Do you find yourself ever falling back to old habits.  Well I do!  I do believe this is normal and until those old habits are truly gone, they will be a part of your life and you will just have to keep yourself aware of those habits and when you start to pull into them. … Continue reading Old Habits

You know that little piece a paper that floats across the street, and you watch it just for a moment, catching its direction.?   You know that look that you see from another as you glance passing by each other walking just as fast or slowly getting to each's destination?  You know that little piece … Continue reading Details

It grabs you, because you have no choice, if its in you.  It takes you hold as if to never let you go.  It fills your heart with the most important thing, because it is what it is about.  What is it I speak of reader, the spirit, true meaning of Christmas. I came to … Continue reading Joyeux Noel, Feliz Navidad, Craciun Fericit, Merry Christmas

Yesterday sitting in the little cafe at my hotel, feeling a bit sorry for myself that I have to trod through the rain, (that was not the bad part) and walk to have yet another dinner by myself.  When the news was turned on.  This was the first time that I had watched a television … Continue reading Not That Big 

One word or phrase can change a mood and a whole outlook one may have on life.  Its is so igmatic, is big, its the best thing since sliced bread, it is the things of change and character building.  It can move mountains and bring forth betterment.  What is it that I speak of, validation. … Continue reading Validation

What would you not risk for something that is so desired by your heart.  What would you not do to have what you want.  Would you ever put it all on the line, would you risk it all.  And if you would, is it worth it?  I say yes, I always say yes...if it is … Continue reading Risking it All

So stepping stones are how we get from one point in our life to another...so before me I have reached that big stone in the river, that I just need to take the leap to. Its the one that doesn't have many smaller stones up to it.  The steps are big and wide and very … Continue reading Stepping Stones

I think we all have delusions of what we expect and what actually results...isn't that mostly how things work out? I could expect the world out of a certain situation and it result in absolutely nothing, nada, zip.  Why is it that we have such great expections?  Is it only the dreamer that does this, … Continue reading Great Expectations

As I take the morning train into Rome, I am filled with all sorts of experiences, like, waking up sicker than a dog and realizing that my fun is just to begin!  I may feel thick in the throat, but my excitement for a new world is just awakening. As I am on the train, … Continue reading The End of a Journey