Stand out... in the sunlight!

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."

 - Aristotle - 

"When everything seems to be going against you, 

remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."

 - Henry Ford - 

"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."

 - Hans Hofmann - 

Every day at work, I feel as if there is ten different strings pulling me in different directions.  I have to keep track of so many things, I am always worried that something will be looked over.  I make lists and I try to keep track of all my projects as much as I can, but I am always worried that something will fall.  Why am I always so worried about failing.  Oh yeah, its because I am the youngest and always in my siblings' shadows.  I never really stood out as a child so I have never known what that feels like.  I just want to feel like I am in the country and you walk from the shade to the sunshine.  That warm feeling.  I want to feel that forever.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."

Marcus Aurelius

"Remember that guy that gave up?  Neither doe anyone else."

Unknown

"May you get all your wishes but one, so that you will always have something to strive for!"

Irish Proverb

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I think its funny the things you learn, or get told and then forget about until next year.  St. Patrick was not Irish, but an Irish slave.  His color was blue not green, and if you are Protestant you are supposed to wear orange.

Anyway,  I am worried about my thesis and getting done on time.  There is just too many things that I want to do and I only have about 6 weeks to finish everything.  I am going to my sister's house in NC one weekend, but one of my other weekend plans got cancelled.  I kind of am happy about that, and sad at the same time.  I was really looking forward to having my picture taken professionally.

I just need to buckle down and continue on my way.  I have to finish.  There is no reason why I cannot finish.  I just need to bide my time and control it better.  I WILL FINISH!

Weekend

"See yourself as you want to be, not who you think you are."

Rowena Portch

"Don't go through life, grow through life."

Eric Butterworth

"Your life is your message to the world. Make sure it is inspiring."

Unknown

This weekend was a great weekend to see friends and family, but not a good weekend for eating healthy.  My boyfriend and I ate out most of the weekend and I really need to bring my portion sizes down.  I eat way too much at one sitting, probably because I usually do not eat breakfast.  Not a good thing to do.  Again, I just need to get back on the wagon.  I joined Weight Watchers again, and I think I am going to just try to use it for the recipes.  I like using MyFitnessPal as a calorie counter.  The points system just seems like I eat too much.  But whatever.  Weight Watchers has this other plan where you just eat as many of certain types of foods, and do not eat others.  Mainly vegetables and fruits.  The only problem with that is you have to go to the grocery store every couple of days.  I should get more into that habit of that instead of once a month.  I just need to lose this weight, and I need to try and do that as quickly as possible because of my health issues.  I almost would love to get surgery but I feel as if that would be cheating.

Oh well, we shall see what I can do.

Have Courage and Be Kind

"To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift."

Steve Prefontaine

"No man was ever wise by chance."

Seneca Quote

If you do not give your best in ever experience, then you are only mediocre.  You should never strive to be average.  Every thing that you do, every chance that you take and every choice that you make will give you experience.  This makes you wiser with every day that you live.

Lately, I have realized, because I have been told that I am a very kind-hearted person.  Within the last week, three different people have said that, people who are not my family or my boyfriend.  One person is my new roommate and even though we live together it has only been 3 months.  One is a friend of mine who we were talking about a mutual friend and how much they take for granted.  The last person, is a guy who is the former bartender and new kitchen manager at my regular bar.  It was just so surprising to hear it from him because we had never really talked before.  But I showed up to meet a few friends the other night and he was there, just getting off shift and we really talked.  It was really nice.

So I give my all when it comes to my kindness.  "Have courage and be kind." (Cinderella 2015) ** I saw an early screening of this on Tuesday. It was pretty good!**

Start Living

"It's time to start living the life you've imagined" 

- Henry James - 

"The greatest victory is the victory over ourselves.  Remember, it's always too soon to quit." 

 - Gary Mack - 

I am very anxious for Spring. I think it cannot come soon enough.  The rebirth, the new life, the world makes itself anew every year.  This year will be a good one for me.  It is the year where I will start living that life that I have always imagined.  A man who loves me, a good job, a house where I will raise my children, in the open and not the city streets.  I would not have all this, if I had quit.  I was going to so many times but I am an optimist.  I always look at the bright side of life and people call me "Sunshine" as a nickname.  I am happy.

Health Tip: We have started making lunches at work - each one of us takes a turn and we cook each day.  It feel healthier and also it saves us all money!

Light Quote

"There are two ways of spreading the light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." 

- Edith Wharton - 

Do not get in your own way

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." 

- Dale Carnegie - 

"You are never too old to set another goal to dream another dream."

- CS Lewis - 

"Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine." 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson - 

"An empowered life begins with serious personal questions about oneself.  

those answers bare the seeds of success." 

- Steve Maraboli - 

"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen." 

- Frank Lloyd Wright - 

"From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life." 

 - Arthur Ashe - 

I am going to focus on the sunshine quote as usual.  We are our own biggest enemies.  That is what this quote really means.  We second guess ourselves, we get nervous, we are anxious.  If we stop doing that, we could accomplish so many more things.  Its the person who says its just a hobby, that will not take it to the next level, that is who we need to step up.