 2:
Gwen: "Jerry!"
Jerry Seinfeld: "Gwen! How did you know I was here?"
Gwen: "Kramer told me!"
Cosmo Kramer: "Another Festivus Miracle!"
Jerry Seinfeld: (gives Kramer a murderous glare)
Etymology and origin
The word Festivus in this sense was made up because it sounded funny to Dan O'Keefe. The English word "festive" derives from Latin "festivus", which in turn derives from festus "joyous; holiday, feast day".[7][8][9]
In the original O'Keefe tradition, the holiday would take place in response to family tension, "any time from December to May".[10] The phrase "A Festivus for the rest of us" also derived from an O'Keefe family event, the death of the elder O'Keefe's mother.[10]
The elder O'Keefe wrote a book, Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magic (1982), that deals with idiosyncratic ritual and its social significance, a theme relevant to Festivus tradition.[11]
Monday, December 19, 2011
Changes
So after Petco and driving away, Trevor brought back london. Kinda worked out cause I cried after he left. Dunno what we are doing now. Going to try and give one to my sister. Last night I finally got a really good coat, 2 in fact, one for everyday and one for the snow. Some awesome boots too. I promised myself that I would only buy things to improve my life. So far that direction has made me super happy.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
London
We had to give away at least one cat for now. We decided to give London to Trevor. Going to miss him so dam much, but he is going to a really good home with someone who needs his love. Never going to forget this little guy.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Kitty Missing
Everyday it starts out with London waking us up. He sits on your chest and licks your nose. I thought "How cute is that" and "How long are they going to be so cute" ...Well ever since he started doing that, he hasn't stopped, it's hilarious. It's good that he is so loving because he is the worst listener ever. I mean the other cats learn, and get it. But not London.
Maximus continues to be the noble champion of the bunch. He's like a wise lion or something. Whenever you pick him up and place him somewhere he makes his body limp, just lets you move him wherever and then settles in once you have. Perfect video game cat. Love him so much.
Hissy is well..he doesn't hiss anymore but is still sketchy. His mannerisms have changed a lot though and for the better. Lots of love did the trick. I would never give him up because he has taken such a liking to Alexis, my oldest cat whom I've had for 6 years now. She hates everything and everyone, but somehow has no problem with Hissy, they nap together and lounge. So cute, and I'm so glad she wont be lonely anymore. Its only been a few months but they have grown so much and so fast.
Maximus continues to be the noble champion of the bunch. He's like a wise lion or something. Whenever you pick him up and place him somewhere he makes his body limp, just lets you move him wherever and then settles in once you have. Perfect video game cat. Love him so much.
Hissy is well..he doesn't hiss anymore but is still sketchy. His mannerisms have changed a lot though and for the better. Lots of love did the trick. I would never give him up because he has taken such a liking to Alexis, my oldest cat whom I've had for 6 years now. She hates everything and everyone, but somehow has no problem with Hissy, they nap together and lounge. So cute, and I'm so glad she wont be lonely anymore. Its only been a few months but they have grown so much and so fast.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Someday, I'm going to live in Paris
It's safe to say that this past week has been one of the most emotionally charged weeks of my life. I went from getting the TA position I have been dreaming and waiting for, for a year. To the losing my other half that very night, back again in love. All at the time of one of the biggest days I have had at work .... And now here. I haven't had very much sleep. No sleep is the death of me. My mood is just shot. There is no coffee or drink that could fix it.
P.S I'm in love with this song and want to marry it
http://open.spotify.com/track/6rU0dLXyWbXqti69nrQP4H
Please, please please try it out.
Anyways, along with all the Drama, is the Drama of his family. His sister had a fight with her friend and made me the maid of honor. Now she and him are in a tiff, and I don't know if we are even going anymore. Honestly I could not care less. I'd like to stop dropping hundreds on things to be in his life, I need to spend it on me, and My life. And What I WANT. His family constantly has some issue, and its exhausting to deal with. Very weird, self absorbed people.
I need to write more so I don't drive myself mad. Here is my attempt, It will get better.
P.S I'm in love with this song and want to marry it
http://open.spotify.com/track/6rU0dLXyWbXqti69nrQP4H
Please, please please try it out.
Anyways, along with all the Drama, is the Drama of his family. His sister had a fight with her friend and made me the maid of honor. Now she and him are in a tiff, and I don't know if we are even going anymore. Honestly I could not care less. I'd like to stop dropping hundreds on things to be in his life, I need to spend it on me, and My life. And What I WANT. His family constantly has some issue, and its exhausting to deal with. Very weird, self absorbed people.
