Pretti Random Thoughts

I said that I would blog everyday in Sept - and here I am! This is technically the Sept. 1st blog ( even though it's posting Sept. 2nd). I've made some huge choices lately...some of which even the closest people to me are unaware of. It's not that I don't trust & love them with everything inside of me...sometimes, you just need to go something alone - even if just for a little while. One choice I don't mind sharing...and I encourage & challenge everyone reading this to try it out - FOLLOW YOUR HEART. not just in love.. in everything ...and make the choices that will change .your. life - no matter how scary they seem now.

"If someone tells you who they are, believe them." Maya Angelou I don't think I've fully embraced that quote until now. A person is always going to present who they are & what they're about - and sometimes, they don't even realize it. It can be in a joke..or maybe a story told about another person. Somehow, someway - they let you know EXACTLY where they stand. I can be honestly enough and say that I have gotten caught up.. I have found myself believing that my bullshit meter is in working order and that NOTHING can get past me. Yeah- THAT didn't work out so well. So, here I sit...writing this blog with a heavy heart & confused spirit. I have a bad habit of wanting to rescue people..and somewhere along the way, I forget to save the most important person - me. I give people way too many chances...way too many opportunities to mistreat & destroy my heart. I put their feelings & wants before my own - and even when they quack LOUD as day, I ref...