"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what" -Harper Lee

On vibes and chemistry

Posted: February 21st, 2009 | Author: Ann | Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: , , , , | 1 Comment »

Have you ever just met someone and had the most amazing positive vibe or chemistry ever? It can be in person, in a restaurant, at work or even online, the energy is so present that it just pulls you to that person like a magnet… it’s such an amazing feeling. I think you know what I mean, there’s a time and a place where there is just such an overflow of positive energy that everything around you changes.

Many things have happened in my life during the past couple of months and they are all coming together and have brought me to a wonderful time and place in my life. Suddenly I am surrounded by love, amazing people, good vibes, perfect chemistry, people who believe in me, friends, family…

Vibes and chemistry are something we cannot touch, or taste or sometimes even describe. You suddenly come across people in your life with whom you just connect and once you act upon it, good things come one after another. The vibe changes everything, it puts you in a time and a place where you feel suspended in joy.

And that is exactly where I am today, in a good place… surrounded…


Purpose

Posted: February 12th, 2009 | Author: Ann | Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: , , | No Comments »

It’s been a while and I apologize, many things going on… big positive things going on. I miss writing and I will get to it eventually. I’m reading a bit too, here and there, so I’ll get around to a couple book reviews too!

So I found a little interesting thought online today, written by a guy named Peter Haslam, a few random thoughts about our purpose in life. Read and think, comment if you have any interesting thoughts :)

It is generally believed that we need to find our purpose in life to be fulfilled. I don’t argue that point but wonder whether we have only a single purpose as is often thought for our lifetime.

We are constantly changing according to the circumstances in our life. Events occur that are not in our control, peoples’ decisions which we do not control impact us, changing knowledge and experiences change us, we age and see new concepts and interact with new people, and so on.

Perhaps we need to find different purposes at different times in our lives to keep growing. Perhaps we need to reexamine our purpose or purposes throughout our lives to maximize our lives to the best of our ability.

We need to keep ourselves challenged and evolving throughout our lives and perhaps a single unchanging purpose is not sufficient to accomplish that.

Your thoughts?


Why do we always want what we can’t have?

Posted: December 18th, 2008 | Author: Ann | Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: , , , , | 4 Comments »

Is it human tendency or human weakness? Are there things that are so precious to us that we prefer to long for them instead of just letting go? It sounds quite silly to pine over someone or something that is unattainable. Maybe human nature dictates what we are meant to have, or not, or maybe its destiny. Sometimes the person we most want is just beyond our grasp, could it be that we only want them because we know they are out of our reach? And when they do come to us, we have moved on, and then its their turn to want what they could have had.

Maybe we cant always have the one we want, but, we can all want to have.

Wanting and pining sometimes bring us some kind of perverse pleasure. Why can’t we just use that passion to seek not for what we can’t have but to find the one that is waiting for us? Love always has a way of striking us blind, you’d think we’d learn but we fall for it every time. 

I read the other day that true loves have roots that grow towards each other from underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two. Love comes around very few times in a lifetime, if any at all, why do we always choose to wait for what we can’t have instead of moving on to find the next tree?


On doors and windows…

Posted: December 16th, 2008 | Author: Ann | Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

As I check my statistics on a daily basis, I have began to notice how many people arrive at my blog searching words such as “moving on” or “new beginning”, you’d think I was some kind of expert at these subjects when in fact I honestly do suck at them!. This really got me thinking, I actually have moved on many times in my life, so maybe I’m getting too good at it, or at least I have learned to hide away certain feelings in order to force myself forward and gain a fresh mentality. I had some interesting conversations this weekend, about relationships, heartbreak and moving on. Life throws us curve-balls, all the time, that’s no secret to anyone… maybe there’s a true reason for them. 

I have loved hard, and I know how it feels to be at that point where maybe you just feel that you are wasting your time, and your feelings of course. It’s hard to “click” with someone of the opposite sex, even more if you’ve been married, have kids, and know how hard it is to find someone remotely compatible. How many times have we just thought things way too much and then realized the window has passed? Maybe we just need to act upon things quickly, I mean, we all get to a point where we look back and think, boy! Its been that long!? Its all live and learn right?… the only mistake we can make is the one from which we learn nothing.

How many times have we all gone over and over in our minds about what was, or what could have been, or how bad we felt? In the end, what’s the point of doing that when we just need to accept the fact that it’s over and that its time to put things behind us. And, of course, if someone shows up that can help us get through the ordeal faster, why not? Why waste time? 

I’ve wasted a lot of time in my life, waiting, loving, caring and even more waiting. We need to take more chances, it opens a door to be pleasantly surprised, and who knows, maybe someone will come along and just remind you that you are still alive and have a lot to give.

Life is way too short and if there is something I have learned is that it comes in stages, all good and bad. It’s good to act spontaneously, take chances and open our eyes and our hearts to new experiences, new feelings and new people… the windows are there, we just have to learn to find them and go for them, live a little… go for it! :o)

Just a thought… any comments?


Think again

Posted: November 26th, 2008 | Author: Ann | Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: , , | No Comments »

Where has it all disappeared to?
I should drive a different route to work
Or maybe take public transport
I miss people watching
I need to go somewhere I’ve never been
Or reverse the order of my day
Can I bring it back?
Why did it die?
I should get back to my reading habits
Or just pretend I’m rich for a week
Buy something I’ve never bought
Or make something I always buy
What have I got?
Who is it for?
Do they want it?
I should begin to do the opposite of what I do
I know I lack in some areas
Maybe I should stop listening
Entrepreneurs need an open mind
Can I open mine?
Maybe I should leave
Maybe I should start my own venture