It's been awhile but doesn't mean I haven't read some GREAT things lately

 "A child is not an intruder to the blissful married couple's relationship. On the contrary he or she is the very expression of their delight in and love for one another."- Kimberley Hahn (Life Giving Love)

Another Reason Why I Love this booK!

"Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with God. Speak with familiarity and confidence as to your dearest and most loving friend. Speak of your life, your plans, your troubles, your joys, your fears. In return, God will speak to you- not that you will hear audible words in your ears, but words that you will clearly understand in your heart." - St. Alphonsus Liguori

Searching

~ Take a second out to think about this: in your life you search and search for the right person for you. Every time you break up with someone you get one step closer to that person. You should look at moving on as getting closer to meeting the one. ~

Will I be able to breath again?

Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again
And only surrender will help you now
I love you, please see and believe again

They don't have to understand you
Be still
Wait and know I understand you
Be still, be still

Love, Happiness and all that jazz

“You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.”


“Falling in love with someone isn't always going to be easy... Anger... tears... laughter.. It's when you want to be together despite it all. That's when you truly love another. I'm sure of it.”

Haven't been reading much more than quotes lately

“My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won't let me.”

Overthinking

My mind is bogged down right now!!! I know I am an overthinker and sometimes it is exhausting!!! So of course to get a little humor I turned to urbandictionary.com

	Overthinker: One who looks too deeply into any situation, and often overanalyzes everything. A Seinfeldian way of thinking, the overthinker will find a motive behind all actions, and dwells on tones and bodylanguage rather than what is spoken. I have to say I do listen to the words but I also, look and listen "beyond" the words....

Quote I read and LOVED instantly

“The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.”

Soulmates

“A soulmate is someone who has locks that fit our keys, and keys to fit our locks. When we feel safe enough to open the locks, our truest selves step out and we can be completely and honestly who we are; we can be loved for who we are and not for who we’re pretending to be. Each unveils the best part of the other. No matter what else goes wrong around us, with that one person we’re safe in our own paradise. Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we’re two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we’ve found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.”

About courtship with Leslie Parrish

Recall....

I might have to do a recall on my previous statement about 20% of relationships. So here's my new thought that has no "reading" behind it to back it up, although I'm sure that I could find some.

God has a plan, regardless. He's known since the beginning our paths. So yes if you are suppose to be in that 20% fantastic!! (even if maybe it was hard to get there, a very bumpy road) If you're part of the 63% who meets through a close network of friends fantastic! That's your road,and sometimes it might be just a bumpy! ** disclaimer, I am aware that my percentages don't add up, 2 different stats from 2 different places***

I guess what I'm trying to say is, if you find someone who you want to spend the rest of your days with, it doesn't matter how you met, period.

1 out of 5

Im intrigued by MATCH.com's new commercial, 1 out of 5 couples meets online, these days. So of course I had to do a little reading on how the other 4 out of 5 couples meet!!

Check this site out: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Relationships/Where_Couples_Met

and the best statistic I read said

63% of married couples met through a network of friends.

WOwO

So I just finished reading "The Secret Soldier" and just started "The Perfect Soldier", I think I might be done with this author after this though. Weird names and at least with the first one it seems like she was only given so many pages, so she stuffed the end of the story all into too little pages. We'll see if this second one is any better...

Gotta Love www.urbandictionary.com

What a way to look up stuff, especially if you're out of the loop. Although be prepared, its usually offensive

Short Timer:
That bastard co-worker who found a better job and no longer gives a shit about shit.

What's with people these days?

My curiosity was struck but some recent events, really truly wondering what is up with people? Honestly, does no one give a shit about anyone anymore?(Obviously not EVERYONE falls under this but) So being the dork I am I googled it haha.. found this interesting and disturbing

Mental Health Minute: Got Empathy? If You're Under 30, Researchers Say the Answer May Be No

by Sarah Jio, Vitamin G, Glamour Magazine, on Tue Jun 1, 2010

Weird news from researchers who seem to have taken a pot shot at Generation Y. According to their findings, college students today--shockingly--display little empathy toward others. Let's debate this one ...

Got empathy?

It's one of those characteristics I, for one, always look for in new friends. Signs that a pal doesn't have it:

*Blank stares when you share something deep and personal.

*Awkward silences and uncomfortable moments when you veer into emotional territory.

*The inability to sympathize with you when you're going through something major in your life.

Sounds like a bad friend, right? Well, according to experts, it's something that many in our generation (Y)--defined as early 30s and under--are lacking. A team of researchers from the University of Michigan reviewed data from 72 studies from 1979 to 2009 and found that young people today scored a 40 percent lower score on a measure of empathy than those older than them did.

Of course, technology gets blamed here, and for good reason: Facebook, Twitter (speaking of which, come on over and follow me, pretty please!) , texting, and email have made us less connected on a personal, human level.

Still, I find it hard to believe that technology is creating robots. Maybe the younger generation just lacks the tools to communicate about emotions and feelings the way our elders do?

Hmmm.

Reading

So I've started reading the first of the McKettrick Novels by Linda Lael Miller.I AM LOVING IT!!! So much that I just really started and am almost done, ready to get the 2nd and 3rd books. The writing is easy and enjoyable. Lots of detail but you come out feeling like you know the characters and what they are truly thinking. BUT since I can't quite get my hands on the latest novels of this series I think I will try one of the other series! I'll keep you posted

IDK...

" For years I thought " I don't know" and "I don't think I can" were words that meant what they say. But from that moment on I knew... " I don't know" means NO! "I don't know" means I'm too cowardly to tell you the truth because I can't deal with the confrontation. I don't know means please do the dirty work for me because I don't want to hurt your feelings even more than I already have." - It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken

"There's another formula, though, that may be more accurate; if your pet hamster dies, you count the number of years it was alive, divide by its number of paws and find the square root. OR maybe mathematical equations do not apply to the heart." - It's Called a BreakUp Because It's Broken, regarding the time it takes to move on..

Didn't have to read past the title on this one...

"It's Called a Break-Up Because It's Broken"

Beautiful Mind

" You don't have a say in my mind, that's the beauty of the mind... " -tony