By michaela renee on 9/22/2009 7:30 PM

I was once told “an idle mind is the devil’s playground,” I agree, it’s scary up there alone.

I believe in creating your dreams, and I believe in following them. I believe in manifesting your future, and I’m effective at making it a reality. I believe what you put out to the Universe, you get back.

But sometimes I dwell.

I dwell on what people think, or thought. I dwell on whether or not I made the right decisions. I worry that I’ve said too much, and given too little. I worry that I’ve given too much, and said too little.

Sometimes people rush me. I’m always impatient. I stop to enjoy the view, which by definition is beautiful. I pause to capture a moment when it’s ugly, because I want to remember that too.
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By michaela renee on 9/2/2009 10:27 PM

They say we learned how to share in Kindergarten. Actually, they say just about everything we need to know we learned in Kindergarten.

I never had a sister.

So I never had to go through the pain and suffering of sharing girl time with my Mom, because I was the only girl. I never had a hand-me down dress for the Prom (well, at least not a hand me down from my older sister) and I never had some younger sister stealing all my shoes or my makeup.

But I had brothers…

Brothers usually ask nicely to share something with you, but saying no usually results in them just taking it. Brothers are famous for returning whatever they borrowed in far worse shape than it was loaned to them, if it’s returned at all.

After my ex-husband drove away with half our stuff I thought I’d never learn to share again.

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