Happy birthday Buddha! Peace everyone!

"Peace comes from within, do not seek it without."

It's Buddha's birthday and I really like the quote above. One thing I love about being human is that there's peace in everyone! So, even if you shouldn't seek peace from without, I still wish you peace anyway!

A sunny dream!

Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I hope everyone has big dreams. There are times when I dream I could be a ray of sunshine and times when I dream of being able to help everyone but most of all I dream of living a happy life and so far that dream has never yet failed to ring true. I have found happiness no matter what the circumstances. I want to continue that trend so I can be a ray of sunshine and help where I can. As cliche as I sometimes think it sounds I really do believe that dreams can and are realized and when they are realized it's cause for joy! So for the present, I wish you a joyous day!

Hope, renewal and new life

"Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life."-Janine di Giovanni  

Even though Easter isn't universally celebrated, I still like the idea expressed in this quote that today is a symbol of hope and better things to come. I think there is always hope no matter what and I like that today is meant to remind people of that fact. Whatever your beliefs are, I wish you a very happy day and an even brighter tomorrow!

A beautiful wedding!

I just came back from the wedding reception of my friend Sara and her now husband Mazen. Although I believe all wedding receptions are great fun, this one was especially so! The bride and groom are both Lebanese and in addition to traditional food, the reception also had traditional dancers with drums and chanting and a lot of joy!  Most of the speeches and songs were in Arabic. Nevertheless I could still feel the happiness in the language and the music.  To me happiness is a language that can be understood by everyone, no matter what. Plus, happiness is contagious. I came away from the event feeling a sense of joy because I'm so pleased for Sara and Mazen. I'm glad I was able to share in their day of joy and I wish them both every imaginable happiness as they start their new life together. This post is dedicated to them.

Going home

There's something so nice about going home. It's a place with a lot of love in it- that's what I like best about home. I think everyone deserves to have a place like that, somewhere to belong, somewhere where they are loved. So wherever you call home, I hope you can go there often and feel loved!

Gotta Give It Up

Marvin Gaye was born today in 1939 and as it's the anniversary of his birthday, I could think of no better way to celebrate it than with one of his songs that I think is most fun. It's called "Gotta Give It Up." I just think it sounds really fun and reminds me of fun times I've had and fun times that are still yet to come! So I give it up to fun!

Funny prank

Since it's April Fool's Day I had to share this clip I found online about Ellen DeGeneres getting pranked. I realize it's been out for a while now but I just think it's so funny and it makes me laugh every time. For that reason it's the subject of this post! All I can say is Matt Laur better watch out -Ellen is out to get him now!