Endorphins make you happy. Happy People just don’t kill their husbands.

Yes, I have returned to the Legally Blond quotes. As I sat bleary eyed and truly grumpy yesterday at work I had a little aha! moment. I say moment because I’m never sure how long these ahas! will last. I thought, “I’m pretty tired of feeling sad and tired.”

“Hmmm . . . go on . . .” mused my subconscious me, who is always listening.

“Well,” I continued, “I know I’ve done a lot of amazing things in my life. And I know I will continue to do amazing things and have extraordinary experiences. So why am I so tired and grumpy and melancholy? I’m not even really sure what it’s about. But it sures seems like a hell of a lot of effort to be this way. What’s the point? I think I’d like to have energy and be happy.”

“Eureka,” cried subconscious me, for that me was tired of being tired too.

And without further adieu we (my subconsious little me and myself) googled great nutrition tips and secrets to boosted energy. We plotted out our Christmas plans for when Jeff arrives – Cookie Party! Cookie Party! (Anyone else watch the very first episode of Sarah Silverman Show- if not, you’re missing out. My bro and I love her). The best news is that I seem to be fully recovered from my surgery. I tested the water out by going for a jog last night instead of a walk. I felt great. So I bumped it up to a run. That felt even better. Yay! I am healed. Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty I am free at last. I can exercise. I feel great this morning, no weird pains – so at 4.5 weeks of my 6 week recovery plan – I do believe I can add a little variety to my repertoire! And that my friends is where the endorphins come from – and that is where happiness begins.

And where happiness continues is with Tom Petty. Because last night I downloaded some old classic Tom Petty and man did that make me happy. “Free Falling” and “Don’t Come Around Here No More” are two very fabulous, if not very seasonably festive, songs. I also highly recommend Stevie Nicks and all things Fleetwood Mac. I happened to stumble across a remix by Linus Love of the Stevie Nicks song “Stand Back” and have fallen in love again. Great dance music. Great i-pod mix for walking, running, etc.

Then last night I read a chapter from James Allen’s book As A Man Thinketh. My mom gave it to me a while ago because, as she wrote inside the front cover, “I like-a the way you thinketh” (love my mom!). I was an underlining fool. I’ve felt stuck throughout my stay in L.A. and I’ve heard many friends say the same thing, especially lately. So this one if for all the ladies out there (okay, guys too) – a special dedication to keep on rocking it. Live your way into the answers.

 

“He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it. Columbus cherished a vision of a new world, and he discovered it; Copernicus fostered the vision of a multiplicity of worlds and a wider universe, and he revealed it; Buddha beheld the vision of a spiritual world of stainless beauty and perfect peace, and he entered into it.

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these, if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.”

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