say friday #5

everyday is a new opportunity. you can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. that's the way life is, with a new game everyday, and that's the way baseball is. - bob feller

one of my favorite places in la, and essentially the world, is dodgers stadium. there's a sense of serenity when i enter the park and pure joy when the first pitch is thrown. a sense of nostalgia during the 7th inning stretch, followed by anxiety and stress in the 9th. i love my dodgers and cherish the game, so anytime i have the opportunity to catch a game i'm at my happiest. 

but seriously you guys the view. beautiful. my bad photography 'skills' don't do it justice but despite that the park still manages to look majestic. 

what is one of your favorite places? where are you happiest?  

life lessons.

while cleaning out my room recently i across my high school ap us history teacher's life lessons. during the final days of class rosemead's infamous mr. zegers passed out a sheet of paper with the life lessons and at the time i didn't pay much attention to it, so i tucked it away. when i rediscover it among my high school papers, i was thrilled. the thing is that no matter how eccentric mr. zegers might have seemed to a 16 year old high school student, he knew what he was talking about. so internets, i share with you:

"zegers' life lessons"

1. no matter what happens- always take the high road.
2. never cut what can be untied. 
3. let some things remain mysterious.
4. life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it.
5. don't be fooled. it something sounds too good to good to be true, it probably is. 
6. get over it. let it go. move on. 
7. no one can make you feel inferior, unless you let them. 
8. when all else fails, dance.
9. most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. 
10. your past does not determine your future.
11. the gift of happiness belongs to those who unwrap it.
12. always try a simple solution first.
13. we shall be remembered for... our kindness than for our accomplishments, our generosity than for our riches, our service than for our successes. 
14. find a job you truly love, and you'll never work another day in your life. 
15. the best way to respond to critics is to act like you never heard their criticism. 
16. there's no such thing as a free lunch.
17. never explain.
18. deaths ends a life, not a relationship. 
19. we must love each other or die
20. hate is a position you take expecting the other person to die.
21. remember that yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift- that's why it's called the present.
22. there will be times in your life when you will need to embrace the uncertainty. 
23. don't be afraid to be wonderful.

i bolded my favorites. i especially love the last one. i think most people, including me, need a daily reminder of this. so be wonderful! oh and dance while doing so!

which ones are your favorites? share your thoughts below!