Running from the truth

I find it interesting that the things that I know are healthy and make me feel the best, are often the very thing that I dread doing.


Take running... When I plan to run in the evening, I debate with myself all day about whether or not I will do it. Usually, I do end up going, but only when I have told myself that I will just run for 10 minutes and can walk the rest of the way. Luckily for me, when I do begin running, I will often run for longer than planned. However, I feel that so much energy is wasted on dreading the run even though I know that I ALWAYS feel awesome after a good run (or workout). When will I learn that if I just get up, go do it and stop thinking about it, that I will be better off??!!


As you may have guessed, I had a great run tonight :D

If something's got you down...... Run like the wind!!!!!

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...

Wow! April 19 already and not a new post in sight for months! I suppose I should change that, yet once again, am driven to the blogging world out of a combination of procrastination and boredom... Therefore, I will have to make this quick ( I have a final tomorrow at 9am and still have a rediculous amount of material to cover).

As the title of this post suggests, I will be posting about a "few of my favourite things" (and yes, the "OU" is necessary :) 

In approximately 10.5 days, I will be graduating from college with my bachelors degree in nursing, a favourite topic because this has been a time that I have been looking forward to for a long long time! 

Another favourite: puppies

Even better?: My own puppy

Need I say more??

Meet Harper 

I will pick her up in approximately 2 weeks. In the mean time, another one of my much needed procrastination methods (HA) has been to read any and every reference regarding what to expect when bringing puppy home, how to best train puppy, etc... I am daydreaming about puppy kisses, snuggle times, walks and yes, realistic adventures (sleepless nights and indoor accidents to name  a few).

One more "favourite" that cannot go unnamed.... SPRING TIME (hence the GREEN writing) :) 

April 18th here in Sault Ste. Marie= Snow storm, wind, rain, COLD.... Here is a picture that a classmate posted on facebook...

Lovely, eh?? His caption read "Icicles should not look like this, especially in the middle of April".

*SIgh*

Despite the weather, I have no doubt that spring is coming, along with green, flowers, and happiness! I also have no doubt that graduation is coming! However, it is 10:12 at night and I still have LOTS to learn about community health nursing, so here goes nothing!

Until next time~

When the dog bites, when the bee stings, 

when I'm feeling sad, 
I simply remember my favorite things, 
and then I don't feel so bad. 

01-11-2011

1/11/11

I feel like today is going to be a good day.

Make today a good day.

I will rejoice in each day and make each day a great day.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

Each day is a new start. Be who you want to be and live how you want to live.

2011

WOW!

I can't believe that it is December 31, 2010 and that in only 3 hours and 40 minutes I will join Dick Clark in ringing in 2011! The ball will drop and a new year will begin. People everywhere will kiss, toast with champagne and throw confetti, then, new resolutions will commence.

I have been thinking about the year 2011 for a long time. I feel it necessary to finally inform you that it is the year that I will graduate from college! YES~ April 30, 2011 is the day that I have been working towards, planning for and thinking about for a VERY long time!

With that being said...now what?

I have been on the straight and narrow path my entire life. I have been in school for the past 16 years. I have been focused on graduating from college for as long as I can remember.  I put all of my energy into every project, paper, test and report card, earning each and every "A". I have always known what I am going to do tomorrow. Even deciding on college proved to be easy because I was on the ~path of least resistance~. I went to the school where I could get to where I was going, the quickest. 

Now, with graduation coming, I am faced with the ultimate decision:

Do I: 

1) continue on this straight and narrow road: 

Move out, get a job, save my $$ and work for the next 30+ years of my life?

2) Give myself the gift of adventure:

Go explore the world IE:  backpack across Europe, road trip across the country, hike in the mountains, explore a rainforest...the options are endless

3) Combine and begin working towards another dream:

Move to Nashville, work while also setting out to find out if I can make it in the Country Music World, Move to California (or another coastal state) and work while I also volunteer with the marine life

I do not know the answer right now. I do know that I do not want to regret my decision. I want to be able to look back and be proud of what I did, who I am and where my decisions got me. For now, I will ponder~ but I will post when/if I make a decision. 

