I'll remind you to keep in touch

Do you write letters anymore, in this day of digital, computerized, 'I-can-just-text-you', advanced technological 'we-can-send-emails-through-the-interwebs'?
Real letters. You know the kind, you sit down in a comfortable place, with a piece of paper and pen in your hand, maybe a cup of coffee nearby?

In taking short polls here and there over the last week, I'm finding that most people forego the old fashioned letter writing.

"It's so much easier and quicker to text"
"I just shoot them a quick email"
"Nah, I'll call before I'll write a letter"
"I message through Facebook"
"I @reply them in twitter, it's FAST" <-----this one made me laugh, it's true, it IS fast. There's that whole 140 character limitation, but that forces one to summarize quickly.

When I was younger I used to write my Grandma and Grandpa letters. I still have the letters they mailed me over the years. I'm so glad I kept them, now that they are no longer here with me. Very fond memories I find, when I pull them out and read them again.

I don't know though, there is something about opening my mailbox and finding a hand-written letter inside. My first thought is, how cool that they took the time to write this. I don't throw letters away, I can't bring myself to do it. I will throw cards away, I must confess. But not a hand-written note. It's personal, and giving, and I like it.
You may be the next one on my list,

I'll ask you how you are doing, what's been happening in your world, and share a little of what has been happening in mine in conclusion.

Oh and I'll remind you to keep in touch.

See you soon friend,
Tiffany

PS A breakfast smoothie can provide world peace. I'm sure of it.

In helping others, I find I'm helping myself

In teaching others, guiding them gently, I'm teaching and guiding myself.

I think this is why I have an urge to help, in reaction to someone sharing their problems with me. Or just sharing their story in general. Their life book, what is written so far....I love to listen. Hear about where they've been, who has been with them in their journey so far. Where they may be going from here, and who they're taking with them.

I don't have a degree, given to me on paper from a University. (gah! I dislike typing this!) But I know I can get one if I deem it important enough. I do have, in the very least, honorable mention, in life. I don't sweat the small stuff. I DO take pleasure in the small stuff though.

These days in Dallas, it's a thunderstorm haven. I love thunderstorms. I would SO be a tornado chaser if I could do it safely. When the lightning starts snaking across the sky, and the thunder rolls, you'll find me out on my patio, watching the fantastic display of nature. I do my best thinking on this patio. Sometimes my best talking, if a friend happens to call.

I happened to catch something being said on t.v. last night at just the right moment to share with a friend who is going through a rough time. As I always do, I wrote down what I heard immediately. If I don't do this, it's as good as gone in a few minutes. (Maybe I need ginkoba?)

"How to Calculate Your Net Worth: Add up everything money can't buy, and everything that death can't take away. That, is your net worth" -Ed Young

I believe I've found my new mantra!

I know that we can write down our assets, calculate the total worth, in columns on a piece of paper. That net worth is not quite the same. For me, it's not important.

What money can't buy are things such as these:

Helping others. Making people laugh. And realize what promise lies ahead for them if they seem to have lost their way, or their purpose. Playing with kids, and like a kid, where we both end up winning, if only for the time spent. Telling someone, "I thought of you today" and seeing their smile light up a room, or hearing that smile in their voice over the phone.

Being the kind of person, that when I leave this earth, I know I will be missed. And remembered. Not for what I paid for, or bought, or owned. But for my relationships, and guidance.

I like to leave wherever I am a better place after I was there. (I think this is why I continue to wipe that condiment counter down at Starbucks. I can't help it! I'm helping my favorite baristas!)

So yeah.....In helping others, I find I'm helping myself.

See you soon friend,
Tiffany

PS Protein breakfasts all week this week, what's your favorite breakfast that's packed with protein?

Saturday is the Creme Filling

Saturday Top Ten

Listing it out today people......

1: Summer days appearing in April, whispering, "I'm coming soon, and here's what I look like..."

2: No overbooking, no set plans, the "I can do whatever I want" day that I have at my fingertips.

3: Receiving a simple text message, "you're amazing"

4: Mazzy Star "Into Dust" playing as I type this entry.



5:  Laying under a tree with swaying branches, at the pool, then hearing St. Ann's Catholic Church ring their bells......

6: Blog posts like this, where my beautiful cousin Serenity explains to you that she's beat cancer again:

http://www.serenitybohon.com/2011/04/odds-schmods-my-brother-said-when-i-told-him.html

7: A neighbor asking if I want to join a family BBQ. Um hello. Yes. =)

8: Hope.

9: Laugh out loud tweets. I love my twitter fam.

10: The fact that Saturday is the creme filling.

Have an awesome weekend friend,
Tiffany

PS I'm feeling "brunchy" for breakfast, all weekend. Patio brunch? definitely.

What do you do for a life reboot?

"At the Car Wash......whoa whoa whoa WHOA"

I'm not really singing this song. =)

I had an awesome weekend, and was completely surprised to find that one of the most relaxing things in the world to do, is......be pulled through a car wash. I'm not kidding!

I don't usually go to car washes that do everything for you. I don't mind doing it myself at all, it feels good to get rid of all of that yellow dust (go AWAY pollen).

Sunday, I had brunch with a friend who hooked me up to a FREE car wash, the kind where you put the left front wheel in between the iron rods and it literally pulls you through the wash, very s l o w l y.

So I had some time to think, while all of that dust was being washed away. I thought it would be cool to have a life wash. You could just sit back, put your life in neutral, you can even let go of the wheel, and for three or four solid minutes, everything you don't need/want, gets washed away. Then when you put your life back in "drive", you slowly pull forward out into the sunshine, with a clean windshield, feeling very refreshed.

I have lots of places I go to find this refreshed feeling.

For instance:

This is right in the middle of my neighborhood, very cool.

I do yoga to find that refreshed feeling, go for walks, spend time with friends on a sun-lit patio where live music is playing. I love to sit on my own patio too, for quiet down-time. Sometimes I read, sometimes I just sit quietly. If there is ever a time where I can't fit any of this in, I get that "overloaded" feeling so I try very hard to always make time for it.

What do you do for a life reboot?

I'll see you soon!
Tiffany

PS Breakfast on the patio is a w e s o m e.