LIVE YOUR LIFE

It has been a few weeks since my last blog. However, life continues to amaze me. We lost Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson on the same day. I mourn. I'm surprised. I'm taken aback and mortified at how fast life comes at you when you expect it and least expect it. I have spent the last few days reflecting on the silly shit that I have often wasted my time, energy and mind reflecting on, trying to figure out and stressing about...all of which I've found truly irrelevant against these recent deaths and tragedies of life that the world has encountered. Life is WAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYY to short to sweat the small stuff. Life is way to short to stress over elements of life that come like clockwork every single month. Tomorrow is not promised. Telling someone that you will see them later...is not promised. Taking another breath after hanging up the phone with someone is not promised. Your next successful flight is not promised. So with these types of thoughts swirling through my mind, I have to say that I have found solice in the fact that I have lived my life with only two regrets but nothing that I harp on. If I died tomorrow, I have lived an extremely good life filled with struggles, joys, and TONS of surprises. Everyday is a new opportunity to be happy; to fulfil a dream; to tell everyone that you love them and to make sure that there is nothing to apologize for because you are only indulging in things that make you happy. LIVE YOUR LIFE. We are only given one. People who tell you what you should or should not be doing with yours should not be given the satisfaction of succeeding with the redirection of your goals and drive. Follow your path, your destiny and your mind. Make responsible and personal choices that make YOU smile. Wake up EVERY morning and give thanks for being given the opportunity to see another day, your loved ones and to just simply be. Just know that this morning and tomorrow morning, so many people will no longer be. LIVE YOUR LIFE!!!!!! R.I.P. Visit me at www.AngelaArdis.com

OPPORTUNITY

Does anyone ever feel as if life's opportunities always seem to bump into others and bypass you? I used to feel that way until I stared makng moves that benefited me. I began realizing that for so long my focus was everyone else. I was a blessing to so many people because of the help I gave so freely but neglected to be a blessing to myself. If all of my energies were being spent on others, then how could opportunities find me and my needs? I can remember on several occasions sitting back and marveling at those around me fortune, happenstances and progress. I can remember feeling envy, jealousy and hateration. Yeah...I hate to say it but I was a hater. Until I realized that I didn't have to hate on others. I needed to focus more on myself and my goals and aspirations. My ambition shifted and opportunities flowed. I'm in a better space now. I still help others but I make sure that I help mself too. Visit me at www.AngelaArdis.com

What inspires me?

There are so many things that inspire me but nothing specific. I tend to be a mood person and with that, depending on how I feel will detrmine what inspires me most. A crisp fall morning, a cup of perfect coffee, a child playing, dogs running or rain. Ok, I retract my statement because rain definitely inspires me. Shopping inspires aspects of my brain but not full aspiration. People in great spaces in their lives inspire me. Visit me at www.AngelaArdis.com