Focus on the Positive...but Develop from the Negatives

You can always tell what type of person somebody really is, especially their true relationship with you, when a life changing event of either immeasurable happiness or great loss occurs.  Be it bright or dark, times like this shows one's true colors by whether or not they express words of sorrow for your grief and congratulate your joy – or if they fail to, be it in person, with a call, in a message, or with a social media post/like/comment; especially if you are one who always shares in these moments with this person. So remember the ones who care and drop the ones who are self-absorbed, too proud or too busy to take a few minutes for you. If they don't talk or interact with you now at this time in your life, they never will. And, that speaks volumes about them, not you.

I often wonder about people who continually post quotes and comments about how others put them down and how their success will one day show all of them. Now, I don't know their situation, maybe their life is filled with unsupportive people, but can there really be that many people constantly thinking about how they want said person to fail? Most people tend to be pretty self-absorbed in their own lives and their actions usually have little to do with anyone else. Which works the other way, too: people who are truly striving to achieve something are doing it for themselves and tend to be too busy working hard to care what other's opinions are of them, other than to have the time to even notice. That being said, as these types of posts go on for months, it seems the poster is creating a competition where there may not even be one, or magnifying it nonetheless. With all this time and energy spent focusing on this alleged hatred of them, I question if their driving motivati

You know those women who complain about never having any money but seem to lead a life of luxury?  The ones who buy their fancy $8 coffee every morning, yet complain there is no food in the house. You know the ladies I mean.  They always have their nails freshly done from the salon, but complain they have too many bills they can't pay. These women are always buying expensive makeup or accessories at upscale boutiques.  Always ordering some new frugal item, anything they want it seems. Yet they are always asking to borrow money or looking for handouts. And, it's like, you want to tell them,  if I spent money on those things, I would be the most energized homeless woman with the prettiest face and fanciest nails of all the women who live in boxes on this street ! Yes, splurging on yourself sometimes is absolutely necessary,  but things like rent, groceries,  and children (if you have any) need to come first. If you don't have money for

Sometimes snapshots I take tell a very specific story to me, like a setting for a Hollywood movie. Here, I picture a youth in a poorer Chicago neighborhood looking at the skyscrapers downtown as an outsider. Everyday he looks up to those buildings, but he has never been inside any of them, nor even in the Loop! That's where the other half lives and where commuters from fancy suburbs with college degrees work. That will never be his life. Those buildings are so close in distance yet so far in reach

On May 19, 2013 I posted my first entry. I have posted occasionally since when I have an important life conclusion to share.  I am proud of myself for keeping up with it. I needed to put my thoughts out there in case somebody stumbles upon them. If it helps one person, it is worth it!

You've got to give credit where credit is due, don't forget about your past when it has defined you. "It never happened" is something you can't pretend when you wouldn't be doing what you do had that life never been. Don't be ashamed of life's circumstances that brought you this far; Be grateful you were given chances to become the person you now are. Ask yourself, would you give up all you learned, if it would erase the memories of that time that exist, but in exchange your life took a different turn, where you never discovered your niche???? If you love your work, your interests, your drive, and are happy with whom you've become, then what shaped your passion cannot be denied, so be proud to say where you started from!

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It may be unusual but I never forget old friends.  I would love nothing more than to hang out with them if that was socially acceptable, to just invite them to lunch or ask if they want to go to a concert together, and just catch up. Some times old friends even surface in my dreams seemingly out of the blue. As short of a time as our encounter may have been, no, I havent forgotten you..or what made us friends.

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