Tuesday, November 22, 2005

I am a very baaaad girl. I dug one GINORMOUS hole over the weekend. I spent a good chunk of money on things I didn't really need....But wanted. I decided to treat myself since it's been the first time in months that I had extra money for myself. I also bought a couple of Christmas presents to take away from the guilty pleasure of pampering myself with stuff.

Since I went to the record shop on Saturday this time, I was able to find 6 deadly records to add to my collection. I also heard a great new jungle track that I picked up for Rooksys as an early Christmas present. I had to give it to him early since it was so fresh. It arrived at the store on Friday. Needless to say, he was psyched.

Things like this bring me joy. In fact....

This is my dog, she brings me joy as well...

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Personal Need #8 - Having everyone shine along with me. Or trying my best at least.

Life, as I know it, is grand. Since you are reading this, life (I hope) is grand for you as well. I've developed a new perspective on life these past few years. I have a roof over my head, clothes on my back and food in my belly. Millions of people all over the world do not have these privileges. But yet so many people as privileged as I enjoy complaining and dwelling on trivial things that don't mean SQUAT! In my opinion we should all be overjoyed to be so well off. We take for granted the things we need, and at the same time appreciate the things we want. While others who have less only want what they need.

Everyone has their own reasons for feeling down. A lot of the time you can't even help but feel that way. Whenever I feel down, I put my situation into perspective and can usually get over it quite easily. So when other people are feeling down I do my best to help them put their sorrows aside and look at the bigger picture.

It is extremely rewarding for me to simply put a smile on someone's face.

I truly believe that a person's mood directly affects everyone else around them. So I try to avoid anything that makes me feel sad, or angry, or even stressed. Life is much more pleasant that way.

When I shine, everyone around me shines, and everyone around them...And so on....

:^)

Simon and I after mountainbiking. He likes to shine as well.