Beautiful words from a friend~

Found this message in my inbox Saturday night. Sometimes the unexpected reminder of a great friend is a beautiful thing...

"Danielle-I just got to thinking... and i wanted to let you know that i don't think you know how much of an impact you have on peoples lives. You are an amazing person and i want you to know that people look up to you, for your happiness, and friendship. danielle, i hope you never go underappreciated, and i want to thank you for always being a great friend! have a great sunday danielle, you are truely a great person and you will always be someone that i can hold my head up high and tell people that "heck yes danielle is my best friend!"-FJM

Changin' it up

Sometimes when things feel ever-the-same, it's time to spice things up. I'm by no means bored with what's been going on-but felt like I wanted to do some things in a new way. I ventured out to see a new group at Mo's which I've been wanting to see, and feel in love with their original music. My girls and I seem to always end up @ Buckhead, which is a guaranteed good time, but I want to start going to new places. So, I went to a different bar with my sister and her friends and had one of the best nights. I typically wait for a guy to approach me if he's interested, but I took my heels and confidence to the cute bartender and snagged a number and a date to my favorite restaurant. I swore off vodka years ago, but I ordered myself a vodka-cranberry and survived!

A friend of a friend convincingly got me thinking to start up a business of my own with one of my passions-making jewelry. I even went to bed last night dreaming of what I would name my business endeavor. Of course, my hectic schedule would only leave the weekends to pursue this potential goal. Time to get motivated if I want to actually do it.

A little bit of change can set off a whole new set of feelings and experiences. After a weekend of some new things-it was much needed.

Boundaries

I have become hooked on my Grey's Anatomy Season 2 DVD's. So much that the way Meredith feels about her life during whichever episode has reflected some of my own feelings as of lately.

-" At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don't keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That's how we're made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them. But there are some lines... that are way too dangerous to cross."

-"At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. Its like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And its not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away."

People have surpassed my expections. People have snuck below my expections. The thing I have learned is not to assume what people are or are going to do. Don't set expections. It's a little bit easier when you release them and stop worrying what may or may not happen.