Monday, February 27, 2012
the 1% of society leaves a 1% tip...
Absolutely DISGUSTING!!!! most servers are in-between jobs, in school to get a better job, trying to get back on their feet, overcoming some huge adversity.....very few actually settle for a serving position unless it's at a very high end restaurant....get your head out of your ass wealthy banker
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
My Real Dreams
Growing up, all I wanted was to be famous. I wanted to defy the odds, prove my doubters wrong, follow my dreams and actually achieve them. My parents are the ones who believed in me, told my anything was possible and I believed it too. I wanted so much to do bigger and better things and go far beyond anyone’s expectations of me.
At a young age I promised myself I would never, ever, no matter what let anyone stand in my way, especially a man. I knew that life and that path would take an abundance of hard work, passion and a tremendous amount of courage. What I didn’t know, was the importance of people and relationships. I was so willing to throw them all aside to get what I wanted and what I thought would bring happiness and satisfaction to my life. I didn’t think I would ever be one to get married and have kids, for some reason unknown I felt God didn’t have those plans in the cards he had dealt me. Then, after some life experiences what I found was that nothing in the world matters more than people. I found that the same hard work, passion and courage I thought would drive my career and my life goals, turned out to be exactly what it takes to love.
Love is the most powerful and complex word in the English language, in any language. Jesus wasn’t playing around when he said, “…now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13). I came to understand that beyond all my strengths was the greatest gift God gave me, the capacity to love. To love at all levels and love so hard it could bring me to my knees in tears, both bad and good. I came to realize, after a certain person was brought into my life, the dreams and goals I had grown up with - changed. These changing desires began long ago but they confused me and deterred me from my original goals so I ignored them. When my life started veering away from these ambitions I thought I had given up on them, which broke my heart. Then I realized, my broken heart wasn’t from failing to achieve my dreams, it was from failing to chase the real dreams that were buried in my soul.
It took a time of depression and desperation for God to show me who I really am and what I truly want out of life. And I want love. I want true, pure, strong love. I want the love that comes only from a genuine marriage; I want to give the love that only a mother can give. I want to make a difference in small-town America and show people grace, the same grace that's granted from the heavens. I want to live on the land not in a big city full of “opportunity”. I don’t want to lay down at night with a thriving career, I want to lay down next to my best friend, my soul-mate, my ezra kenegdo. The glitzy lifestyle I thought I wanted turned into simplicity. Nothing makes me happier than the feeling of sunshine on my face, the breeze tangling my hair, the smell of the trees and the flowers, the fit of my cowgirl boots, the dirt on my hands from a hard days work, having the unspeakable bond that only humans and animals can have move through my body, seeing God work in unimaginable ways, and standing next to someone and without a touch, look or a word feeling loved. It took me a while to see I didn’t have to give up being a person of influence and inspiration with a simple life – rather it is the simplicity that influences and inspires me to be the person that I want to be, the person I was made to be.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
New York Dreams
- get local fire stations to have paid positions
- volunteer at an animal/dog shelter (application submitted)
- lose 15 pounds
- participate in adult sport league(s)
- participate in events that support the causes I am passionate about
- reduce, reuse, recycle!
- get back to the barn
- learn to confidently ski
- play all 18 holes at Oak Hill
- spoil Ashley's baby
- drive a jet-ski
- learn guitar
- go on a vacation/adventure alone
- pray more
- more to come....
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