So I have been thinking, I really do love my home state, California. Especially the Bay Area my home town. It has so much to offer and see and experience. The weather, the diversity... I mean, I'm a San Francisco gal by all means.
From The Embarcadero,Pier 39, Coit Tower, The Mezzanine, China Town, Palace of Fine Arts, Alcatraz, Lombard "The Crookedest Street", The Cliff House, The Presidio, Ocean Beach, Pollyanna's Ice Cream, Market Street shopping, North Beach, Golden Gate Park, Yerba Buena, Treasure Island, The Golden Gate Bridge, Crissy Field, Coyote Point... and the list goes on. (the bold are my most Favorite spots in the Bay Area!)
Realizing this, I want to visit each spot before I leave my great City. So I have chosen to blog my visits, each weekend I'm available to do so, with pictures so not only will I get to experience them again but my kids as well, some spots for the first time!
I see now the things we take advantage of when living in a great City, as I'm sure locals in their own city do the same.
And so begins my list of things I want to do, visit, see before I leave Cali.
On another note, Ill be back on the Chicago job hunt and scholarship writing this week! My goal is to have completed my application essays for the school and to submit them with my app and fees by the end of the month!
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Positively speaking....
Be the most positive person in the room you are in...
A person who says it CANNOT be done should not interrupt the person DOING IT!
Before you know your soulmate, you must first know your soul.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss…
In the time of your life, live. - William Saroyan
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. - Janis Joplin
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. - Buddha
And the trouble is, if you dont risk anything, you risk even more. - Erica Jong
If we change within, our outer life will change also. - Jean Shinoda Bolen
A person who says it CANNOT be done should not interrupt the person DOING IT!
Before you know your soulmate, you must first know your soul.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss…
In the time of your life, live. - William Saroyan
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. - Janis Joplin
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. - Buddha
And the trouble is, if you dont risk anything, you risk even more. - Erica Jong
If we change within, our outer life will change also. - Jean Shinoda Bolen
Inspiration
Im inspired to write today. Its been a while and Im ready to release!
Reading my friend Justin's Facebook status just now got me thinking... he stated;
Thought through all of this growth I'd find but lost myself again - only to realize that's the point. We're never the same thing twice...
and that got me thinking.
We are like a rose bush. We bud and mature thru the growth process, we bloom into a new beautiful being, and as we do so, as we learn and grow part of us dies. It leaves us and we hope its only the negative and sometimes its goodness too but then we regenerate. A rebirth. We become anew once again. And the thorns on the stems are the trials and tribulations of our life. Pain, suffering, sadness and depression, and yet, the stem between the thorns is smooth and vibrant! When a rose is in full bloom, its like us at our peak at that time in our life. Not at the peak of our life as I believe, we go thru phases and when we reach that peak, everything is great. Lesson learned. Then the road continues and we continue to travel this path called life. Until we bloom again.
I was also thinking how tomorrow is never promised. I read somewhere a long time ago; "why do we hold on to things and save them for a special occasion or for another reason we deem worthy?"
Who's to say that special day will ever come. Whos to say tomorrow will ever come? Realize, Every Day is WORTHY!! I say, dont save anything, use your fine China for dinner every night! Wear that dress just because you want to feel good! Wear your pearls, try something new, pick up a new hobbie, volunteer, write a book, conquer a fear!
Live your life, no one else can do it for you!
Surround yourself with positive. Positive people, vibes, environment. Keeping negativity in your life will only keep you down, hold you back and define you. Remove the negative, and positivity can only surround you. Ofcourse no one can completely remove negativity and I think what remains is necessary to remind you, to push you, to motivate you.
Reading my friend Justin's Facebook status just now got me thinking... he stated;
Thought through all of this growth I'd find but lost myself again - only to realize that's the point. We're never the same thing twice...
and that got me thinking.
We are like a rose bush. We bud and mature thru the growth process, we bloom into a new beautiful being, and as we do so, as we learn and grow part of us dies. It leaves us and we hope its only the negative and sometimes its goodness too but then we regenerate. A rebirth. We become anew once again. And the thorns on the stems are the trials and tribulations of our life. Pain, suffering, sadness and depression, and yet, the stem between the thorns is smooth and vibrant! When a rose is in full bloom, its like us at our peak at that time in our life. Not at the peak of our life as I believe, we go thru phases and when we reach that peak, everything is great. Lesson learned. Then the road continues and we continue to travel this path called life. Until we bloom again.
I was also thinking how tomorrow is never promised. I read somewhere a long time ago; "why do we hold on to things and save them for a special occasion or for another reason we deem worthy?"
Who's to say that special day will ever come. Whos to say tomorrow will ever come? Realize, Every Day is WORTHY!! I say, dont save anything, use your fine China for dinner every night! Wear that dress just because you want to feel good! Wear your pearls, try something new, pick up a new hobbie, volunteer, write a book, conquer a fear!
Live your life, no one else can do it for you!
Surround yourself with positive. Positive people, vibes, environment. Keeping negativity in your life will only keep you down, hold you back and define you. Remove the negative, and positivity can only surround you. Ofcourse no one can completely remove negativity and I think what remains is necessary to remind you, to push you, to motivate you.
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