Monday, May 10, 2010

"Stolen"

We watch the season pull up its own stakes
And catch the last weekend of the last week
Before the gold and the glimmer have been replaced,
Another sun soaked season fades away
You have stolen my heart
Invitation only, grand farewells
Crash the best one, of the best ones
Clear liquor and cloudy eyed, too early to say goodnight
You have stolen my heart
And from the ballroom floor we are in celebration
One good stretch before our hibernation
Our dreams assured and we all, will sleep well
You have stolen
You have stolen my heart
I watch you spin around in your highest heels
You are the best one, of the best ones
We all look like we feel
You have stolen my
You have stolen my heart

drawing at work...


Monday, May 3, 2010

Persist...

"Sometimes what you think will work great, doesn't work at all. But that doesn't mean that nothing will work.
Sometimes you build your hopes up, only to be disappointed. But that doesn't mean that your hopes have lost their value.
On the contrary, your hopes and ideas have great value, even though they may expose you to great frustration. Though it may be over difficult and uneven terrain, they do push you forward.
Your ideas are still valid, your hopes are still justified, and your dreams are still alive. Pick yourself up, adjust your approach based on what you've learned, and make another attempt.
Feel the joy of knowing that you can persevere. Transform the power of the challenge into your own inner strength.
Grow your way forward, through the triumphs and the setbacks. Persist, and anything is within your reach."

Acceptance...

"The first step towards change is awareness. The second step is aceeptance"

Love...

"Love that we can not have is the one that lasts the longest, hurts the deepest and feels the strongest"

Different

"in order to be irreplaceable you must always be different"

Straight up...

"People are a lot like beverages. Some smooth. Some go down easy. Some cheap...Some just need to open up before they can be appreciated...So why water yourself down? Hide under a bunch of overwhelming mixers? Be straight up. Maybe a little ice, a little cola?...Don't ever try to hide your true flavor. Because ultimately it's that flavor that you'll be remembered for. Life is about finding your usual. And the right person to share it with...."

Courage...

"Maybe we're not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy. Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is. Appreciating small victories. Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human. Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know. And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know. At the end of the day, the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate."

Life.. is.. to.. short....

"Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. Believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life...let it. Nobody said that life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."

Holding...

“Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.”