Smiles All Round

Babies can start 'happy-smiling' (from emotion) when they are 4-6 weeks old. Thought to be a reflex or a trait learned socially, either way this small gesture can mean the world from the right person. Next time you see your mum smile, notice her heart warm through her eyes and when your friend laughs until she cries, notice in that moment she has forgotten everything except joy. Or the couple in a coffee shop who smile only for each other. Feel your own cheeks ache when around those you love. And remember that when your day is difficult or dull, someone, somewhere is having the best day of their lives. And that these days forget no one. The only cure for the evils of this world is compassion, laughter, love and smiles :)

a.g.f

Be More Dog

Animals inspire me- they live simply and without judgement. There is no dwelling on the past and no worrying over the future. They may have to think about where there next meal is or if they are the next meal! But all in all it is natural. I feel as humans we have moved so far away from natural, everything has been made for speed, ease, comfort and pleasure yet our lives are far from easy or comfortable... We live by money and time yet seem to never have enough of either. 
However my dog doesn't know what time or money is, he doesn't need to. He doesn't care what other dogs think of him, and other dogs don't judge him; they just sniff his butt and move on! But I care about what most people think of me, what I do and even what they think of my weird little dog and I have to own up and be honest; sometimes I do make snap judgement on people for no reason.
I worry and regret which I know is unhelpful and a waste of energy but alas; I am human... So basically in the words of O2 I want to 'be more dog' and just have a blast, maybe without the butt sniffing though!
a.g.f

(My little Border Terrier Deano)

Live your life until love is found, or loves gonna get you down.

Taken from a song by Mika (the long lost talent and all round ray of sunshine). I was singing in my head on the bus as I always do and Lollipop was on repeat on my mind mp3... just me?

Now this is coming from a girl who has never been IN love although of course I love many beings, but all too often I see grand gestures of romance knocked around such as 'you complete me' 'my better half' and my personal favourite 'I would be nothing without you'. Love in the romantic sense is a double edged sword; I've heard it is the best feeling there is and the world is nothing without it. Despite my scepticism I do believe love is one of the best things a human can do, however to claim that you are nothing or incomplete without another person is such an unhealthy  way to see yourself. I like to think that I am a full human being who could enjoy her life until it's end with my friends and family and no 'significant other'.

*now is when you grab the sick bucket* 

Of course the ideal plan would be to fall in love and live happily ever after (thanks Disney) but I would never want to look for this person or feel as though I  am lost without them because i hope they would be an addition of me, an extension rather than a missing piece.

So when I  was singing to myself and actually listened to the lyric in the title, it made so much sense! I completely believe that love is a product of circumstance and just happens, so if you're going through a break up you haven't missed your one chance and if you're as single as me I promise we'll be just dandy as we are :) 

Love can be found anywhere, you don't need to wait around.

How to become successful.

Life can be a little, well, underwhelming can't it?

I'm at that stage in life where I've done everything that adults told me to do (finished school and college too) and they always said 'as long as you do this you will be fine, this is the foundation for your future and success'.

But I've done everything I was supposed to and I still have no idea what I'm doing or where I want to be in 10 years. So how do I become a successful human being when every new, original idea I think I have is quickly foiled by a Google search showing it's already been done times over or I'm beaten to jobs that I don't even want by hundreds of people before me!

So what am I going to do? I certainly cannot do another year of full time retail as I don't think my soul could take it!! 

I'm hoping to change my idea of successful from how much income I earn to how fulfilled and happy I can be. It's going to be a long journey to change my thought process and learn to ignore people's (not so) subtle pessimism to my response to that ever so present question: what is your aspiration in life? 

Don't feel sorry for me or believe me to be naive because my outlook is different to yours because when did aspirations mean dream job? When did we start depending on careers for happiness? So if you ask... My aspiration is to remove myself from the obsession with money and materials and live a simpler life.

Oh and to travel around the world wouldn't be all bad I guess.

Peace out, Amelia x