Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

― Christian D. Larson, Your Forces and How to Use Them

Dancin' In My Brain

I'm on a roll this week with these songs on replay! Here's another one for the books!! I wish she did more songs like these, seriously......

Yours,

Dancin......; -)

Word Porn....that's what they're saying these days right?

Idk if i'll ever pick up that habit....however my cousin posted this on facebook and Oh Mylanta! I just thought it was the best thing i'd heard all day....

It's just what I needed to see. I need to find out who said this!

Yours,

What if?......; -)

More Words.....

I came across this gem because a friend shared it on Facebook from the "Word Porn" page. It spoke to me on soooooooo many levels. The language is beautiful. The way it is written, organised, put together....EVERYTHING!

"You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the brightest light and the darkest corner. You are a collective of every experience you have had in your life. You are every single day. So drown yourself in a sea of knowledge and existence. Let the words run through your veins and let the colours fill your mind."

How gorgeous is that? I need to find who wrote this, so I can discover more of their work. This is too good. It's almost Oscar Wilde-esque.....almost. This also says to me, be careful what you take in. If you subscribe to the belief put forth above, then what you see, hear and experience will most inevitably become who you are. So it is probably wise to abandon all negative and bad behaviours. Embrace the positive and all the good experiences in life! Also, you and no one else has the ability to decide who you become in life. You have that power within your grasp. DO NOT give it away!

Yours,

"Let the words run through your veins and let the colours fill your mind...... : -)

Oscar Wilde on Debt

While re-reading (or listening rather since it was an audio-book) "A Woman of No Importance" the other day......

LADY STUTFIELD: [To Lord Alfred] How very, very charming those gold tipped cigarettes of yours are, Lord Alfred.

LORD ALFRED: They are awfully expensive. I can only afford them when I'm in debt.

LADY STUTFIELD: It must be terribly, terribly distressing to be in debt.

LORD ALFRED: One must have some occupation nowadays. If I hadn't my debts I shouldn't have anything to think about. All the chaps I know are in debt.

LADY STUTFIELD: But don't the people to whom you owe the money give you a great, great deal of annoyance?

LORD ALFRED: Oh, no, they write; I don't.

This, is one of the many reasons I love Oscar Wilde.

Indebtedly Yours,

Desiderata

Desiderata is latin for "desired things." It was written by American poet Max Ehrmann. These are good words. I discovered them at the hospital one day while I was on my Paediatric rotation. It was posted to the back of the door in the ECG room. Not quite sure what it has to do with ECG's specifically. Most likely nothing. The person who posted it there perhaps thought that it was a good reminder of how one should seek to live their life on a daily basis.

It was the first line that caught me. It--quite frankly--seems to be the only line I remember regularly. I find myself repeating it when I become upset, angry, or find my anxiety rising for whatever annoyance that sees fit to present itself to me at that moment. It helps.

"...remember what peace there may be in silence." It is difficult these days to just sit and be. I find it difficult. This may just be the best phrase in the whole poem. I believe that peace can be found in silence. Now if only I could get there......

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;

and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here.

And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,

and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

Yours,

Peacefully.... : -)

Still Obsessed With.....

I missed my chance to purchase this adorable piece of gorgeousness!

Cha Cha Chocolate

 Now I'm searching for it EVERYWHERE! 

Cha Cha Chocolate

And I can't find it!!!! But now, what I really want is this......

Importance of Being Earnest Book Clutch

If I got this too then life would be fantastic......

Little Ribbon Samira

Now if only I could find a way to make this happen.....

Yours,

Sugar Daddy anyone???.... ; -)