Eat dessert first...(or quote of the day!)

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”
Oprah Winfrey

That is the truth. Believe it.

xoxo,
RR.

We are not alone!

I came upon Amy Poehler's web series, "Smart Girls at the Party". It rocked my world. You've got to check it out. Can you imagine the magnificent things we could do if we all joined forces? It's so exciting to me! I'm hooked!

Enjoy!
SMART GIRLS at the PARTY

XOXO,
RR

Lauren's Flavor

"I really do believe I'm not vanilla, I'm Rocky Road". I've always thought that about myself. I'm not very simple and sometimes I feel like maybe I'm too much for people. I feel like I've also got different parts of me that show themselves at different times in my life--just like the flavors of Rocky Road do."


Thank you Lauren. I love her answer to this question because it's so sincere. Her take on herself is not what I would have said right away. It was an insightful, introspective response and I admire her courage.

Looking within. Always hard for me. I'm a very social, outgoing person and find it difficult to take the time to get quiet and soul-clean. I think I equate this time with hard work, however it's quite the opposite. Every time I actually spend some time looking at myself, how I'm living my life and the choices I'm making (both big and small), I'm deepened and grounded in a way that can't be born from anything else. I'm also usually surprised with how easy soul-cleaning can be. Maybe we should start writing a book, "Soul Searching for Dummies!". I think it would be a best seller!

I say carve out the time. Ask yourself important questions. See if you're happy with your answers. If not, take the steps necessary to shift bad behavior to good.
Here are some for example:
1. How have I been treating the people closest to me in my life?
2. Am I making daily choices to make me a better person?
3. If I weren't myself, would I want to be friends with me?
4. Am I taking care of my own mental space?

Happy cleaning!
xoxo,
RR

Get out of my way, Life!

As it happens, life got in the way of me writing this blog which feeds my soul and hopefully inspires and makes you laugh. I'm going to slowly start trying to rebuild my audience, so please as you come back to me, forward me along, sign up for my newsfeed so you don't even have to tune in daily for new posts (they'll come directly to you), and let me know how you're feeling.

Take the time to read my past posts and reconnect with what we at Rocky Roadville want to create in this world.

I'll do the same. Let's get this thing started again.

xoxo,
RR