11. stealing grapes

Why are some people are so different. Why some people are exactly the same. why some are lucky and others unfortunate. Why I feel this overwhelming feeling of wanting to pick up my life and move it somewhere else so I can experience the element of surprise and wonder- all the while trying to make it broke and nearly homeless.

I remember when I was living in Manchester out of a van, joined a gym just to be able to shower and drink coffee everyday not to forget the personal training I took full advantage of for a whole three days.

That time was the hardest of my life, I felt a tiny bit of what it would feel like to have none of the necessities that 'normal' people had and although i knew it would never last forever.. it felt like it would.

I thought about ways homeless people could make there lives a little less homeless. Going into Woolworth's to sneakily steal grapes and Cherries while pretending to browse..

When you feel the Christmas spirit and your around your family this week, make sure you take full advantage of the food, wine and company. But when you are at Woolworth's shopping for the lovely food, steal a grape or two. Spare the thought for people who don't live the conventional life. Merry Christmas week!

xx

10. to sugar or not to sugar

Honesty refers to a facet of moral character and denotes positive, virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, and straightforwardness along with the absence of lying, cheating, or theft^[1].

After a restless sleep and an early morning pondering I finally got the experience that would be the inspiration for this entry.

I was sent to Parliament House today to watch a Minister present his speech. The speech inspired me because it sounded  convincing and was presented in a way that made me believe this person was extreamly passionate about thier job -and the subject matter.

I listened carefully, thought about how proud I was to be in the field I am in because I help make things happen. Messages that are relayed to the rest of society exist partly becuase I have the job of putting them out there.

But then I began to think about how much of it is sugar coated. How many times have I drafted a publication to try to achieve the perfect sentence just to tell a group of people what I think they want to hear (this blog is my moment of truth so does not apply). I can tell you - it wouldnt get anywhere if this wasnt the case.

How many times a day do you relay information slightly tweaked because your afraid that the truth will hurt a persons feelings or they wont want to hear it, and wouldnt believe it even if they did.

Making other people feel good, feels great. But having to sugar coat what you want to say doesnt.. lately more than ever I have felt the exact oposite of how I would havet felt about a year ago. These days I try to say whats on my mind, I am as honest as I can be but have to admit as sad as this is sometimes I feel that people just dont like to hear the truth.

So my question is, it easier to continue living a life thats half sugar coated?.. I admire people who are completly honest but at the same time get annoyed by them because honesty can sometimes come accross as being arogant and is often used in the wrong way completly. Are you telling the truth to benifit yourself, or the other person?  I believe that if your  being honest because you believe in what your saying, then go for it, be true to yourself. But if you are just being honest just to hurt someone- thats probably depriving honesty of its meaning.

I guess the conclusion to this entry is iits best to be honest, but be honest in the right way and if people cant handle it then there isnt much you can do, but at least you will sleep at night knowing you are living by your own means.

Sugar coating is a little like real sugar it provides no nutritional value, Its full of empty killojules and you will feel a whole lot lighter if you can avoid it.

9. the law of attraction

I read an article about living the attractive life. I'm not talking about dressing up and looking great but the influence attitude has on our lives and the objects and emotion that it draws towards us.

Attitude has been studied for years. U.K. psychologist Richard Wiseman found that lucky people in particular behave and act in a way that brings what they consider to be good luck. That luck isn't due to kismet, karma, or sheer coincidence; luck is a positive attitude that brings about a self-fulfilling prophecy. I believe the same theory applies to happiness.



I firmly believe in the law of attraction and the fact that you are responsible for creating the world that surrounds you.

The Law of Attraction states that- like attracts like.

Its one of the better known universal laws and the theory behind it is that we create our own realities. We attract things we want and we also attract things we don't want.

When our beliefs are limited or thoughts negative, we attract limited wealth and compromise our happiness and well-being. When we believe anything is possible, the sky's the limit.

I know its not easy to think positively all of the time, sometimes its even annoying. I have seen the TV show Glee and anyone else who has will agree its unrealistic. But in saying that, it makes you want to sing and dance (well some people who's names I will not mention).

Be positive for a day, tell your negative thoughts to piss off and I promise you, you will experience a day that could lead to new opportunities, and at the very least make you happy... xx 

Practice the law of attraction and lead your own life without letting the negative lead it for you.

8. saying less to Indecisiveness

I had a really positive response to the entry I wrote – when is it really too late to start. I meant every word of it, and have started my planning (well, the first stages).

There are two things that constantly prevent me from being more successful than I could be: Indecisiveness, and at times a negative thought process that results in less confidence than I should have when making big decisions. I can’t stand the word indecisive because I’ve been labeled exactly that- a hundred times over in my life time.

I am the kind of person that parks in the same place every morning, has the same coffee at the same time every morning, has lunch at the same time every day, goes home at the end of the day and does the exact same thing when I get there.

You’re probably thinking that the general routine of my daily duties are in order, and they are to an extent -everything in place makes me feel great. But then here is the whole other issue I deal with, the part of me that is not in order at all. My car is trashed, I spill my coffee on my shirt nearly every day, My mind thinks in the most abstract of ways and last but not least I never know what to do with my life so end up starting things only to change my mind half way through when a better idea comes along.

I honestly hope I am not the only person out there that struggles with the very hard challenge of knowing that you are awesome at most things but never have the mind set to see some aspirations all the way through.  

Sometimes I take pride in not making my mind up because I compare myself to Britney Murphy out of the many movies she has been in. They end up with her landing on her feet -with the best life ever. I think it’s time for everyone to admit; it’s just a movie and people work real hard to get where they are.

Over the past few weeks I have thought a lot about what life throws at you. Maybe you should have a go at deciding to do something, stick at it and see it through. That’s a goal I’d like to see happen.