no bad day

I should say grace more often, for everything, including the wonderful people around me. With them there is no such thing as a bad day in my life. There's always someone to smile and hug you, someone to tell you how good you look, and someone to listen ... just another ordinary miracle today ...

It's not that unusual when everything is beautiful
It's just another ordinary miracle today ...

Life is like a gift they say
Wrapped up for you everyday
Open up and find a way
To give some of your own ...

When you wake up everyday
Please don't throw your dreams away
Hold them close to your heart
Cause we are all a part
Of the ordinary miracle

It seems so exceptional
Things just work out after all
It's just another ordinary miracle today

The sun comes up and shines so bright
It disappears again at night
It's just another ordinary miracle today

- Sara McLachlan

ties

If you define yourself as an opponent to something or someone, all meaning is lost once that is gone; so sever yourself from the hate for your own good.

mechanical heart

Talk about giving your heart a break, literally!

fling

Today a friend pointed out Forbes' ranking of the overpriced real estate markets of the world; no surprise that Vancouver is 6th on the list after Monaco, Rome, Paris, Madrid and Los Angeles.

obscure

The moon was so big and beautiful last night. And then, there was a full lunar eclipse about 2:30am - 4:30am. It was all cleared up by 5:30am. Good thing I didn't stay up to watch it though, it was cloudy and I wouldn't have been able to see anything!

career path

He called and asked if I was able to go over and give an opinion on the house and how they should renovate. I didn't think I would have much to say, but it turned out that I had, well, a lot. And most importantly I really enjoyed it; maybe it was a good idea for me to go into "flipping" homes!

superman

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird; I'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see

It may sound absurd; but don't be naive
Even Heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed; but won't you conceed
Even Heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me

- Five For Fighting

miracles

The Fifth Estate did a documentary on crusades, specifically on Benny Hinn. He runs a religious ministry which unlike many ministries does not disclose its finances; and since he is the leader, the ministry pays for all his expenses including his house and bills. And apparently he likes the high life; nice car, a home on the beach, presidential suites in hotels, and bodyguards.

From what he has disclosed, the ministry's revenue has been estimated around $250-million a year. The financial forensic accountant who was presented with confidential financial documents descried the expenditures as "well above what is reasonable". The most outrageous part of the documentary for me was that a former guard described that after signing 30 Bibles he put his pen down and said, I just made $30,000! Above and beyond all of this, all the so called "cured" patients the Fifth Estate contacted show no sign of improvement, so he's getting all this money and he's just a charade! Now this is Mass-Seduction!

insight

I learnt a while back that you don't measure your happiness by what you can't control and that satisfaction should come from what you achieve irrespective of what or whom you compare it with. Still, for the first time I am having trouble explaining it to myself ... and on such a lucid subject!

فریادرس

دیشب مونده بودیم

من مست و تو دیوانه، ما را که برد خانه؟

ولی یکی پیدا شد نجاتمون داد

میگه

اگربا ما نبودش هیچ میلی
چرا جام مرا بشکست لیلی؟

suspicious

There is something going on; and because I can't put my finger on it I wanted to jot it down here until I know what ...

entitled

You get what you think you deserve, so don't sell yourself short.

sunset

I was at home, and then I found myself in Stanley park. I hadn't done this in a long time. There was something on my mind; I could feel how unconsciously I was thinking and yet I couldn't point out about what ... as soon I began noticing the people around me I knew that I had the answers. As to when it would affect the outside I really didn't care ... the americano was good ... I should do this more often ...

Cheney! oh Cheney!

Yesterday Jon Stewart pointed to an interview with Dick Cheney from 1994; very interesting, especially the points he makes for not going into Iraq! Take a look, just so you know there is a commercial before the video segment.

big girls

I need some shelter of my own protection baby
Be with myself in center, clarity
Peace, Serenity

I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightening out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket

But I've gotta move on with my life
It's time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry

The path that I'm walking, I must go alone
I must take the baby steps till I'm full grown, full grown
Fairy tales don't always have a happy ending do they
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay

- Fergie, Big Girls Don't Cry

jeopardy

Edward Griffin passed away yesterday. He had great talent and big money, but what I will remember about him is that after his cancer returned when a reporter asked him about dying he said, "... all I know is that when I die my tombstone will say, I will not be back after this short break ... "

lonetime

When there is no one around, nothing distracting you, it's like you think in different terms. It's a whole different level of understanding; like having a crystal ball. It just comes down to what's inside you ... I get this isolation once in a blue moon, be it work or be it just an out of town vacation, it opens up my mind ... I believe I should try hard to remember these thoughts; because once again when it's crowded around me I need something to keep me on the right track ...

last chance

I was browsing the department website when I saw an announcement titled saddening news ... he came to our department as an adjunct professor; the fact that he was still doing research despite his old age had always astonished me and I had thought about going up to him and asking how he does it many times ... God bless his soul ...

money

- [Cheyenne] All you think about is making money.

- [Van] I like money, it doesn't yap at me 24 hours.

far far away

I was just thinking, if he took the offer, said goodbye, and moved away, then why are her eyes so red? I thought I was the only one who had noticed but it seems not ... I wish I had something to say ...

tranquil

... there is this calm inside of me. My life has been crazy for the past little while, and yet I have that ocean feel as if nothing can go wrong. Maybe this is my comfort zone, where I go to hide from the storms ... storm or not, I couldn't wish for anything else right now ... I should go dancing somewhere this weekend ...

prospect

Sometimes you make a decision and you linger afterwards for a while thinking back and forth whether this was the right step. Other times there are so many arrows and lights showing you the way that there is not even a iota of doubt in your mind; and as much as you would like to tempt yourself to rethink it one more time, you know deep inside that you'll come to the same conclusion over and over again ...

a day from the past

It started off as a dull day. We all met around lunchtime and started complaining about how everything was going wrong. We went for lunch, sat in the sun, and talked for a while. Then we headed down for coffee and again sat around for a chat ... by the time we were heading home together I felt like I was in high school; we had giggled and made fun of things and people and places the whole time, just like when we were teenagers ...

a woman should have ...

• enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to...
• something perfect to wear if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...
• a youth she's content to leave behind....
• a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age....
• a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...
• one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry...
• a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...
• eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal, that will make her guests feel honored...
• a feeling of control over her destiny.
  

every woman should know ...

• how to fall in love without losing herself.
• how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without; ruining the friendship...
• when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...
• that she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
• that her childhood may not have been perfect.. but its over...
• what she would and wouldn't do for love or more ...
• how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...
• whom she can trust, whom she can't, and why she shouldn't take it personally...
• where to go... be it to her best friend's kitchen table...or a charming inn in the woods...
  when her soul needs soothing...
• what she can and can't accomplish in a day...a month...and a year...

- Woman by Maya Angelou

encounter

... the white clouds drawn so carelessly and yet so sightly, I can lay my thoughts to rest on them while my imaginations fly ...

lulu

I love the flowers on my balcony; especially the hanging baskets. Who knew so little time and money could buy me so much joy for such a long time ... now that's a good investment!

one green step

BC residents can now recycle their electronics. A recycle fee, like what we have with bottles, is being added to the price of all electronics which is redeemable when they are taken in for recycling. My concern has always been tube TVs, but now you can recycle your TV and get yourself a new flat screen!