Visit me at my new blog 5OclockFrank

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Yield to the Beauty

It's been a while. My how has time flown since I last came to my blog to write about something. Remember that boy months ago who didn't have a job, who wasn't making a major impact on the world and who didn't know what life had in store for him? Well, things have definitely changed since that day. I am happy to say that my life has truly begun since those last entries. I have a wonderful job helping newcomers to Canada with settlement services and gives me pleasure knowing that I am growing each day.

Life still is important to me though, and that is partially the reason why I am here. My job tends to keep me busy for the most part of my day and then being busy with various relationships tends to give me no free time at all. I'm hoping by taking time to stop, to think, to remember, it will give me the balance I need to accomplish another task I have in life: happiness.

I'm happy, I am, but I think that there is other things that make me happy that I have lost sight of these past months. It's time to get back on track and to sit and think about the times that have passed to collect ideas of the positive events that has happened. I think that is what I will continue to do with this blog because I am optimistic that things will keep getting better.

It's time to yield and enjoy the beauty that is around us.

Money Woes, Life Blows? Hell Noes!

Money. It’s the one thing that a person needs but shouldn’t be relied on too heavily. Why do we value money so much? Why is it “the wants” sometimes precedes “the needs?”

I’ve been unemployed since I got out of teacher’s college back at the end of April. Resume writing, some interviews later, and trying to be as positive as I can are definitely a strain on how I feel daily. It’s frustrating knowing that I have an education and I’m not doing any ‘good’ with it. My problem is I don’t know what ‘good’ I want to do, but one thing I do know is that the city I am living in doesn’t have the answers for me. It’s time for a new road to take but one thing is stopping me: money.

Live Without Fear

One of my good friends came to visit me the other day and it was really nice seeing him. We caught up on how each of us were, we talked about past events and ideas of the future, and we talked about where we were at the present moment. We both noticed about the other is how we matured but still had our personalities from when we met years ago. During our conversation he said something to me that I wasn’t expecting: “Live without fear Frank.”

I Saw the Sign, and it Opened Up My Eyes

Everyday we see countless signs when we are on our adventures in the world. Why is it we see the signs around us and not exactly think where they come from? Why do we interpret them in that way? Sometimes the most obvious signs are not always the easiest to interpret.

One of my favourite signs/images has to be in the picture that I used for today’s post: “slow down.” In my day-to-day life I find myself becoming extremely busy. Whether it is helping out a friend, writing a blog entry or anything else that may be going on in that day, I don’t slow down. To be honest though, my ‘nature’, if you want to call it that, is someone who loves to be busy and who likes to schedule things in advance, to take down notes to remember things, to organize and compare, to research and share, to know what is going on around me. Even that last sentence seems like a connection to how I am because I could extend it to so many other things but I stopped. It’s time for me to slow down.

Those Little Moments...

Ever listen to a piece of music and feel that it was there just for you at that specific moment in time? The world works in mysterious ways and I can’t help but wonder if this was divinely inspired or simply a matter of random occurrences that happen in day-to-day life. Either way the idea of having this moment in time is important and I want to share a bit of my experience of what happened the other day.

I recently completed my studies to become a teacher and found out during the course of this year that I am not destined to be one. I think teachers are wonderful and have so much strength, talent and desire to express to children each day the basics of the world around, but I somehow knew it was not for me. With this said, I have unfortunately been unemployed for the last several weeks and continue to find a job that brings me happiness.

Modern or Classic?

One thing that I constantly wonder about is thinking about the modern aspects of the world and looking back and seeing the classics. What draws me to both of these elements of the world when it is ever changing? Should everything be modern or should everything just stay the same?

I am going to answer this question but I am partially biased and will admit it before I continue to write my blog entry of the day. I love modernity and I love every aspect of it. I often watch design shows on HGTV or other programs and wish that my living space in the future could look like some modern space they create. It’s chic, new and just wonderful to look at. I wonder if all this talk of modernity and about making my lifestyle reflect that aspect of style will overlap my desire to keep things classical.