Inspiration from Bruce Lee

When asked about his positive outlook on life, Bruce Lee countered with a question of his own. “Are you going to make your obstacles stepping stones to your dreams, or stumbling blocks because you let negativity control your life?" 

I appreciate that outlook right about now, especially considering it implies I must be pretty close to my dreams, because my amount of obstacles-turned-to-stepping-stones has been steadily increasing over the past few weeks. 

Had the most wonderful surprise of an unexpected visitor from Brazil. When you're lucky enough to find those friends who brighten your entire life just because you have the fortune to be in their presence for a few hours, those are the friends to hold on to for dear life. 

Been pondering many things of late, the frustrations of adapting to an industry that's less a meritocracy than I would have expected, the debilitating educational inequity plaguing our nation, the prevalence of mental illness among the homeless, and the impending holidays.

Fortunately, I'm slowly but surely coming to a place where I understand I can't expect myself to fix every problem I am affected by and have enough energy left over to fix myself. Learning to put myself first on occasion hasn't been easy, but on the days when I manage it it's magical. Today, I've managed to do everything I wanted to do and everything I needed to do, and procured and decorated a Christmas tree with girlfriends to put the icing on the cake.

I'm borrowing the words of a Secret Agent Man when I saw that it's how we deal with diversity that matters. If my conscious brain can only hold one thought at a time, why, then I ought to choose a positive thought. You should too... life is much easier when we focus on improving what could have gone better and being happy with what went well.



In other more exciting news, the holidays are coming!!!