Growth with a side of Cheeseburger

When I begin to paint, I don't know what I am going
to put on the canvas. I look at the person I am creating for
and I try to best emulate what he or she represent with the oil
I am laying out for them.

The years or months or days that I know my "friends"
depicts how much information I am able to indulge into
their masterpiece (they always are in my eyes). I am able to grow
with each canvas that I complete, both artistically and emotionally
as I begin this awesome stage in my life. I love these paintings and their
meanings. In my eyes, it is a major maturation point in my life, thought process.

On a side note.
Please check out Five Guys an amazing hamburger joint
located newly in the east bay. Awesome burgers, with a choice
of additions cooked with your burger. My tummy was happy yesterday.
Have a great Tuesday everyone.

Sometimes...........

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become.

You never know who these people may be possibly your roommate, neighbor, long lost friend, or even a complete stranger, but when you lock eyes with them, you know at that very moment they will affect your life in some profound way.

And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but in reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good luck. Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.

The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you become. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones.

If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to when you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.

Make every day count...

Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual (tough for me to do sometimes) and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you. You can make of your life anything you wish.



Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.
Most importantly, if you love someone tell them, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store. And learn a lesson in life each day you live.

Just another Monday at the Farmer's Market

I have Monday off and I was lucky enough to get an invite to the Farmer's Market

Since I have been trying to add more vegetables to my diet, I thought that this would be fun

The fruits looked so ripe and luscious that I had to give in and get some.

Vegetables were abundant, some that I have never seen before. (albino eggplant)

Company was Amazing

Tomatillo's so fresh... you think you were in New Mexico

Walking with the wheel barrow, I felt like a natural

Times like these I wish I had made fun trips to these places on a regularity in the past

Another successful day with a smile on my face and a point in the win win column

Here's to new Adventures and finding the Fun in life.......

SERIOUSLY.