all in a days work

it hurts to love someone and not be loved
in return, but what is most painful is to
love someone and never finding the courage
to let the person know how you feel.

maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong
people before meeting the right one
so that when we finally meet the right person,
we should know how to be grateful for that gift.

love is when you take away the feeling,
the passion, the romance-and you find out
you still care for that person.

when one door of happiness closes,
another opens but often we look so long
at the closed door that we don't see the one
which has been opened for us.

the best kind of friend is the one
you could sit on a porch,
and swing with, never say a word,
and then walk away feeling like
that was the best conversation you've had.

it's true that we don't know what
we've got until we lose it,
but it's also true that we don't know
what we've been missing until it arrives.

giving someone all your love is never an assurance
that they'll love you back, don't expect love in return,
just wait for it to grow in their hearts
but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.

there are things you love to hear
but you would never hear it from the person
from whom you would like to hear it,
but don't be deaf to hear it from the person
who says it with their heart.

never say goodbye when you still want to try,
never give up when you still feel you can take it,
never say you don't love that person
anymore when you can't let go.

love comes to those who still hope,
even though they've been disappointed,
to those who still believe,
even though they've been betrayed,
need to love those who still love,
even though they've been hurt before.

there are moments in life when you really
miss someone that you want to pick them
from your dreams and hug them for real.
hope you dream of that someone.

dream what you want to dream, go where you
want to go, be what you want to be,
cause you have only one life and one chance
to do all the things you want in life.

always put yourself in other's shoes.
if you feel that it hurts you,
it probably hurts the person, too.

a careless word may kindle strife,
a cruel word may wreck a life,
a timely word may level stress,
a loving word may heal and bless.

the beginning of love is to let those
we love be perfectly themselves,
and not to twist them with our own image,
otherwise, we love only the reflection of
ourselves we find in them.

the happiest of people don't necessarily
have the best of everything, they just make
the most of everything that comes along their way.

happiness lies for those who cry,
those who hurt, those who have searched and
those who have tried
for only they can
appreciate the importance of people who
have touched their lives.


posted by my friend dan

i was speechless.

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enjoying work
although i always dread waking up early each day

i looked at smaller things at work today.
what makes it great.

some people in the office seem to care
that i'm actually a human
not a machine
and generally
they're all good people

we all have smaller groups within the office
people we work closer with one another

when a problem comes up
everyone is involved
maybe because everyone needs to be involved to solve it

what i really enjoy about architecture is team work
haha...and i actually enjoy the rush of deadlines

the projects i work on are great
i learn from them.
i get to design and draw them.

i learn from the people who teach me
very practical aspects of architecture.

how things are put together
how people come together

then i looked at how much fun we have in the office
we celebrate our birthdays
and right now we're having plenty of fun with
the new fancy coffee, cap, espresso machine

i looked at the utensils i used to eat lunch with
haha...yes...i even looked at that...
the plates we use...blah blah...
and they're good

work justified
why i travel so far for it.