Weekly Words To Inspire

It's June. When did that happen?

The weather is great. The Pirates are shockingly winning (still not on the band wagon!) Finally received my HOT PANTS! Life is crazy. Life is fun. Everyday things just get better... 

Have a great week!

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

Ben Jonson 

I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.

John Constable

Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.

John Wayne 

The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.

Vince Lombardi 

 

It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.

Norma Shearer

 

You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the disappointments that are sure to come your way.

Gregory Peck

Take it easy.

Weekly Words to Inspire

I have taken a huge hiatus. Blogger wasn't working for a minute... then work has been getting in the way of my personal life! I know, right?! 


Life is great. It's busy, but it's been great. I'm so glad it's summer. I finally purchased a real air conditioning unit so it won't be hotter in my place than outside. Baby steps people. It's only taken 6 years... 


Have a fabulous week.


Life is to be fortified by many friendships.  To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
- Sydney Smith


In an age of synthetic images and synthetic emotions, the chances of an accidental encounter with reality are remote indeed.
- Serge Daney  

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident, and the most wonderful of all things in life.
- Hugh Walpole, Sr.
Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.
- Countess of (Marguerite Gardiner) Blessington


People say that you’re going the wrong way when it’s simply a way of your own.
- Angelina Jolie


The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.
- Max Lerner




Take it easy.

Then & Now

Since I quit my last job, life has.... life has been good. I've had some extremely challenging times, but it's been good.... It made me think...

Then -
If my new boss would have quit the day after I started, I would have questioned my decision. Feared the future. Would have wanted to run.

Now -
I laughed. It's just the way life can be sometimes.

Then -
If my first audit would have started while my co-worker was in Denmark and I didn't have a supervisor, I would have cried. No doubt. I would have broken down and cried.

Now -
Took it all in stride. I realized what was in my control and what was not in my control. I only focused on the things that I could control. And in the end? I gained the respect of my peers.

Then -
If my supervisor would have cancelled last minute on my first draft report meeting with the auditees (who has been known to train wreck meetings) I would have spazzed out and  been all dramatic.

Now -
Got my facts straight. Believed in my work. Wore a heart rate monitor. And did the best I could. Result? HR hitting 104 :) But walking out of the lions den with only a few nicks. In other words a success.

Then -
I would have eaten the 3 bags of chips in my drawer that I see everyday.

Now -
I smile when I see them, because I have no desire to eat them.

Then -
I would make excuses on why I can't work out.

Now -
I make it work. I don't sacrifice my gym time.

Then -
I would have been hesitant to go to a music festival with my old roommate in Asbury Park, NJ because of the distance and a bunch of other crappy excuses.

Now -
I'm sitting on a Megabus on my way to Philly to meet my roommate who's picking me up. And I'm totally freakin' stoked about the weekend.

Then -
I would quit when things got tough.

Now -
It makes me work harder when I want to quit.

Then -
I would make excuses when I was scared.

Now -
I realize that's my M.O. and I don't let them stop me.

Then -
I didn't believe in myself.

Now -
I won't stop believing.... ever.


I can't stop listening to the song by OneRepublic ' Good Life' because honestly, that's exactly how I feel at this moment. What do I have to complain about? This is the good life.

What can I say? I'm halfway there living on prayer.

Have a fantastic weekend.
This is going to be one for the books. Moments. Great Moments.
I love Bon Jovi!

Take it easy.

Home is where the heart is?

Check out my new post about last weekend..
http://dormont-brookline.patch.com/blog_posts/home-is-where-the-heart-is-4db9f803

Have a great weekend!

Take it easy.