And now and then caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.

Don’t judge yourself by your past, you don’t live there anymore. Just because you’re not where you want to be today, doesn’t mean you won’t be there someday. You can turn it all around in the blink of an eye, by making a simple choice to stand back up – to try again, to love again, to live again, and to dream again. No one can ride you, unless your back is bent. Be a critic, but only criticize yourself in areas that you know you need to grow.

Writing is a whole-brain enterprise. It’s a process not a profession.

Confident people take a viewpoint not because they ponder they are constantly dead-on but since they are not scared to be mistaken. They listen ten times more than they speak; the only way to absorb more is to listen more. They duck the spotlight so it sparkles on others; they don’t need the validation of others, because genuine validation comes from within. Truly confident people admit their mistakes; they dine out on their screw-ups.

Life is about who you love and who you hurt. It's about faith, glee, and kindness. Life is about shunning envy; rising above lack of knowledge, and building self-confidence. It's about what you utter and what you imply. It’s about seeing people for who they are and not what they have. The majority of all, it is about choosing to use your life to touch someone else's in a way that could by no means have been realize otherwise. These choices are what life's about.

Salt in the air, sun kissed hair. Harley bikers are back. Jazz on the streets, kite surfing, fireworks, festivals, music, night bazaar, movies & popcorns, farmers market, strange flowers, sunglasses, journal, sun hat, country side, beaches, no makeup and the list goes on. I feel summer creepin' in. Every summer has a story. Bliss is the sand between my toes. Some of the best memories are made in flip flops! It’s a smirk, it's a memoir, it's a sip of lemonade... it's summertime!