Friday, October 7, 2011

Jessie's Laws of Life

Anyone ever heard of Murphy's Law? Anything that can go wrong will go wrong? I hate this law. It's like a recipe for disaster. Literally. Things have been going wrong. I'm not going into details, but long story short, this week has been like a roller-coaster ride with all the ups and downs. So I've decided that I've taken the last of the downs and it's just going to be up up up from here on out! I'm done with Murphy and his Laws of Life and I'm creating my own Laws. So there.

Jessie's Laws of Life

The sun must be shining somewhere.

The things you're afraid of doing are usually the most worthwhile.

The shoes you want are rarely in your size.

There's no such thing as luck; only hard work, perseverance, and a lot of tears and laughter along the way.

It's not bad to fail, what's bad is to let your failure keep you from trying the next time.

You're most likely allergic to your favorite food.

If you meet the man of your dreams moments before meeting his wife, he wasn't the man of your dreams, he was the man of hers.

The biggest sale day of the year is the day you'll have to stop for gas.

I don't believe in regrets. I believe in letting mistakes form us into the people we are today, stronger and wiser than we were yesterday.

If something's meant to happen - make it happen.

If you spend your life wishing on stars you'll have spent an awful lot of time missing the beauty going on around you.

Constantly thinking about the future or wanting to change the past will only make you miss the present.

Love your family, your friends, your neighbors...but never forget to love yourself.

You can't love anyone if you don't love yourself first.




Another saying goes, "I'm like a Willow tree, I can bend" basically meaning that you go with the flow and just let things happen. Many times I want to say, "I am so not a Willow tree, I cannot bend." I like structure and planning and for the most part I'm fine that that's who I am, but sometimes I just need to relax a little and enjoy letting things work themselves out. Until then, I'll enjoy watching the snow fall on the mountains.

xoxo,
Jessie

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Vegas Road Trip

 I drove to Las Vegas a couple weeks ago to visit some family. On my way down I found out that I love driving to Vegas. It is a beautiful drive! I listened to Angels & Demons on CD and looked at the scenery and wondered how I was ever going to be a bestselling author when my book ideas are no where near as complex as Angels & Demons and sang to the steering wheel and eventually made it to Vegas. 





I drove through some pretty hefty lightning storms along the way. The rain was coming down so bad it was hard to see where I was driving. I finally understand the term "raining buckets". After about 15 minutes, though, the rain and lightning stopped and it was beautiful again.

The light after the storm.

xoxo,
Jessie