Dating logic

While catching up with a friend on the phone the other day, we got to discussing dating and she said something that both made me laugh, yet also put how I was feeling into prospective. She said "Settling for a guy that isn't just right for you is like letting the fat smelly guy on the bus sit next to you. If Prince charming decides to take the dating express that day and there is a fat smelly guy sitting in the seat next to you then your opportunity might be lost."

The wise logic behind her analogy is that it is better to ride alone and stick to what you know is right rather then to miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime because you accepted someone that wasn't.

I concur LL, thanks for the wisdom ;)

Love 2 you all!

Living life by rote of quote....

I once read a quote in a book that struck me as so simple yet so powerful... "Accept that which is unchangeable; change that which is unacceptable.". I can't remember which book as I have read so many, but this truly stuck with me and became one of the quotes that I live my life by. There is very little in the world that is unchangeable, and so many things that are unacceptable. In following the wisdom of this quote I have come to realize that one of the best parts of life is free will and that if you don't like something you can simply change it and when something is unacceptable, again, all you need to do is change it.

So many people fear change but I have learned that is the true essence of free will and freedom in life, so I choose to embrace it.

On the Edge of Darkness

As I stood there on the edge of darkness staring out across the endless ocean, I could feel the cool ocean breeze against my skin. I closed my eyes and could hear the sound of the surf as it gently crashed against the shore. With tears in my eyes and a smile on my face I began to walk the shore line. With each step I felt more confident and more sure of myself, just a little less frustrated and a little less stressed. I began moving faster, and then I reached for my headphones. One at a time I popped them in my ears just as the music began to play.......

"Oh I found myself today, I found myself and ran away..... Something pulled me back. A voice of reason I forgot I had. All I know is your not here to say what you always used to say, but it's written in the sky tonight. Oh... I wont give up, I wont break down, sooner then then it seems life turns around, I will be strong, even when it all goes wrong. When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe that someones watching over me."

As I begin to run I couldn't help but thinking about just how true those words were. I mean really, how could I not believe that? As I ran in the dark with the sand and surf beneath my feat and the brilliant stars shining over head. How could I possibly see the beauty of this place and not believe that someone was watching over me.

I ran and ran until I couldn't breath and my pants were soaked from the surf. Then I just plopped down right there on the sand. As I sat back and looked around, it came to me, there on the edge of darkness looking out at the vast ocean, I realized that I should feel so small, yet I didn't. Instead, I felt like a part of it. Like a piece of something greater, of something more amazing than any of us will ever understand. As I felt the sand shift beneath me, I realized that I was so much like those individual grains of sand. I realized that like a grain of sand, I am unique and no other grain is like me. It also struck me that I, just like one of those grains, am just one piece of a whole. for without all of the grains of sand together there could be no beach and all it takes to shift hundreds, even thousands of other grains is the movement of just one.