# Life is what you make it; sometimes you are up, sometimes you are down but it is your choice to smile everyday.

# When I was younger, I thought that if I could understand other people, I would be happy. Now I realize that all I need to do in life is understand myself and I will be happy. Inner peace is created by honesty which is created by understanding the self.

# If you meet someone and all they do is complain about their job, their life, their workmates, take your number out of their phone and walk away slowly. Some people are born to be miserable and there is absolutely nothing you can do for them. Some people just don’t see the sunshine, and when they do, they shit all over it anyway.

# In life, to maintain our sanity, if there are only two people we must love, it is our parents. If there is anyone who we must support, it is our siblings. If there is only one person to whom we must be true, then to thine own self be true. Knowing these priorities brings everything else into focus.

# If in life you do find someone…that one person who you want to love, support and be true to, then love them like there is no tomorrow, support them with the sweet knowledge that they need you and be true to them because they deserve to know you.. And if you are lucky enough to end up on the opposite side, then you must promise to understand the responsibility to be loved like there is no tomorrow, to be supported because you need it and to be trusted with the truth of someone’s heart.

# Trade everything for laughter; trade nothing for sex.

# In this world there will always be more lust stories than there are love stories, but the love stories will always exemplify themselves. Think of the person who makes 2 million a year but hates what he does vs. the person who pursues his passion.. Bill Gates? The Google Guys? Mark Zuckerberg? The other guy never makes the news.

# There are only two types of people in this world; those who step out of their box and those don’t.

# Every once in a while we have to say F it; F it creates the freedom, freedom creates the opportunity.

Happy Pursuance of The Dream!!

It’s pretty obvious that if you’re hungry and you have the means, then you will eat. Or is this a thought process I completely take for granted? Ever thought about that? About those who are hungry, but choose not to eat because they haven’t been given the go ahead, whether it is totally imaginary, or as real as a pitbull sitting between them and the food. Some people will wait for the owner of the dog to come home and tie the dog up. Others will just kill the dag dog and say…..”Oops, sorry my bad, I was hungry, and the dog was in my way.” Continued…

The worst thing one can do is make a promise to oneself and then not follow through. Somehow it seems that when you make a promise, the world aligns itself to make sure you are successful. Continued…

Well, here we go…….. a lot of people have asked me about the food situation in Portland, and so far it has been great. I have been looking for a lot of Asian and Eastern food, which hasn’t been that hard to find on the West Coast. But last night I had a ridiculous urge for something Caribbean. Continued…

It’s Wednesday, the days are ticking away, my self-imposed deadline is fast approaching and I’m at the edge of my seat. But it’s Wednesday and it still hasn’t rained in rainy Portland. In fact, the last day it rained was the day before I got here. All I know about Portland is sunny skies and beautiful weather. Continued…