yes!

I am truly inspired by three things in life - happiness, good fortune and humility. Happiness, because it comes from the most undefinable elements in life. Good fortune for its ingenious ways and timing. And finally, humility for its great power to cause the two aforementioned items. 

I have been desperately seeking for the above words for literally months and they finally came to me. 

Speaking of good fortune - I finally bought a skirt that I have been eyeing for a couple of months or so from Banana Republic. Officially it was $108, then $89, then $69 and finally...$39! Yes, I know - $39 for a simple skirt is kinda a stretch, but it has character and it is definitely me and I'm pretty sure that we were meant to be together. 

In other news, I have been honored (at least in my mind) for the obsessive use of my Blackberry! My cubicle-mate has asked that I help his wife and her newly acquired Blackberry find an understanding. Hurray for Blackberrys (I think that the proper grammar) everywhere and their faithful, often obsessed users!!

harmful assumptions

I may not be overly loud, but I have thoughts and some of them tend to be intelligent.  I may not look happy all of the time, but that does not mean that I am ungrateful. I may not yell and scream, but that does not mean that I am not sensitive. Assumptions are potentially harmful and as luck has it, if you assume it, it will be the exact opposite. Life says, "that's how I roll."

I believe that there is more to be said for those who do not speak that then ones to have an outward opinion about all. I believe that there is, in deed, a time to speak, so make it count and that we're not required to have a side to every story or corner of the ring. 

The less vocal of the world are not ignorant, but choose to be guarded with their words. Vociferousness, often times is an over compensation tactic  for poor judgement, a lack of maturity, attention-starved, unintelligence or all of the above. 

The word we share effect those around us. The life that we create is molded by the balance of inward and outward interactions with the world that we choose to disclose. 

Please be kind with your words and actions. They often ripple far beyond your wildest imagination. 

my wish granted

Last night when I arrived home I was somewhat bitter. Not too much, but enough to realize that I was not in a good mood. All I wanted was for someone to be my friend. With Sam in Rochester and basically everyone that I have ever  known my entire life over 600 miles away lonliness is not very hard to come by. All I wanted was someone else to talk to - preferably I did not know too well. After saulking the entire night, Sam called at about 11:30 my time. He received some potentially bad news and we talked it over and discussed what had to be done, so I was glad that I wasn't a complete waste.

Today my wish was granted. Someone talked to me! No a coworker, and the conversation was not about work - just what I had asked for! I've been working to prepare our company website - a task admittedly more difficult than I had anticipated or hoped for. Nevertheless, my due date to have the site published and live is Friday, January 25th. Most of the site is complete except for the most important parts - the home page and the samples page. So therefore, I guess it isn't so complete. 

My days now, absolutely fly by. I feel like I am at work for seconds it seems. To try to get slightly ahead I worked until about 6:15 or so tonight. During my time I met our cleaner. I do not know his name, but I do know that he immigrated here from Poland and is 63 years old. We had a lovely conversation about the country, both old and new and life. 

My wish was granted - his absolutely genuine heart and gracious words were more than I could have ever hoped for. I may stay after work more often... 

i like this...

"I discovered early on that André and I had a very similar approach to spending. Neither of us had a car. We did not own real estate. We didn't spend much on clothes. We rarely went to the theater or concerts. We didn't art or expensive furniture or large television or sound systems. We spent money on two things: food and something we soon named "everyday luxury." Under this heading fell things like eight-dollar toothpaste. Yes, toothpaste can be had for a quarter of that, but we decided that if it increase our love of life at least twice a day, it was worth it. The softest underwear. Good coffee, butter, jam, and mustard. Cabs. Flowers. Slab bacon. triple-ply toilet paper. Big, fluffy towels and bathrobes. Magazine subscriptions. Guff links and silver bracelets. Wine. Day trips. Of course, everyday luxury is in the eye of the beholder. For some people, it might be boxed cereal, a dye job or day care. For others, it might be a private jet or Calder mobile." - P.Damrosch, Service Included