FEEL THE BURN !

Let it be known, tomorrow I will not be able to walk. Its killing me not to work, so I have been staying super active. Ran 4 miles this morning, worked in the garden for 3 hours, than went for a long bike ride. Feels great, but tomorrow I will probably use every curse word under the sun with each step I take. Just saying.

Anyhow, have you ever heard the expression.. "When the students ready, the teacher appears."? Its so true, when your ready to learn, or its a time where you need to know something. There is always someone or something there to either give you the advice you need to hear, or push you in the right direction.

Well today some random dude, struck up a conversation with me. We were making small talk and he said to me, "I can only hang out with people who look at the glass as being half full. If I don't, I get aggregated. Than I feel the need to vent, I vent to the wrong person, and its all drama from there." So random and very forward. But thats as real as it gets. It made so much sense to me. I don't like being around negative people, I can't stand them actually. And its human nature to express your feelings when you are not content. May not always be to the right person, but you discuss it. From there shit usually rolls down hill, fast.

Like a slap in the face it hit me, I need to surround my self with half glass full kid of people. As long as I do that, I'll never have to be involved in a dramatic situation again. ( NOTE: I dislike using the word drama, because I feel that a lot of traumatic situations are classified as dramatic and more often than not ignored. I feel in the deepest parts of my heart that if people stopped "avoiding the drama" and stared confronting situations, there be a lot more happier people today.)

Thats my wisdom for today, thats what I learned, so I thought I'd share. Maybe someone else needs to hear it put this way to.

peace. love. and exercise.

p.s. - MY BIKE WILL BE FINISHED NEXT WEEK , sooo excited. (I'd say I'll post a picture, but I left my camera back home, and lost my phone, but mark my word it will be sick.)

and now its available for all to see..

So I have to admit, I was in a shitty mood today. As always, it didn't last long. I actually just got stuck in my own head for a while, and thats not always a good thing. I'm currently in a spot of contemplation and reflection. I am using my time wisely and focusing on Christine and her dreams. I will assume that if you are reading this than you know about the website justagirldreaming.com and hopefully you follow it, if not I think you should ;). 


Anyyywayyyyyy.. It was suggested that I answer these questions open and honestly, so therefore I am going to do so. Everyone should try it, the craziest thing that could happed is something good may come from it.

1. Say your “official” job title out loud. Three times. Deep breath. How does it make you feel?
I am an award winning author, and right reviews for a travel magazine, rating destinations all around the world.

2. How much money would you like to make, annually? Visualize that number. Feel its energetic value. What’s happening in body, as you hold that number in your heart?
I'd like to make $250,000 per year. I felt comfortability and compassion. I felt the need to give to others. I felt safe and secure. I smiled.  :)  

3. What’s on your “stop-doing” list? What do you need to delegate (or eliminate), to make space for magic?
I am eliminating the people in my life who bring me down, and I will no longer allow people to take advantage of me. 

4. What do people thank you for, consistently? What’s the common thread of golden praise?
I am most often thanked for small acts of kindness. I enjoy helping others, and I am a huge people pleaser. Most often than not I step up to the plate when no one else will, and friends in my life appreciate that. Also I am a kick ass hairstylist, and everyone always thanks me after leaving my chair, its pretty awesome.. not gunna lie.

5. So…for real, now. What would you like to do with your life and career? {Money is no object. Dream high as the sky.}
I have a dream, that one day this nation will rise up and live.. no im just kidding. My dream is to become a well known author, who lives a low key life style. Simple, comfortable. happy, and full of love. I travel often for work, but work is play for me. I do what I love. I would like to stop working early, live comfortable and grow my own unique family. I want to become a mother who allows her children to be whoever they are born to be. I want to grow old with a man, one who loves me and respects me. A man who accepts me just as I am. Than make a come back and start writing books again. (I like to shock people) In the mean time, I dream to paint and express my creativity in ever outlet possible and run or ride a bike long distances. I dream of being happy and living in the now.

These questions along with my answers may have thrown some people off. But these are my thoughts and dreams put out there for all to see. Truth is, this is me.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend. I know i will.

Set your intentions, get yourself a fish

I've been here for not even a week, and everything is going just as I hoped for. Its so amazing how much you can learn just by opening up your mind and expanding your horizons.

I started looking for work. Applied at over 10 different locations, and have gotten a lot of positive feed back. I wasn't worried about it to begin with, finding a job has never been an issue for me. I know that whatever it is that I am suppose to do, will eventually present itself to me, and it will be great.

