I Love NY

I love that feeling of arriving in NYC after being gone for a while. It's the feeling of stopping to smell the flowers, stopping to look at its beauty, reminding yourself of how much there's to be lived. I love the feeling of when you arrive at the subway station and the train arrives at the exact same time you step foot on the platform and you feel the wind on your face. This feeling of new New York and old New York mixed together. The feeling of all the people who lived and passed through New York City. That feeling of looking at the Empire State like it's a long lost cousin that you haven't seen in a while. That feeling of opportunity, of joy, of possibility, of dreams, of anything can happen anytime. The feeling of refreshing ideas like rain drops from the sky, being exchanged out and about and all put together in the same melting pot of cultures, of people, of live that clash into each other like waves and create a ripple effect all around the world.

New York makes you believe in yourself. It tells you anything and everything is possible. It tells you to keep reaching, keep going, and making the best out of this life.

Thank you for all that you are and all that you will be, and all that we've been through together.
New York brings back memories, lessons, hope.

I love you New York.

May every day be your birthday

It's the excitement, the enthusiasm, the fun, the love, the happiness that surrounds a birthday that makes it so special! We're showered with love, thoughtful wishes, happy thoughts!

What if every day was our birthday? I MEAN if we could live with that surrounding aura of happiness every single day of our lives. They say live like it's your last day every day. Don't live like it's your last, live like it's your birthday.

On your birthday, you're always right, you can do anything you want, on your birthday they always
let anything slide. Anything you do is light, it's happy, it's love, it's fun and games for everyone. How about we cut each other some slack every day? How about we show our love every day? What if we lived in appreciation every single day of the year. That's just a thought. It's a happy thought.

Wouldn't if be wonderful? If we were so generous and thoughtful every single day.

Wake up like it's your birthday. Go to bed like it's your birthday. And celebrate life.
There's only one life, one love, one chance...and one smile can make a difference in your world and everyone else around you.

Let's celebrate what makes us happy, what makes us smile, what feeds our soul and warms our hearts.

Things that make me happy today and every day:
- Smiles
- Hugs
- Kisses
- Cuddling
- Hot chocolate
- Strawberry shortcake & strawberry ice cream
- Chocolate ice cream
- Chocolate & wine
- Champagne
- Fireworks
- Beach
- Going into the ocean
- Traveling to different places every year/month/week
- Meeting new people & new cultures
- Seeing old friends
- Warm love feeling
- Good feeling thoughts
- Abundance
- Writing
- Acting
- Being on camera
- Being on stage
- Doing what you love
- Expressing yourself
- Helping others
- Making a difference
- Making this world a bit happier every day

Happy birthday to me - all the way from Glaciers in Alaska!
It could be anywhere, as long as you're open to new experiences, to love and to making each life you touch a little bit happier. Let that be a reminder to us all. Make it your birthday every day.

Let's celebrate happiness! Thank you today and every day!

Hugs and kisses and thank you for the warm wishes!
Lots of love to all!

Cheers,

Jules

You Are the Fire

We're all survivors in this world truly. We start out nice, peaceful, pure. Slowly we become what life makes of us. The hardest part of life is the loss of innocence. When we stop believing in what's pure., what's honest, what's whole. Then we don't feel whole anymore.

As the saying goes, "We gotta see it to believe it," but sometimes even when we see it we don't believe it anymore. When it comes from the heart - skepticism is the worst medicine to love. That's where it all derives from. We believe we are not capable of love because we haven't received the love we think we deserve. It begs the question, who really receives enough love?

It's presumptuous to single us out and not be aware of the world surrounding us. Maybe that's what life is all about, maybe it's about realizing we are all the same. Maybe the biggest challenge in life is to stay pure. Stay pure in a world that constantly makes you a fool.

Life is for those who are able to stay with the heart of a child, but there aren't many of us out there. The more we get hurt, the more we hurt out of fear. It's like the cave theory from Plato. All we can see are our own shadows. So we're afraid to be touched by the fire. The monsters are in our head. The monsters are our own fears. It's not outside of us, it's not real.

They're only real when we believe. Whatever you think, we become, said Buddha. It's a simple concept. We have over 60,000 thoughts a dat, so which one do we really become? Pick the best feeling thought.

Then, we discover another condition, it's the human condition. Even when we're trying our best, we're only human. Don't kick yourself for it. We're all like that. We're all limited to humanness.

And in that same way, we are all unlimited. We're all part of a bigger plan. There's a big picture. There's more. We're too scared to get out beyond the cave. To look beyond the shadows. We all know what to do. Not all of us do it. We don't always do it.

It's empty and meaningless. So write your feelings down, be who you are, it's all gone anyway. Become who you are. There's no loss in being truthful. Cut your losses and keep moving.

When you step outside and into the fire, you'll see the fire that's burning inside of you. You're not afraid of the fire. You are the fire.