“Life is like a Camera, just FOCUS ON WHATS IMPORTANT, capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t turn out, JUST TAKE ANOTHER SHOT.” ~As seen in Travel Yourself. Just an amazing day in Rio de Janeiro happily snapping away! What’s really important to you right now? What are you focused on? And what are you going to capture this week? Health and Happiness, Jess
Time Travels is a a NEW SERIES to spotlight places from my past travels. You’ll get a glimpse of places from Africa to Ireland, New Zealand to this weeks Roma, Italy. I may even throw in a favourite travel story from time to time:) It’s just amazing how time flies when you’re having fun! Roma, a place so rich in culture, chalk full of ancient history and buzzing with a new world energy! It was on this date 3 Read more…
“Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be…Close your eyes, let your spirit start to soar, and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before. ” ~Erich Fromm I’ve recently celebrated 7 years of expat living outside of the US and told you about a little Fantasy of mine. This week is 15 months Read more…
“This is my version of a perfect 24 hours on a Spanish Island. This post was written as an entry for 24 hours on The Balearics contest sponsored by OnTheBeach.co.uk. The prize is £500 in Amazon Vouchers and the contest runs until August 31, 2012. Please visit BeersandBeans.com to learn more about the contest and how you can also enter.” With a 24 hour whirlwind fantasy in the Balearics (Spanish Islands) on the island of my choice, I am setting out with a Read more…
Two months of sailing the ‘high’ seas, four trips under my belt, 40 passengers’ lives changed, 60+ meals served, over 800 photos taken, more than a dozen islands explored…AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!!! As I sit here hibernating in the aircon (getting a much needed pedicure) after one whirlwind month of magic, I thought you might be wondering how I’ve been passing my days since I last wrote about “Trading The Cold Weather For Sun, Sea and Sail” Read more…
Perhaps a day late, but nothing short of amazing! I stumbled across this quote in the most ironic place and moment…and again, everything does happen for a reason:) “Love is like a butterfly, it goes where it pleases and it pleases wherever it goes.” Health, happiness and butterflies, Jess
The Rules For Being Amazing: “Risk more than is required. Learn more than is normal. Be strong. Show courage. Breathe. Excel. LOVE. Lead. Speak your truth. Live your VALUES. Laugh. CRY. Innovate. Simplify. Adore mastery. Release mediocrity. Aim for genius. Stay humble. BE kinder than is expected. Deliver more than is needed. Exude PASSION. Shatter your limits. Transcend your fears. INSPIRE others. Dream BIG but start small. Act NOW. Don’t stop. CHANGE THE WORLD.” ~Robin Sharma Health and Happiness, Read more…
“You are strong when you know your weaknesses. You are beautiful when you appreciate your flaws. You are wise when you learn from your mistakes.” STRENGTH Who would have thought a weakness could actually make you stronger? Of course it’s not the weakness itself, but what you choose to do with it. I would like to think overtime I have uncovered my weaknesses, at times have even worked to improve them and at very least, try to remain Read more…
“Learn to detach…Don’t cling to things, because everything is impermanent… But detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate fully. That’s how you are able to leave it… Take any emotion–love for a woman, or grief for a loved one… If you hold back on the emotions–if you don’t allow yourself to go all the way through them–you can never get to being detached, you’re too busy being afraid. You’re afraid of the Read more…
“Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.” ~Isak Dinesen Too often we get caught up in our own lives and take for granted that the special people in our lives know how much we care about them. They deserve to be told, as much as possible that you love them, that they are special and that you Read more…
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