I need to write more so I don't drive myself mad. Here is my attempt, It will get better.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
Soft Light
Flame flickers a soft light
Born from the midnight
Strokes solely to her side
Secrets sworn consumer tide
See the strange fires
They're all from the picket ice
Strange fires
Melted through my distant guise
Strange fires
They're all from the picket ice
Strange fires
Melted through my distant guise
Flame flickers a soft light (from a love we can't be tucked)
Born from the midnight (how lovely it's to be??)
Strokes solely to her side (from above me let you shine??)
Secrets sworn consumer tide (close your keeps until it comes)
See the strange fires
They're all from the picket ice
Strange fires
Melted through my distant guise
Strange fires
They're all from the picket ice
Strange fires
Melted through my distant guise
Born from the midnight
Strokes solely to her side
Secrets sworn consumer tide
See the strange fires
They're all from the picket ice
Strange fires
Melted through my distant guise
Strange fires
They're all from the picket ice
Strange fires
Melted through my distant guise
Flame flickers a soft light (from a love we can't be tucked)
Born from the midnight (how lovely it's to be??)
Strokes solely to her side (from above me let you shine??)
Secrets sworn consumer tide (close your keeps until it comes)
See the strange fires
They're all from the picket ice
Strange fires
Melted through my distant guise
Strange fires
They're all from the picket ice
Strange fires
Melted through my distant guise
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Dear SIms Social
I fucking hate you and I cant stop playing. Why the fuck do I need permissions from my friends to do this stupid quest to get a ginger bread man to put in my house. LIke fucking really.
/end rant
/end rant
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
I hate thinking of titles
I have like 50 different thoughts and ideas running in my head so Im just going to bullet point this so I can relax
Interview
Bills
Coat for the Christmas party
Work shit
Car
ALso I am completely at my wits end with an individual. How the fuck do you think I would give a cat beans? It just doesn't make any fucking sense. Sometimes I sit here and think, wow so this is my life. I'm really dealing with this right now. Today it really hit me more then any other time...whyyyy
Why the fuck am I doing this if I'm not happy
Interview
Bills
Coat for the Christmas party
Work shit
Car
ALso I am completely at my wits end with an individual. How the fuck do you think I would give a cat beans? It just doesn't make any fucking sense. Sometimes I sit here and think, wow so this is my life. I'm really dealing with this right now. Today it really hit me more then any other time...whyyyy
Why the fuck am I doing this if I'm not happy
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
N/a
Wanting an actual weekend, cooked for 6 hours. Now bed and appointments in the Am. Followed by a meeting at work. So tired...
Friday, November 18, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
That kind of girl, yes she's never alone
They say, "Oh, she's changed"
We know what they mean
Well they mean, they're just jealous
Because they never do the things
That they wish that they could do so well
We know what they mean
Well they mean, they're just jealous
Because they never do the things
That they wish that they could do so well
Monday, November 7, 2011
Title
I think what "should" I do, and then think, wtf does that even mean. Where am I getting this standard. How can I know what the right choice is.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
25.
If all else fails, live by these three rules: (1) Never trust a woman who shags married men. (2) Never make a deal with a guy who wears a white belt. (3) Never try to be “friends” when the affair is over.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
50 Lessons Life Taught Me
50 Lessons Life Taught Me
By Regina Brett
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. When my odometer rolled over to 50, I updated the list.
Here it is:
Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
When in doubt, just take the next small step.
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Pay off your credit cards every month.
You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
It's OK to let your children see you cry.
Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
Overprepare, then go with the flow.
Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
The most important sex organ is the brain.
No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"
Always choose life.
Forgive everyone everything.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Believe in miracles.
God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
The best is yet to come.
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
If you don't ask, you don't get.
Yield.
Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift...
By Regina Brett
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. When my odometer rolled over to 50, I updated the list.
Here it is:
Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
When in doubt, just take the next small step.
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Pay off your credit cards every month.
You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
It's OK to let your children see you cry.
Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
Overprepare, then go with the flow.
Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
The most important sex organ is the brain.
No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"
Always choose life.
Forgive everyone everything.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Believe in miracles.
God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.
Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
The best is yet to come.
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
If you don't ask, you don't get.
Yield.
Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift...
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Find your truth; a reason for which to live and die.
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”
~Dr. Seuss
“A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends”
~Chinese Proverb
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
“Few are those who can see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts”
~Albert Einstein
“If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew; just go right along and you’ll start happening too.”
~Dr. Seuss
“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.”
~Bob Marley
He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness”
~Chinese Proverb
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
~Bob Marley
~Dr. Seuss
“A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends”
~Chinese Proverb
“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
“Few are those who can see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts”
~Albert Einstein
“If things start happening, don’t worry, don’t stew; just go right along and you’ll start happening too.”
~Dr. Seuss
“Love the life you live. Live the life you love.”
~Bob Marley
He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness”
~Chinese Proverb
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.”
~Bob Marley
Monday, October 31, 2011
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