naps are wonderful

yet another perfectly put thought of the day by realsimple.com (which i should start subscribing to too!!):
No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap. -- Carrie Snow

thank goodness for the treatment tables and private rooms at work =) 15 minutes to reset, feel refreshed ... add a little caffeine and you're good to go for the long-haul!

this is why i <3 naps *^_^*

it's simple really

Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. -- Swami Sivananda
yay for the realsimple.com thought of the day on my igoogle page.

i liked that one, especially because i know a very successful person who does that in every aspect of their life. i'd love to emulate that ... yup, uploaded onto my 'ways to improve' list.

christmas was a blur, but im glad to be apart of bringing joy to family =)

onto new year's .... resolutions? hmm, none of them i never really keep .. in any rate, i always strive for self-improvement/balance ... making it better than the last.

hopes for '08: a great future and happiness. that's all i can ask for really.

so i will keep chugging along.

focus .... breathe ... focus.

ouch, man. ouch.

i hate it when a person whom you think you can trust completely .... somehow finds their way to utterly disappoint you - to the point where you never thought it was possible they could hurt you that way.

this is why i have trust issues: it makes me think i expect too much from people.

a very good year

like a fine red wine. i like to think that 2007 was one full of emotional growth and self-actualization. i tried my best in everything i did. loved and cherished all those closest to me. took a step forward. hopefully santa will see how hard i've been working all year long & grant me a really great christmas wish! :P (hey santa, dont forget i'll be staying at grandma's this year!)

only good things to come .... i can feel it *^_^*

ps - if you arent in the christmas spirit yet ... watch "this christmas" =)

so close! and yet, so far...

like mile 10.0 of 13.2 by foot or mile 34.2 of 45.0 and having your bike chain break ...

i learn a new life lesson every week or so. i'm not perfect, but i am me. i had a conversation yesterday with my bff. her and i are like 1 mind at times, and a characteristic we share in common is that we're both bubbly about 89.5% of the time. she was telling me how it annoyed her that those around her are at a lost when she isnt bubbly. i said, "i know!!"

so ive decided that i have to figure out a new procedure for when shit hits the fan ... instead of freaking out and getting stressed out and thinking omg-the-world-is-coming-to-an-end ... and probably more importantly, taking it out on ppl - esp those closest to me. in other words, i need a more constructive outlet. i exercise a lot and do yoga (from time to time) .... perphaps a new mental approach.

i think i'll know the right person when i can tell him:
You see everything, you see every part
You see all my light and you love my dark
You dig everything of which I'm ashamed
There's not anything to which you can't relate
And you're still here.

WORD!

Just Perfect

these words struck me when i was at the laundromat the other day with my ipod on blast:

Oh God grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change
The courage to change the things that I can
The wisdom to know the difference
... and God give me the courage to love with an open heart,
An open heart, an open heart I wanna love with an open heart
... with an open heart

"Intro: Loving" - India Arie

mental mush

no vivid prose today, just random thoughts:

• im so over my physiology class .... and i still cant find that final push to actually study.
• i am sad. but i will be ok.
• i thought i had made progress, but now i dont feel so strong anymore - like there is some void all of a sudden.
• you were my rock where i placed my hand.
• i wonder if i had given enough for you to return back to me.
• no one has ever been able to reach me like you.
• have u ever felt like the advice your friends give you feels wrong?
• i wonder if you will find yourself back with me. i think that is what makes me the most uncertain, and indirectly the saddest ... i just dont know. i know that we always come back together - whether one person ends it and when we least expect it.
• but today i am sad ... i wanna help ... i wish i could help ... be there for you like you did for me, but you and i both know that's not what you need right now.
• maybe i was the one who deals with things in the most efficient way possible that it wore you down.
• deep down, ive always wanted you near.

"and that's the way this wheel keeps working out ... " - john mayer