From a true friend :)

Today I got a text from one of my best friends in the whole entire world ...

"I could never imagune what your life was like growing up but can only say how proud and happy I am for you.  Walking in your shoes must have felt like walking on hot coals with no soles on your feet.  As life turned you away, you found ways to get around up and over it!  It's been an adventure and a tremendous journey that is just the beginning of everything in front of you.  I don't have to tell you to take advantage because I know you'll break down doors following your dreams.  I love you and prayed for you every step of the way.  You are truly blessed."  - Robin

There are so many things that have happened in my life that I had to over come and I am sure there will be many more that will be set before me. Other then my little family who have been there for me through every step of the way along came this very special person who believed in me and saw something in me that no one else was able to see.  For almost more then 7 years he has been there for me through thick and thin, a role model, a life coach, a true definition of a friend.  Someone who has taught me that life is not about the money you make, but most importantly life is about the relationships you create and maintain with people.  Although I don't have a ton of friends, I have just enough true friends I can count on one hand and still have fingers left over.  He is one of them.

Robin, you mean so much to me, Alex and Andre.  You have never left us like so many other people have and we love you dearly.  We would do anything for you.  You are part of our family and want you to know that we don't adore anyone more then how much we adore you.  Thank you for being such a kind hearted loving person and we know that sometimes things may not be amazing right now and things might not always be perfect but it is because of your positive attitude and you're good karma that you are so blessed.  I only hope that one day I can be as optimistic and positive as you and Lord knows I definitely try.  You are the best friend anyone could ever have.  Thank you for everything. 

Love
Bea

do work

pound for pound. inch by inch.

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  “Everybody’s looking for the magic pill. But commitment is an ongoing process. It’s not something you do once. You revisit it.”  Patricia Kyle

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  ... hard work defeats talent when talent refuses to work hard ...

"This is you...everyday.

There are no days off.

There is no compromise.

There is no compass that comes with this life, just eyes.

So to map it out one must look inside.

Sure books could guide you but your heart defines you".

-s.carter

THE COVE

I just recently saw a documentary called "The Cove."  It was nominated and won an oscar for best documentary and unfortunately that was the only way I would have heard about it.  It is ridiculous how so many things happen in this world that go unnoticed. 

 

Here are a few facts about what is happening in Japan to these dolphins and porpoises.

Quick Facts

• 23,000 permits are issued each year by the Japan Fisheries Agency to kill dolphins, porpoises, and other small whales. The total kill varies from year to year (for example, in 2007, 13,107 dolphins and small whales were reported killed in Japan waters. These numbers do not include the large whales killed under so-called “scientific” whaling permits in the North Pacific and Antarctic Oceans.). This is the largest scale slaughter of cetaceans in the world.


• About 1,200 to 1,800 dolphins and other small whales are killed in the so-called dolphin drive hunts that takes place six months out of the year in Taiji. The rest are killed with hand-held harpoons from small boats out at sea.


• In the small fishing village of Taiji, Wakayama prefecture, the dolphin drive hunt is carried out by about 26 fishermen from September 1st though March.


• Operating with 13 motorized boats, the fishermen go out to sea at early sunrise and look for migrating dolphins. Banging on metal pipes submerged into the water, they terrorize the dolphins with a "wall of sound," causing the dolphins to panic.


• Terrorizing the dolphins with underwater sound, the fishermen herd the dolphins into a secret killing cove close to Taiji Town.


• Often times, dolphins die during the chase that can last eight hours or more.

• The Taiji fishermen claim that dolphins eat too much fish and therefore must be exterminated.


• Operating with a permit from their government, the Taiji fishermen have referred to the dolphin hunt as "pest control."


• The majority of people in Japan have no knowledge about the annual dolphin blood bath.


• The fishermen kill the dolphins with spears, fishermen's hooks and knives. Trashing about in their own blood, the dolphins emit high-pitched screams during the massacre.


• The slaughtered dolphins are processed into meat and distributed to supermarkets throughout Japan for human consumption.


