A favorite quote ↠

I realize I'm a day behind on the list of things we're supposed to blog about today, but I missed yesterday's prompt due to our garage sale consuming my life way more than I thought it would. I had to go back and do yesterday's post about a favorite quote, because that's one of my favorite things.

It's hard for me to pick just one quote as a favorite, because I sort of collect quotes in a way. I seek them out online, in books I read, and in favorite songs. I love writing them down and sometimes displaying them as a good reminder. I tend to post favorite quotes on this blog often, I'll link to previous quotes at the end...

I chose this quote from "The Time Keeper" by Mitch Albom because it's my current favorite. I read this book (and found this quote) while I was staying with my parents after my Grandma passed away. This book/quote couldn't have come at a better time and it's just a wonderful reminder to not let a day pass without making it a great one. Life is too short to wish our days away.

Other favorite quotes ↠

Hope.

Be bold.
Celebrate life.
Live to be free.
Never too old.

Mornings without you...

The most important things...

Your time is limited.
Life is in boxes.

Enrich the world.

All we need.

What's your favorite quote and why? And make sure to join in the blogging fun here.

Hope...

In the wake of yesterday's tragedy at the Boston Marathon, I am left speechless. There are no words...nothing that can describe the sinking feeling we all have right now. No way to make sense of any of this, or even begin to understand it. There is only one thing we can do in a time like this, and that is to have hope...

Hope in our fellow man. Hope in the greater good. And faith in the One that is bigger than all of this sickness.

"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe." ≫≫ Dalai Lama

I love this Mr. Rogers quote that I've seen going around, because it's oh so true. That is exactly what we should be paying attention to as as all the pictures and videos are posted incessantly on tv and the internet, the selfless and the brave. There are still so many good people in this world, let's focus on them.

Celebrate life...

So true.

Isn't it? I find this true in my own life for sure, the more I focus on the bad, the more bad things that come...but when I search for the good in my life, it seems to overflow. Just something to think about as we head into the weekend. The fact that it's already Friday is definitely something to celebrate.

This weekend Dave and I will be celebrating 3.5 years of marriage (as of today)! We like to celebrate the little milestones along with the big...because why not? It makes life a lot more fun to celebrate the little things, trust me. 

What do you have to celebrate this weekend? I hope you all have had a wonderful week!

Live to be free...

Here's a favorite song of mine to get your Friday started off right. If the crisp fall air has arrived in your town, make sure to play this one in the car with the windows down and your hand out. And if you haven't heard of Griffin House before I beg you to go check him out now. His soulful voice and haunting lyrics will draw you in and make you want more...

Never too old...

What have you been dreaming of and setting goals for lately? I'd love to hear...

My thoughts in pictures...

 So since it's Wordless Wednesday, I'm going to share with you all what's on my heart by posting some of my pins from Pinterest that have really struck me lately...

VIA

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Linking up with  The Paper Mama, And Then She {Snapped}, Project Alicia, Live and Love Outloud, Angry Julie Monday, Naptimemomtog, Jenni from the Blog, A Little King and I, and Casey Wiegand...

Fitting in.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” ~Steve Jobs

...Wow, just wow. What an amazing man he was. I found this quote last night and it was exactly what I needed to hear. It is so easy to get discouraged and feel like your letting people down by not doing what they think you should be doing, but it is so important to follow your heart and do what you know you were made for.

This has been especially hard for me lately, I know a lot of people don't understand the fact that I don't have what most people consider a "real job" and that I help out with Dave's music. More and more I grow ok with that though. Some people just may never understand my choices in life...and that's ok. It hasn't been easy for me to get here, I am definitely a people pleaser at heart.

So thank you Steve Jobs for reminding us that creativity is a necessity, not a luxury. Where would we be without the creative minds of the world? 

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Oh and this post is on the perfect day, because today is my step-dad's birthday! Happy Birthday John!! He is the one that got me into apple products :) Hope you have a wonderful day, we love you!

Wandering...

...this is so true...it's not secret that Dave and I have moved around a lot. The truth is, it's just so hard to know where the best place to be is for his music. While most people automatically think of New York, LA, Nashville, and Austin because they have such a big music scene- that doesn't necessarily mean it is the best place to be to get a music career going. And though we would love to stay right where we are, we have thought long and hard about if we should move to a bigger city for the time being...and if so, where?

It's impossible to know so the best we can hope for is take a leap of faith and hope we're on the right path (whatever that path may be.) Even if that means getting one of these bad boys and sleeping in the back as we travel the country to play for all of you...

Linking up with The Wiegand's...

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Quote of the day...

I saw this quote on Casey's blog yesterday and it really hit home for me. Sorry my handwriting is so crazy up above, but I had to scribble it down as fast as I could and really take it in. 

This is something that hits me hard sometimes. While 99% of the time I am not worried at all about the fact that I don't have a "real" job...I know what I do matters and that I am constantly learning and growing...every once in awhile I'll have an off-day, someone will make a comment or I will just feel like I should get a "real" job and it gets me down. But this comment reminded me that we were made for something more.

There is so much more to life than money and getting ahead...now don't get me wrong I have many friends in the corporate world doing exactly what they should be and I am so proud of them, but there is still so much more to their life than work....

So let's get out there and "enrich the world" shall we?

Linking up with The Wiegand's for What's on Your Heart...