I came across these words on a Facebook share :: .... WOW! L-u-c-k-y MOI! I have to confess, I took a huge liberty here. You see, I did ask the poster whether they were his words and, if so, did I have his permission to use them? But as usual with a percolating mind, I know if I don't exude the idea or at, the very least, write it all down. That's the beauty of having a blog, really. You write about what you want to, about things that matter to you, you may even invent a thing or two. The secret may be, to dig deep, deep down. Just like the heroic miners in the absolute 5*START #bestofeverything for must see #movie ::.... brilliant landscape, scenery and set portraying a mine cavern. Disjointed jointed point there BTW meaning you have to dig down very deep to find strength to go on and try to sort out your true purpose in life. Like the miners had to survive. Where you have to dig down deep to not just merely survive, but move to where your star should be. In the universe or twinkling above home. Love this!! GREAT music, inspiring quotes or words (this is my Friday night, BTW) ::....... when creativity explodes as you escape the daily grind of "the job". Oh, excusssse moi ~ career climb for others. No finer purpose than none. My purpose has had free reign these days. I can't decide if I'm going to be a grumpy old fartess or a steady fashionista fighting her 50s (with another 5 years to go ..... in that age bracket, I hope, is all). With encouragement, or self-belief, just continue to blog and reach the pinnacle of my dream ::... which would be (drum roll) ....:: a professional blogger. (Stop with those giggles and snorts).
A simple thing can help us grow. A something that we should appreciate. Allow us to glow. Fall to the wayside away they go.
Where have you gone? All those friends we knew long ago or was it yesterday? My, how the years flow.
I'm getting tired of "what might have been." Yesteryears with spent tears I need a new idea to burst forth with brute force to set the ceiling as the sky
need a new place to go really just tired of no go. No go anywhere fast or slow. Except to work I hate in a group with distaste. At a place that doesn't care, no, doesn't care whatsoever about their local employees. Ready to offshore more and more of our jobs Just to keep a profit bigger bonus for execs. Then, there's Mauritius to see across the sea.
So why don't we go?
When you hit an age or a moment when you wonder if you'll let go Say to heck with it all and go seek life Wouldn't that be surprising? Would it cause an uprising? Only they'll know .... i guess. This could be the end of my sanity or that brilliant glow. That seemed to follow you for so many years then you feel they've stopped before you realize it was you who has slowed down
of everything .... i regret ... i can barely think of a few. Not bad when you reckon how the years grew. Landing me smack dab in the top of the hill or on a steady downward climb.
so why don't we go somewhere you're craving or go to see someone we both know. That we know only we know about them.
somewhere we know to be discovered if we simple go and do what we want to
only we know when that'll be today after something or tomorrow after that we'll float away to fade away from those that barely we know. ....:: entertaining while visually stimulating while you are lulled by the words and musical backdrop to Keane's hauntingly beautiful voice ::....
Where have you gone?
I'm getting tired
need a new place to go
So why don't we go?
This could be the end
of everything ....
what we know
so why don't we go
somewhere we know
where only we know
I took a number of liberties with Keane and hope he doesn't mind. Just writing this makes me realize that Keane could just be the name of the band, and not any one person.
How embarrassing if that is the case. Yet the intent was to just let go. Write whatever I want to write. The real purpose was to recommend two movies, actually: Concussion and 33. Regardless of your age ::... inBETWEENER ...:: or Millennial ::... will recognize Keane as a simple thing ... really good stuff and #bestofeverything in music right now (see date on blog). Thanks for the shares on facebook, #RT on Twitter, PLUS thumbs up on Google Plus+ et al. Thanks +Philippe TREBAUL @socialfave for your great support. It has greatly impacted the increase of followers, and I know your tool really made a difference. Everyone::... go check em out!!
As I sit back and take stock of what advice I consistently tell my kids, believe to be true, and are mantras to living the best life possible, I thought I would share them. I have discovered them to be true.
1) You are the company you keep I'm fortunate to have a wonderful group of talented people surrounding me. They push me harder to strive to be better. I continue to work at being the best they believe in me to be. 2) Make others proud of you I often think that my father is looking down from heaven and cheering me on. My father could offer advice, he could hold me accountable, but he never failed to show his unwavering support of me. He would not tell me what I wanted to hear when life was a struggle, he would listen. Then he would say: "what's the pay off?"
3) Life IS about choices The choices we make are not always the best, and we can end up scarred or with a few bruises but we have to believe that our reasoning for doing what we did, was because we thought it the best option at the time.
4) What did we learn? By sticking to our path, doing what we think is right for us at the time we do it, we make mis- takes. But from those mistakes do we reflect upon the life lesson? Do we avoid it the next around? Does our vibe send a warning signal? 5) Failure happens How we react to failure becomes our legacy. Did we extrapolate from it the lessons that we needed to learn? Would we do it again exactly the same or would we do it differently.
