How to live with the cycles and timetables of life?

“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.” Kahlil Gibran

Each and every one of us at some point or the other have experienced deep frustration with a relationship, an activity or job and been tempted to throw it over. Many of us do so, in fact. We quit jobs and sever relationships for emotional reasons. In the long run though, quitting never seems to work out. The job we take next or the relationship we settle for on the rebound, are as unrewarding and as far away from the ideals we long for, and we wonder why it is that our path does not seem to open up and why we are as far away from fulfillment as ever we were. Continue reading “How to live with the cycles and timetables of life?”

Go Fly Little Girl – The Girl Effect

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. ~Jane Austen

When it comes to being a girl, I was fortunate enough to be treated like a precious creature. From the time I can remember, my dad always told me, I was more a boy to him than my two other brothers. At the time I never really understood this statement. But, when he said the same thing to me on my 18th birthday, he added “You are more capable than any man you will ever meet. You make me proud to have a girl like you. You have the innocence of a little girl and the sensibility of a lady. Go fly my little girl.” Continue reading “Go Fly Little Girl – The Girl Effect”

How to be YOU no matter what-7 simple tips

Being you is not always the easiest thing to be. Believe me I have had a hard time in the past just being me until I found out who I was.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~Judy Garland

Being YOU means to celebrate your individuality – learning to express yourself and be happy with who you are. For some  it’s learning to love yourself, for others, it’s not hiding who you are or changing things about you to fit in. Continue reading “How to be YOU no matter what-7 simple tips”