THE CONSENSUS IS............

......that most of the people I talk to everyday are NOT HAPPY with what they are doing, the money they are making and how many hours they are working for no great pay.
Everyone I know is struggling to some degree, and it makes me sad, and yet, it gives me so much gumption to go the extra mile to do what I want, to live my dreams, and make them come alive, no matter what the circumstances.

I think of the woman who so desperately wanted to write for a living. She went to Starbucks everyday, and just wrote till her heart was content. Everyday, she did the same thing over and over, but the bottom line is........she believed in what she wanted. She had a vision, and she stuck to her guns.

She didn't have any money, was supporting her kids, and really, didn't have much to speak of.

There is a long, incredible story to this, but the moral of the story is, YOU HAVE GOT TO STICK IT OUT, NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT!
You may go through some rough times, but hay.......things get rough, but especially if you are detailing your life to your own specific needs, you better be prepared to go through rough spots and even down to the core survival mechanisms.
This is not a plea of some sort, or some jargon to make it seem like "Oh, the road to happiness is completely arduous". It's not that!
It is, to me, that, mapping out a kind of life that you love is not easy in today's world. Normally, you just do what you need to do, make money, get groceries, and hopefully a few good dinners and a walk with Fido at night, is pretty sufficient for most people.

Not me!

I want to be screaming from the mountain tops about what I am experiencing, learning, and sharing with others, no matter the topic, or label.

There are so many things that I am passionate about. I am doing one now, which is being around food, but not directly, serving people, and sharing that common ground, of love, food, wine, and family. Those topics are pretty darn important to me. I am learning a lot, I really am.

This is where I am now.

Where does it go from here???

What is the climax?

Is there, in fact, a climax?

There are so many tentacles to our passions, our loves, and our desires to fulfill our dreams, our passions and try to make it as parallel to our lives as we can, and if it isn't parallel, I think it is a good idea to define where we are, what we are wanting, and try to get as close as we can to what makes us happy.

After all, if anything is short of that, we just won't be happy. We may pretend to be happy, but deep inside, we just.......aren't.

For myself, I never want to compromise who I am, or what I am about, for money, or some sort of status.

I could care less, really!

Not that I want to make less money, but if I can be happy and make money?? I'm gonna go for that!

For some reason, tonight I talked to so many people who are doing things, working places that they are just not happy at, but do it for the money, and, it pays the bills.......... IT MAKES ME UTTERLY SAD!

How can we define our lives, to mold what we want to be exactly right on the money?

Is anything ever really on the money?

Do we just adjust or is that a cop out too?

I am not about adjusting!

I am about getting what I want!!

That is not a "spoiled girl" statement!

That is, DON'T FRIGIN COMPROMISE............. kind of statement.

Follow the way that feels good inside! Something that emulates YOU, your energy, and something that makes you sing from the mountain tops.

If that isn't happening......... well then........we all need to take inventory on where our lives are, and what it consists of.........and make changes where they need to be changed, and see if it makes any kind of difference.

For all of the people that I spoke to tonight, and in the recent past.........

Don't lose sight of your dreams!

Nothing is "silly", not worth doing, or too complicated, because you have no money, yada, yada, yada.

The person I was talking about in the beginning of my blog who wrote at Starbucks everyday was the woman who wrote Harry Potter.

She had a dream.........an incredible vision......and just..........STUCK IT OUT, beyond any ones opinions! Everyone thought she was "dreaming too big", but she said...........F.........everyone and went to Starbucks everyday to write about something she was incredibly passionate about.

Thus.............. Harry Frigin Potter!

OK?

That is all I'm saying.

Stick to your guns...................NO MATTER WHAT!

DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE!

JUST DO IT ALREADY!!

My own Mantra for the evening, what is left of it!

I am sticking to my dreams ............ I hope you do too!

500% support........... GO FOR IT!

Love to you all,

ten fold.

Gabriela