Life is about Chance

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will at some point.

That we will have our hearts broken and will sometimes break the hearts of others. That we may fight with our best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and at some age or stage we will all cry for time wasted or lost.

So do yourself a favor and take many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt before.

Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances and you just have to live life to the fullest.

Tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off if you have been wishing to do so for years. Speak out, dance in the pouring rain like no one is watching. 

Hold someone's hand, take time to comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts.

Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.

The Road Not Taken

As a teenager i have always had a secret obsession with Poetry, the fact that words can capture moments in time and make it endless.

The Road not taken by Robert Frost is among those that i just cannot help but love.  

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference


Robert Frost

The Festive Buzz

I find myself hating the rush that comes with the festive season, the money people waste on idle things. Having spent the last few days setting up our tree and trimmings, I find myself in deep thought about Christmas and its true meaning.

When I was a little girl I always found it to be magical, the constant laughter and excitement in our house around this time of the year. My cousins, aunts and uncles all coming by to say “hi” and wish each other well. I remember for all of my childhood on Christmas mornings I would wake up at the crack of dawn and watch the lights on the tree and enjoy my mom’s banter as she begins preparing for the family lunch.

A Jewish friend once said Christmas is like any birthday party you’re invited to. It may not be your birthday, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the party and celebrate!”

Around the world people will be celebrating the spirit of Christmas by giving gifts and in the rush we forget that we were already given the greatest gift of all Jesus himself, a newborn baby. A reminder that life for each of us is priceless, unearned, and miraculous. And the best way to say “thanks” for our own miracle is to love one another.

Christmas is a time of reflection and appreciation for the things accomplished both big and small. 

Being Thankful for LIFE

Every year at this time we are reminded of the things we are thankful for – family, friends, health, good fortune; this year in addition to all of these things, I am thankful for something else – Life.

It may sound odd, to be thankful for life because it seems something so natural but as I think back to all those who have lost their lives this year I am even more grateful to still be here. There is a sullen truth to the fact that we do not know when we will see our last sunrise, smell the fresh crisp air after the rain or get to embrace those we love. Death can come sudden and it does not ask for age, a list of accomplishments or references. 

Life does indeed end as miraculously as it began in the womb.  

This being said i take some joy in the fact that those who pass on don’t just leave us behind;  like we carry the memories of them in our hearts, from where ever they may be they forever remain watching (celebrating our successes and helping to get us up when we fall).  

I realize now more than ever that Life is a gift to us, it is our chance to love, laugh and live. 

The power of the "Box" and a sleepless night

I seem to have a new neighbor moving into the apartment above me at this hour, as crazy as it may sound he/she is moving around furniture with the aid of some loud music and noisy company so i am forced to catch up on watching news and some television while the rest of the world slumbers.  

Though I think that the news and television content is driven largely by what society wants to know, I can't help but feel that it has a negative influence as well because it desensitizes people to many immoralities and atrocities. It portrays so much violence and cruelty and makes it seem so tidy.  

A recent study showed that by the time students graduate from high school, children who watch TV a normal amount of time will have seen thousands of realistically enacted murders, beatings, rapes, robberies and terrorism. Shows like "CSI" show graphic scenes of gore that have desensitized people to the gruesome. Basically, it is hard to shock anyone anymore.  

Those who say TV is not powerful enough to influence people and that children understand it is entertainment are kidding themselves. Advertisers pay millions for a 30 second TV spot? Because they know that TV can influence our buying decisions, our taste in clothes and food. TV has made certain behaviors socially acceptable (e.g. the promiscuity in "Friends" that would have scandalized people only a few years earlier)

That being said TV could work its power for good, but who will be the arbiter of what is good?  

Having some fun in the sun!!

"Cape Town, with a little bit of flair" 

My motivation for the day

I will love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.  


For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great.

Psalm 18:1-3,28,35 

 "Just what i need to start this uncertain day with, it is amazing how just when we need intervention or a reminder that we not in it alone"