“I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question.”

- Harun Yahya

knowing something and feeling it are very different

This time last week I was driving around Cleveland getting odds and ends for my new apartment, my first full day in my new ‘home’ state. Today I am sitting in my new office at my new job thinking about my stuff I FINALLY get out of storage and moved into my new place. I am excited to explore the new city, try new restaurants, explore the surrounding areas (Buffalo, NY; Toronto,Canada; Philadelphia, PA). Last night it just hit me, I’m feeling alone. I have only been here for one weekend,not even 7 days. I knew this was going to happen. It took six months for me to actually start to like Dallas. (sigh) Knowing something and feeling it are two very different things. Lately, long dogs walks (5 to 7 miles daily) and lots of time. I am starting to find things to do, it will be a slow process.

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

~ John Lennon

"What's the world's greatest lie" the boy asked.

"It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate." said the old man (The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho)

"As soon as anyone starts telling you to be ‘realistic,’ cross that person off your invitation list.”

- John Eliot

"After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe.

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."

- Sophia Loren

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

"It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret."

- Jackie Joyner- Kersee

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine."

- Anthony J. D'Angelo

"To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart"

- Christy Borgeld