Inspirational and Powerful Quotes by Bruce Lee

R.I.P. Bruce Lee November 27th,1940-July 20th, 1973

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Real living is living for others

Mistakes are always forgiveable, if one has the courage to admit them

As you think, so shall you become

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

The possession of anything begins in the mind.

Be happy, but never satisfied

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own

and my favorite Bruce Lee quote:

Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.

I just wanted to share some of my favorite Bruce Lee quotes.
Bruce Lee is a person I look up to and admire for many reasons, one being his patience to teach others and learn from them as well. He believed that learning about oneself meant engaging with others and actually studying thyself, and being able to see mistakes and admit to them. Bruce Lee saw himself as a student of life, constantly learning from his surroundings and inner being, he lived much that of Buddhist lifestyle. Bruce Lee was an amazing martial artists with a tremendous amount of self discipline; his western philosophy in diet and exercise is still practiced by Mixed Martial Artists and other professional athletes.

Black Swawn

Well, I know the Oscars are over, and I'm long over due for a favorite films of 2010 listing, however I wanted to take the time to mention a movie I recently rewatched.

"Black Swan"

directed by the amazing and talented Mr. Daren Aronofsky starring Natalie Portman. Now, not to be so biased, but Aronofsky has come to be one of my favorite film directors of the 21st century; I can honestly say that I enjoy his story telling techniques and am in awe of his visuals and in love with the charachters who embody his stories. I especially love all of his charachters who have deep-seeded psychological problems (which are mainly all of them). I do love the darkness and fairytellESQUE setting he creates in Black Swan. I loved this movie! The film seems to be filmed inside of a dollhouse with large, life-sized "dolls" playing the main roles. All of the characters seem multi-demensional on the inside yet on the outside are serene, lonely, lost and basically just crazy. You can only imagine what Natalie Portman's character has gone through in her lifetime while watching the film. You think you are about to hate her, and then she turns around and acts like a lunatic - then you just want to hold her and comfort her. It's sad and scary.

The film Black Swan is about an girl (Natalie Portman) raised and living with her overprotective mother (Barbara Hershey) who is losing her mind. They both live in a small Apt in NYC and both of their lives are devoted to Nina's (Portman's)obsession with ballet, which is also the mother's obsession as well - the mother is living her lost dreams through her daughter and in the process has lost herself. As the film develops, the main role for a rendition of "Swan Lake" is open, and Nina doesn't hold back. Her ballet instructor and director (Thomas Leroy) is skeptical about giving Nina the role, he knows she has the movements and motions memorized yet feels she lacks the passion to play both the "white" and the "black" swan roles. Enter Lily (Kunis) an out of town girl from LA who has nothing but passion for life. Nina is threatened by Lily, yet still manages to win the role as she viciously begs to be the swan princess. Nina and Kunis develop a twisted, sensual friendship as Nina begins to spiral into a dark world full of demented ballerina's, swan princesse's and sexual desire that all get tangled up into a fearful reality with a hauntingly beautiful yet sad ending.

Perfect movie, perfect score. some faults..yes, but not faulty enough to not completely enjoy. ****1/2

Odie and Boo

I thought it was appropriate to introduce our pups via blog since they are now a big part of our lives, plus I have already shared their photos on facebook, so they are pretty well known already. We are very happy with Boo and Odie. Boo is the white pup and no one really knows what type of pup mix he is. Boo (like Odie) is a rescue dog. Odie is half chihuahua and half rat terrier. We have had Odie going on 6 yrs now, and we just got Boo during the Christmas holidays - he was my gift. They told us that Boo would stay small but he has outgrown Odie and is getting bigger everyday, we love it because Odie is now more playful than ever and there is never a dull moment (literally) as long as these guys are around. They love wrestling and playing tug of war! (haha, this sounds like a dating service for dogs). Above are photos of Boo and Odie playing outside and one photo taken indoors of them playing tuf of war with a dog toy.

the Kashi experience

Well, I'm not really "into" frozen meals, or pizzas for that matter, but still purchase frozen pizzas often to have as a quick meal or snack. I think I tried every frozen pizza in the HEB pizza aisle and was happy when HEB started carrying additional brands such as Amy's, California Pizza Kitchen and Central Market pizzas. The other day I picked up a Kashi roasted veggie pizza and was very delighted with the pizza as a whole. The sauce was nutty and flavorful, while the crust was surprisingly delicious. I liked that the veggies were roasted, because it added another layer of flavor, and because I haven't eaten meat in quite some time now, I do crave the texture of meat at times, so I purchase soy meat products that have the bite I'm looking for. I placed some soy meatballs on the pizza before baking, and have to say that this was one of the most enjoyable "frozen" pizza experiences I've ever had. The pizza is around 5-6 dollars - serves 2, easily but will serve 1 really hungry person. I had my pizza with a side salad, yum! I highly recommend Kashi brand frozen pizzas!

It's Spring

Been working on our yard since Spring has sprung and the cold is gone for good (I hope). I never realized how many cold days we lived through here in the valley until we bought our new house that also has a swimming pool. I used to love the cold and wished it to linger on and on until I realized how much I enjoyed spending time at home grilling outdoors, planting trees, and swimming. Now that we have 2 dogs, we all spend a lot of time in our back yard on the porch and in the pool - it's a nice quiet life that we enjoy and thought I'd post a couple of photos of our back yard. Can't wait to do some more gardening this weekend.