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.

Okay, About me....

I am outgoing and fun loving, definitely a "type A" personality. I have a hunger for life and thirst for knowledge that can't be satisfied by mundane every day nonsense. I crave challenge and change, yet need to keep some things stable and the same.

I believe that we are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

HOWEVER....I also feel that if you waste your life by not living it then your are living a tragic lifestyle. Never forget to have fun, too laugh too much, and too LOVE with all that you are, no matter how many times you've been hurt. Be passionate, and spontaneous, never worry about having too much fun worry about not having enough!

MY LIFE....Is a very fine balance of Family, Work, and Play and I love every minute of it. I truly believe in "No regrets" and live my life knowing that no matter what happens today, whether it is good or bad, that tomorrow is another day, a new day with new beginnings, new people, and new things to see and do. So I wake up every day ready to live my life to the fullest.

FOUR words that truly describe me PASSIONATE, HONEST, UNIQUE, and INTENSE. Any one who REALLY takes the time to know me understands those four words completely.

Hey there world of bloggers!

To tell you a little about myself, I am 30 years old and this year, I am living on the island of Oahu. I have moved around a lot and have seen so many amazing places and met so many amazing people. It's kind of crazy but sometimes I feel like I have lived a million life times and at other times I feel like I have really just begun to live and experience life. I guess, in some ways, that both feelings are true.

So anyway, today I am going to post something that I wrote a while back. This is something that I re-read all the time as a reminder of of who I am and the reason for the roads I have traveled. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

At the Crossroad

We all eventually come to points in our life where we have to make the kinds of decisions that can and will change life as you know it forever. I think that this usually only happens to some people once or twice in a lifetime. For others it happens over and over again. How do you know which way to go! As those roads intersect some times your choices are clear and sometimes all directions are unclear. Now I firmly believe in "No Regrets", but also sometimes often wonder how things on a different path might have been. I mean that is only human nature. As these last years have brought with them so much change, I have constantly found my self standing at the cross road trying to decide which way to go. I sometimes stand and review my choices and think them through as much as possible, and at other times I find my self making reckless decisions. Either way I always try to remember that who you are stems from who you where. So I look back and I remember, I remember my life page by page, chapter by chapter and book by book, and I smile. I smile because I realize that my story is a long one filled with trials and tribulations, filled with love and hurt, filled with all of the people that have helped write my story. I smile because I realize that I carry with me secrets of life that some people will never know. I smile because I realize that only the people that are unafraid to live life and experience it will find them selves time and time again at the Cross Road, and that only those who can tread on the roads riddled with pain will ever really understand why it is necessary. I smile because I know that if you don't take a chance and walk the road less traveled some times, then your life will be filled with the mundane, and that is a fate I could never stand. So the next time that you find yourself at a cross road remember that although some roads look less traveled and a little harder to walk be brave stand tall and know that sometimes the best things in life are achieved through hard work, passion and perseverance.

"Never let your fears stand in the way of your dreams!"
(my favorite quote but I can't remember who wrote it)

Love 2 u all!!

~MJ~