“My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don’t fight it. “ ~Whitney Houston
We’ve all heard the sad news of Whitney Houston‘s passing, but instead of speculating on the cause of her death I prefer to remember the person and her amazing voice. Continue reading
“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.” ~Sydney J. Harris
Living with bipolar disorder (undiagnosed) until my late 30′s is making my current life (diagnosed & medicated) far more difficult than I ever would have guessed.
Throughout my life I have made more than my share of bad decisions but they didn’t seem that bad while I was making them, but I had no idea there was a mental illness that was short circuiting my thoughts. When I made a bad decision it never completely registered that it was bad. On some level I knew I was doing something really bad but it had very, very little meaning. Continue reading
“All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.” ~Carl Jung
As far back as I can remember I have always loved to be creative from plastering my bedroom walls with crazy things I made (like the dragonfly above), to being an art major in school and now writing here. Somewhere along the line I feel like I lost a lot of what I use to have inside. Continue reading
This inspirational story of the American Dream will make you realize, you may already be living your dream! You may realize your dream is not what you thought it was or that it really isn’t that hard to achieve. No two dreams are alike and as you will see in this story …wealth is something that has different meaning for different people.
An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish. Continue reading
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius, and it is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ~Marilyn Monroe
I am an imperfect being with a list of imperfect conditions, says the doctor, but why do they all need their own labels? Aside from the obvious fact that the pharmaceutical companies need a reason to sell you a pill.
Why do I have to be bipolar? Why can’t I just be a moody bastard?! Maybe moody is normal and those who aren’t moody need to be medicated. Is it possible I’m very passionate about whatever I am feeling at the moment while other “normal” people are lacking passion? Continue reading
“It is our illusions that create the world.” ~ Didier Cauwelaer
STOP and read this!
If you’re new to this site, this is totally off topic but I don’t care because I found a photo I took in 2009 and want it to be seen – so please look! NO! it’s not the photo of the stop sign…it’s the photo below!
The photo was taken at about noon time from outside my house. I showed it to a friend and he saw what I saw right away, but then we have many similar interests and thought it may have influenced what we saw. Optical illusions and visual phenomena work that way I guess. Continue reading
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” ~Thornton Wilder
The sun is shinning, the air is warm and it’s an all around beautiful day here in Sarasota, Florida. This is what a friend of mine was thinking when he decided to head over to one of the area beaches today but things didn’t go as expected, sometimes things go wrong.
Halfway to the beach on a busy road, near an equally busy intersection is where his car decided it was going to take a nice nap and just shut down. He couldn’t start it or move it and he couldn’t even put the hood up which is the universal sign of “help me” because the rod that holds up the hood broke months ago. Continue reading
“Retirement is the ugliest word in the language.” ~Ernest Hemingway
In some cultures there is no word for “retirement” which tells me they are very wise. When they hear this word, it’s like you and me listening to Sarah Palin speaking “Palinese” with words like, “misunderestimate” or “refudiate.” Continue reading
“Chase down your passion like it’s the last bus of the night.” ~Terri Guillemets
As of late, I have been doing more things that I enjoy which makes me much happier (duh). My passion for creating something out of nothing whether it be a craft, an art, and even writing something on a blank page has been working towards my ultimate happiness. Continue reading
“In life there are no winners, only assholes with Swiss Bank Accounts.” ~ Matthew Lotti
I felt better after going off on my bitch-fest the other day, although, it was only a temporary fix as I’m a big ol’ A-hole again today. I learned something a couple days ago…. I learned to embrace my inner asshole (get your mind out of the gutter). I was watching a video of Deepak Chopra a friend had sent me five months ago. I forgot about it and never watched it until I was cleaning out my email inbox. I seemed to find it when I needed it. Continue reading
