A Different Chapter

It feels strange...to be writing here again...yet familiar. Very much like the strange familiarity yet complete rediscovery of autumn. :)

For about a year now, blogger and google haven't worked on my computer (heaven knows why). My blogging suffered, but I was so busy it didn't matter much. And then, when I wasn't so busy any longer, I didn't feel like writing. My last post explain a bit of why. I had all these questions and doubts.. the most basic one was,
What's the purpose of my blogging?

I pondered this, but ultimately decided to let it rest, and it would come together at the right time.  I went on with my life, the changes and growths, the pains and joys. I missed blogging to a certain extent, but when I would think about it, those questions still plagued me. Even now, they leave me with a bit of uncertainty...
Recently, I re-read the Anne of Green Gables series by L.M Montgomery. I read the series a few years ago, but I forgot how absolutely delightful and refreshing it is. Though I'm not sure if that's how I thought of it then, but regardless, it was exactly what I needed at this time.

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from Septermber to November, wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill-several thrills?" ~Anne of Green Gables

The constant joy that Anne takes in the simple pleasures and ponderings of life, reminded me of something I had forgotten.  A certain freshness to life that I'd let evaporate. Little perspectives and taking joy that I buried under growing pains and disillusionment, disappointment, care, and distraction.

Somehow, I'm a different person than I was the last time I was blogging steadily. At first I was sad, and it was kind of like saying goodbye to a little sibling of mine, to realize how much I've changed, how much my life has changed, and how many things I miss. Blogging was one of those things, and letting go of expectations, disappointments, the past, and remembering other unexplainable, inexplicable things I'd forgotten, I think has enabled me to return to writing.
I'm only one person, in this enormous world, with a very, very little piece of the puzzle that is this universe, and it's not my place to decide how important my puzzle piece is, but to take care of it and share it with the rest of the world, if I feel led to. And I do! So that's nice, haha.
This is a new adventure- the same book, but a different chapter. And I feel willing to share my own journey again with those of you who care to perhaps gain a little comfort, encouragement, or whatever you'd like,  in my observations on becoming.
I would like to thank my dear readers that have commented during my absence-it means so much to me, and I appreciate it very much!
Blessings!
and Happy October! :)

Life is Sweet

A meme hosted by the wonderful Ara at Shilah. :)

• Life is incredibly sweet when you are dearly missing a dearly beloved friend, and then find that you'll soon be seeing her. :) 
• Life is incredibly sweeter than sweet when you see said friend and others at a lovely gathering for Rosh Chodesh. 
• Sweetness is injected into the blood of life when you are surrounded by friends and family that love you, bless you, and seem to be there when you need it most. From the best friend that comforts you with the indescribable blessing of companionship, though not in person, to the 13 yr old cousin that makes you laugh till you can't anymore...

• Sweet is life when you  experience new things. Small, but significant. :) 
• Life is sweet when you are constantly pleased by a book you're listening to or about to read... YAY!!
• Life is sweet when you have to hurry to study yet sneak in some time for a post full of sweet love. :) 

Life. is. Sweet. on. March.First

• There are some things that just pop in your life and add a bit of sweetness in it. Like learning to sew with my grandmother, who is an excellent seamstress.

• Sweetness can also be found in long sunny walk...
• In best friends who are always there, always encouraging, edifying, comforting, and other marvelous adjectives that don't come to mind because my feelings are too deep and indescribable. 
• Reading (or rather, in this case, listening to) a book that you so enjoy for many days and want to read it again the instant you're done.North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell was lovely.  Good thing there's a movie adaptation  which I'll be watching sometime this weekend...
• Coming across a movie or a moment that you're surprised pleased you so much.
  
• Sweet little pleasures that you don't get to as often as you'd like...

• Getting to bed early, waking up early, yet still not having enough time in a day to do all that must be done. But maturing enough to understand that though its incredibly frustrating at times, that's life. And it's sweet.
  

Life is Sweet...

A meme created by the AWESOME Ara, it has been on many of the blogs I follow and I just have to surrender to the peer pressure. Just this once [maybe]. Below is Ara's eloquent description of Life is Sweet. 'Cause no one could've said it better...

Life is so terribly sweet. I don't know why sometimes it's so hard for me to remember that it'samazingly sugar sweet. But then sometimes, I forget which pair of socks I'm wearing...as if that really had anything to do with it. :) But here I am, wanting to remember those lovely things that make me so warm inside, like a lit-up Christmas tree in my heart. Those things that can make my face hurt from grinning like the sun smashing into the big moon. If you'd like to, join me in remembering ten things that make your life as sweet as winter peppermints, as deliriously happy as impossibly dreamt, as bouncy as a bungee jump on repeat, and as dreamy as blue moonlight. 

Yeah...she rocks..so go follow...after you read my top ten things, of course :p

• I love when I find blogs that are so incredibly lovely that I'm shocked at myself for not having found and  followed them sooner. Such as Polka Dot's lovely blog (life is too short not to) wear red shoes. And she just so happens to be hosting a giveaway. How appropriately lovely. ;)

• I love when I have an epiphany, no matter how large or small. Such as realizing I can post to my photography blog (since Google still doesn't work on my computer) via the awesome Flickr. Yay.
• It makes me soooo happy to post normally-meaning on a computer being able to link and use pictures and etc etc etc. 
• Catching up on blogs I stalk love is SO inspirational!! Seriously, it does something to me..like make me post.. :p Or wanna, at least...
• The light of winter-and warmer weather,makes me happy. Though I'm still mistrustful of all the fine weather everyone's been having! *suspiciousshiftyeyes*
• Being a nerd makes me happy, especially when there's nerdy apps like dictionary.com. 
• I.love.thesauruses. If that's even a word....
• I'm very happy when listening to random mixes of music on my iPod. Very happy. If I attend college, I'm hoping to take up music as a minor. :)
• I love inserting some spontaneity in my life-like..
•  unexpectedly having a three way chat on Facebook with some peeps,
•  making my best friend a collage, 
• editing pictures with sudden inspired ideas..

Ha! There's miraculously more than 10 things. Yay! May your timeuntilwheneverIpostagain be sweet and your Shabbat sweeter!