~You don't regret the things you do...just the things you don't~

If you never did you should. These things are fun and fun is good. -- Dr. Seuss

Simple post
Dr Seuss quotes because they never fail to make me smile!


And when they played they really played. And when they worked they really worked.
-- Dr. Seuss

And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed.
-- Dr. Seuss

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
-- Dr. Seuss

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
-- Dr. Seuss

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.
-- Dr. Seuss

I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
-- Dr. Seuss

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
-- Dr. Seuss

I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent.
-- Dr. Seuss

I'm sorry to say so but, sadly it's true that bang-ups and hang-upscan happen to you.
-- Dr. Seuss

So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.
-- Dr. Seuss

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
-- Dr. Seuss

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
-- Dr. Seuss

The storm starts when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping, the storm starts stopping.
-- Dr. Seuss
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Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!
-- Dr. Seuss

Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.
-- Dr. Seuss

Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way.
-- Dr. Seuss

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.
-- Dr. Seuss

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
-- Dr. Seuss

You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant?
-- Dr. Seuss

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
-- Dr. Seuss

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
-- Dr. Seuss

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
-- Dr. Seuss

Young cat, if you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you would learn! The most wonderful stuff!
-- Dr. Seuss


PS: looking forward to watching "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" this holiday season!

Dream World

I am using this blog as my own personal fairytale land. I am always stressed due to my current situation. I have few outlets and few close friends to vent to. I hold a lot of things in, have frequent mini-breakdowns and basically cannot wait until the end of this time.

 So, rather than use this as another place where I can complain and obsess over my situation, i am pretending that life is different. I am not going to discuss my current place in life until it is over. I am going to focus on writing about things that are truly meaningful to me. I have lost a piece of myself these last few years that I need to regain. I need to remember what I enjoy and what I love. 

I love the little things. This site will be a small escape for me. My own personal dream world. Fantasies can run wild and my heart's deepest desires may even be able to reveal themselves. I look forward to immersing myself into the words I write and, for a short while, everything will be okay.

My house last christmas :) The combined effort of my dad and me!

With that being said, I can share my latest joy in life! I was thrilled to wake up this morning to a winter wonderland right outside my window! Trees were like crystal and everything sparkled!! Oh the works of God never cease to amaze me. Each snowflake small and delicate, one my one magically joining together to blanket the earth.

That is all.

Well, maybe I will add a comment about my incredible excitement about the following winter activities:

Building a snowman

Making a snow angel

Sledding

Cross country skiing

Hanging christmas lights and marveling at the sight when they glow from beneath a layer of snow

Drinking hot cocoa

Making paper snowflakes 

and last but not least...

Snacking on a fresh snowball :) (yes, it's true, I eat snow)

Tranquility

Water.

Essential for any and all life forms.

I find peace through water. I could listen to waves crashing on a rocky shore and my soul would be calm.
 I can swim the length of a pool, counting my strokes and controlling my breath. With each 5th stroke, I breathe, filling my lungs and submerging once again. While swimming I feel powerful and in control. As long as I keep moving, I am safe.
Yet, at the same time, the feeling of floating in open water, staring at the blue sky, focusing only on each breath, in....and out...., leaves me wearily at ease.
And watching dolphins gliding through the water, with a confidence to be envied and an innocent love to be dreamt about, I am reassured of God's grace.

However, recently the world has experienced all too well, the destructive effects of water. When combined with the powerful forces of nature, it is devastating.
Tsunamis.
Hurricanes.
Floods.
People die. People lose their homes, their loved ones, their lives.
Yet, when all is calm once more, the sunshine still sparkles, reflecting on the water's pure surface. 

And now, as a possible petty sort of revenge, oil pollutes the essence of life. It blackens the surface, there is no sunshine. Blameless life is taken, not because of an act of mother nature, but a totally preventable destructive element by man. I feel ashamed.

Life is fragile. 

Love always.

Seek peace in the simple moments. 

Find tranquility in the amazing gifts of God.