Big Thoughts

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?" --A Return to Love

Simply wanted to share this quote as I also take it with me during a time that I must think big thoughts and believe in my own worth. I'm seeing some plans unfold in my direction and I'm excited about it. I hope you're thinking big thoughts too, wherever you are. 

Finding Peace on a Sunday

Ah, Sundays, mi amor. I love Sundays because they are a rebirth of a new week.

I always get my best ideas on Sundays.

This Sunday has been about remembering that God is still there despite my absentmindedness in regards to Him. I read, and then he speaks to me, a gentle nudging from the pit of my stomach.

"Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind...Better what the eye sees than the roving of the appetite" --Ecclesiastes

My translation: Everything I need is right here with me. Trouble (or toil) is so very easy to chase, because it is flashy, desirable and leaves one wanting. But does it ever fulfill? Give me peace and tranqulity every day of the week. It is all about appreciating what I have, and not lusting about the horizon and its hazy shapes of nothing.

Please, please, always give me peace.

Everyday is a New Day

I've been having a few bad days, up until today. Today was refreshing. Probably because I approached the day with a different state of mind--knowing I needed to be more patient and relaxed, I kinda forced myself into that mood. It worked.

"No one can diminish you except for yourself."

A line from Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. Not sure why I like this movie so much (I saw it for the first time over the weekend). Not a movie I would necessarily recommend for others, but definitely a movie that puts me in a good mood. A chick flick at its finest. teehee.

I can't expect to always have great days--a tough thing to hear for the eternal optomist. But no matter how bad the day, a good day is right around the corner. Always. There are always better days.

Just a Thought

Birds don't worry every day like I do. Singing their little tunes, they go out each and every day and catch their food. They do not store; they do not worry about what tomorrow brings, for the big man upstairs takes care of them all the same.

I should learn a lesson from those little pip squeaks. For who of us, by worrying, can add a single hour to our lives?

Just a thought.