6) Listen to others Did we have the chance to get advice from others wiser and choose to ignore it? Why even bother to ask for an opinion if we're just going to do what we want anyhow? 7) Bees and honey You attract more bees with honey than vinegar: should resonate among my children's minds often. I have said it so many times, they can finish it before I finish with "bees". People will react more favorably when you frame it with niceness, politeness and manners. 8) Show gratitude Never fail to find an opportunity to thank some- one. If you show appreciation, you will be rewarded as often as you express gratitude. 9) You are the company you keep Be wary of those that want to tarnish your talents or destroy your confidence or put you in harms way. Misery may love company but you don't.
9) Please your soul Play some music, paint or draw or write or cook a fabulous creation. For it is something you enjoy. You aren't doing it to please others. Do whatever sings to your heart and heals your inner self. 10) Trust your instincts They could be telling you something that you did not necessarily see but felt was wrong.
11) Optimistic and positive It isn't always possible to stay upbeat, positive and optimistic. Life has a way of pushing you when you step outside the boundaries. It is just that sometimes you need a reality check. Get over it. Take a hot bath. Reflect more on what you should be thankful for.
12) Recovery How you recover from failure or disappoint- ment or from being off track will determine how far you can reach. Did you fall to the bottom, or did you catch yourself before you did a complete tumble? Were their others there to help catch you? Did you stop yourself or ask for help when you needed to avoid self-destruction?
13) Goals and dreams Goals are dreams with deadlines. Do you have a vision on where you would like to end up that is not fueled by greed, envy or power? Your success will likely be determined by the value it represents.
14) Believe in yourself Often it is only oneself who can decide if we are on the right path. 15) Discover your purpose Allow that purpose to drive your passion, path, and continual learning. It is then you will likely discover what it is that you love to do. I hope my kids read this and remember the times we had discussions around any of the wisdom shared and reflect upon the situation that caused it. They know they have my permission to hold me accountable. The worst part of it is that I didn't always listen to myself. The best part is when they toss my words back at me.
I've had this vision percolating for quite a while ::... to me, quite a while could be only a couple of months max. Beyond that, it is stagnant, forgotten, filed away. I have been saving stuff and bookmarking links here and there. Even creating various personas or topic commentaries I represent. It is tres coolio really. I chose what I will write and pick things that register with me in a resonating and everlasting way.
It could be karma playing with #bestofeverything hashtag tag Past my 6th year of graduation from #socialmediaVERSITY has been quite a ride. I recognize that my entire history of viewership can be clobbered in a day but the very big social media superstars or rock stars or divas reverberating across multi platforms, device brand or type (smartphone or desktop computer), beating to their own drum while making a path and a way to our future.
#socialmediaVERSITY should be born, created, gather, only the peers #bestofeverything who get to vote in the inductees. The honored graduates of this elite communicators who have surpassed even the hardiest media outlet.
Where the commenters have a say The first nominee, inductee and recipient is ...:: www.goop.com ::... an extremely innovator site that I have been percolating my own version for some time. A truly, really, superbly shared and if not, should be. goop.com is leading the way Well, go check em out ::... the Millennial version of Mashable who represented the voice of early social media adopters. Very astute, savvy and classy goop.com has everything this fabulous fashionista fighting her 50s could possible want: Career | Cooking | Fashion | Lifestyle | Contemporary SHOP GO BE DO SEE MAKE GET Apps Art & Design Books Movies & Theater Music Performance Art Podcasts Websites
Where every click provides a nugget I'm telling you ...:: or warning you that ::... you WILL get lost in here for a long time. The sophisticated, educated, liberated woman website and resource for the EVERY woman.
Twists and turns Around each and every corner. You go to the top far left page, APPS, then cross-referenced across the top ...:: you ARE lost ::... and it may take you a while to escape. Maybe you don't want to? One thing is for sure, you will likely circle back if you don't subscribe right away.
Do yourself a favor and go Take a look and see for yourself what I am identifying as the next phase under the brilliant leadership of goop.com who are visionaries really. In beat with the movement, the people movement, and simply the #bestofeverything goop.com is now officially a professor or team of professors of the social media highest order ____________________
#socialmediaVERSITY ____________________
introduced, nominated, discussed, passed, unanimously voted in favour YES! ____________________
#bestofeverything ~M E M B E R~ ____________________
Ice cream bow standing ovation I took liberty with the fact that we're about smack dab in the middle of summer. Nothing looks or tastes better than ice cream. I like to support my commentaries with images that delight me and I hope a few others too. Since blogging is a "work in progress" I promise to come back to reveal the sources where these scrumptious creations come from. If you can't wait, you can always wander over to goop.com where you will gather a lot of great ideas. Maybe even inspire you to do something you've been thinking about for a while and put it into action.
Or, you can start trending the #bestofeverything for #icecream whether it is an image, art, a shop in your village or city, crafted by a grandparent, parent or creative genius. Share it on Twitter and include me and I will try to arrange to get you some ice cream for free? Perhaps.