• Dolphin meat from drive hunts in Taiji proved to be highly contaminated with toxic chemicals such as mercury, methyl mercury and PCBs.


• Repeated chemical analyses have shown that the level of mercury in dolphin meat is much higher than the maximum allowable level set by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan.


• Some of the dolphin meat is given to children as part of their school lunch program.


• The Japanese government and the supermarkets issue no warning that dolphin meat is mercury-contaminated.


• The fishermen of Taiji have told us that the Japanese people have no right to know about the dolphin hunt or the high levels of mercury found in the meat.


• Concealing this information from the public is a violation of Article 21 of the Japanese Constitution.


• Some members of the international aquarium and zoo industry are strongly connected to the Japanese dolphin slaughter, in that they pay top dollar for dolphins deemed suitable for commercial exploitation in dolphin shows and captive dolphin swim programs.


• Dolphinariums throughout the world, including Japan, repeatedly make the claim that captivity of dolphins promotes dolphin conservation and protection.


• Several of the hundreds of captive dolphins in Japan's 50 dolphinariums were obtained through the dolphin drive hunts; yet the dolphinariums do nothing to educate the public to the hunt.


• The World Association for Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) is the world's largest network of zoos and aquariums around the world.


• Dolphinariums that have conducted business with the dolphin killers of Japan have been welcomed into WAZA's network, although the trade in these dolphins clearly violates WAZA's Code of Ethics.


• The dolphins that are purchased by members of the dolphin captivity industry represent a much higher commercial value to the Japanese dolphin hunters than the ones that are slaughtered for meat.


• Live dolphins captured in a Taiji dolphin drive hunt recently sold for $154,000 per dolphin.


• The Japanese dolphin hunt will continue for as long as members of the international dolphinarium industry continue to reward the hunters for show quality dolphins, thereby making the hunt tremendously profitable.


• The most sought after dolphin species for public display are bottlenose dolphins, orcas, white sided dolphins, Risso's dolphins, pilot whales and Pseudo orcas, all of which have been targeted in the Japanese dolphin drive hunt.

- http://www.savejapandolphins.org/

Watch this documentary.

Save the dolphins.

<3 Bea

Summer is in 21 days!!!

HAPPY JUNE 1ST!

So, as we all know from my post awhile back, it takes 21 days to form a habit ... and what a coincidence ... in 21 days it will be the first day of summer!

What do you need to do to get ready for summer?  Write down your goals and make them your daily habits, whether it is just for 21 days or better yet a lifetime :)  (if they are good habits of course)

Good luck! 

<3

poised.

"I have the ability to stay poised and centered regardless of what goes before me. "

No matter what happens in your life, have a positive attitude.  You always have a choice in every matter.  You can either let everything that happens to you become this huge black cloud that gets bigger and bigger whenever something new comes up or you can choose to keep your head up and move forward!  Every single struggle makes you the person you are.  Life is not meant to be perfect, obstacles are put before us because we can overcome them. 

"Walk by faith, not by sight."

<3 Bea

genuine swag ...

Genuine swagger comes from authentic self knowledge & self discipline - gregg miele / find it. keep it. don't let anyone destroy it. ♥

MAKE YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE.

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen.
How I respond to them Defines my character. It defines the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, Or I can choose to rise from the pain And treasure the most precious gift I have ... life itself
 
- Walter Anderson

Attitude determines your latitude ...

Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitude toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it. I believe the single most significant decision I can make on a day-today basis Is my choice of attitude. It is more important than my past, my education, my bank account, my successes or failures, fame or pain, what other people think of me or say about me. It alone fuels my fire or crushes my hope....When my attitude is right there's no barrier too high, no valley too deep, no dream too extreme, And no challenge too great for me."


-Charles R. Swindoll

I truly believe one of the hardest things to control in life is your attitude.  You are speaking to the attitude queen B right here.  Attitude is EVERYTHING.  You are unstoppable, unbreakable, confident most of all happy when you have a great attitude.  Although I am not at all perfect in the attitude department I am at least aware and I try.  Attitude determines your latitude, brings you amazing opportunities, and most importantly keeps your soul happy!