tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761874952364298587.post4460096523911599391..comments2023-10-19T04:16:06.822-07:00Comments on Survive, Emerge...Flourish: If I had 30 days...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761874952364298587.post-11470059508624919752007-02-14T15:14:00.000-08:002007-02-14T15:14:00.000-08:00Happiness is Ecstasy(X-stasy?). belee dat.Happiness is Ecstasy(X-stasy?). belee dat.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02643081488667482801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761874952364298587.post-80660455676916311182007-02-13T21:13:00.000-08:002007-02-13T21:13:00.000-08:00Hey, that's me! I'm Val! I'm admired! but that's n...Hey, that's me! I'm Val! I'm admired! but that's not why I'm posting here.<BR/><BR/>I just wanted to say that building a life you can be happy with is a process. It took me a good year and a half of (mental, emotional, spiritual) preparation to be able to chuck it all and walk the earth.<BR/><BR/>Like anything else, I think that happiness is something you commit to bringing to yourself, and every day you do a little more. stretch yourself a little further. Then, when enough time has passed, you look back and realize you have created a completely different existence. That's what happened to me, at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761874952364298587.post-16616306995317594372007-02-13T14:50:00.000-08:002007-02-13T14:50:00.000-08:00I sure procrastinated a long time on this whole ma...I sure procrastinated a long time on this whole martial arts thingy (you know, the crazy Brazilian jiu jitsu thing - jiu jitsu in BRAZIL?).<BR/><BR/>But better late than never. And I haven't had to burn any bridges to do it. <BR/><BR/>Although I DO admire Val, who wanders the earth like Caine (that's Caine from Kung Fu as cited in Pulp Fiction, not Caine from Abel in the Bible).Wm Blaker, printerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043684016249165144noreply@blogger.com