Today I went fishing for the first time. Actually I went once before, but after today I will never call that fishing again. It was a windy night, and little chilly. My cousin and I walked out onto a jetty and fished in the ocean for about 2 hours. I had no idea what I was doing (shocking, I know). I was really just sitting there watching the dolphins, and clearing my mind. About an hour in, lost in thought, I catch a fish. And this wasn't just a fish, it was a really big fish (fairly large striper). I stayed super calm and just tried really hard to reel it in. By the time my cousin got there to help me, I lost it because my line was caught on a rock. But it was the best feeling. I learned today that I LOVE to fish. I enjoyed it so much, that I am waking up at 6am tomorrow to do it again. (I don't wake up at 6am for ANYTHING.)

As I was sitting there today, experiencing the whole fishing thing, I said to myself "I am catching a fish." And what do you know, I caught a fish. I didn't sit there and obsess over it, I just sent my intentions, stayed in the now, and cleared my mind. Before I knew it, I had a fish. Its so amazing to me how everything is flowing just as I once intended. 

I suggest anyone reading this to try setting your in intentions in a positive way. See how it works for you, and let me know how it goes.

peace. love. and fishie faces :)

its the law..

The law of attraction. I am unaware as to how many people actually read into this, practice it, believe in it, etc. I can only speak for myself, and I am a huge believer and try my best to always practice. For anyone reading who has never heard this before. Put simply, the law of attraction states that you get out of life what you think about most. I can go on and ramble for hours about this, get into deep discussions, heated arguments,  spiritual tangents, but I'll spare you and just share a story that I find to be so awesome.

This past Thursday, I was sitting with my aunt and she began to show me random items that she collects from the beach. One of them being, heart shaped stones. I was so fascinated by them, thought they were the coolest things.

Friday night my father and grandmother joined us for dinner (which was AMAZING, fresh homemade crab cakes, now thats whats up), my dad started to tell this story about how his brother (my uncle) collects and finds these heart shaped rocks. We laughed a little, talked about how ironic it was that we were just talking about this. My grandmother than goes on to explain that she always had a knack for finding them as well. I was so impressed, thought it was great.

Today my father walked into Easter brunch, opened his hand, and he had 2 heart shaped rocks and said "look what I found this morning walking the beach." I thought it was amazing that after just have this discussion he nonchalantly came across them while taking a morning walk.

After brunch, I went down to Poverty beach. Sat alone in silence for a bit, and just took in my surroundings. I looked around and I was surrounded by shells and stones. I decided to experiment (I do this often). I closed my eyes for 5 minutes and cleared my mind, after doing so I imagined finding one of these heart shaped stones that seem to be oh so popular amongst my family. I sat up looked to my left, and the first thing to grab my attention was a heart shaped stone. I was so excited.

When my father showed me his stone, he held it up and said to me, "remember Christine, we change from the inside out." I smiled and I felt a sense of calmness, I smiled and felt that same sense of calmness when I found the stone on my own. Every time I hold it I will remind myself, I am changing everyday from the inside out.. and it all starts with the heart.

Happy Easter everyone, be thankful today for the life you were blessed wit. And remember.. who every said life sucked lied. Life is meant to be lived, and living it can be so great.

peace. love. and pancakes :)

hi friends !

My oh my.. I haven't posted in a while. Not because I haven't been writing, only because I am keeping alot more private and I have been SUPER busy with my move.

I am officially in New Jersey. =) And I am officially very happy. 

April 20 my daddy and I drove 846 miles to Cape May, New Jersey. Man was that a trip. It was great, we jammed to the Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, The Beatles, Billie Joel, etc. Talked about life, shared crazy stories that I never thought I'd tell my father, and got lost. It was a time I'll always remember and I am so glad he took the drive with me, hes the best.

I am currently living with my wonderful aunt, uncle, & cousins Andrew and Kevin. Andrew is in the process of starting an organic farm and this city girl has been recruited to help. I had my first day out there today. That was funny. For those of you who don't know me, I have a phobia of worms.. I have a feeling I may get over that before summer is over. I accidently picked one up, and that resulted in me running and screaming like I was being chased by a grizzly bear. I personally don't think that my cousin wants my help, I think he just wants me around for entertainment purposes only.

I decided to make this move for many reasons but one first and foremost I did this to find happiness. I am on my dream journey and where I will end nobody knows. I want to meet as many people as I can, try all the food under the sun, attempt sports I never heard of, learn about different things that the average bear doesn't know, ask to many questions, and most importantly learn to always follow my dreams, live in the now, never judge, and be thankful always. I love who I am, who I am becoming, and who I will be. I am so excited to share my journey with all of you, and this will all make for a great chapter in my book.

peace. love. and a little extra ;) later.