Four A.M. on a Saturday morning is when I decide to rise out of bed and get ready for what I will come to call my ‘Happiness Field Trip.’ The sun catches up with me on my drive to the coast and I end up making an impromptu visit with a small, quiet park. I […]
Mindfulness
Being Grateful for the Present
It was an ethereal experience waking up to that song the other morning – a song that has since then become muffled in my memory. It was like waking up to a dream, if you can imagine the irony. A couple of men have been remodeling in the apartment directly below mine and every morning […]
The Value of Sacrifices
I have these dreams, BIG dreams of what I want to do for a living. I’m tired of dragging my butt day in and day out to a place where I don’t want to be. I’ve had a variety of different jobs over the years: car detailer, cashier, costume shop assistant, cook, server, teacher, front […]