Cara's Flavor

"I'm sitting in my dorm room really wondering what flavor I am. With everything new around me, I'm starting to question what I am now as opposed to what I was only a month ago...at home. Do I have to know? I feel like maybe to answer the question, I'll say, "today I feel like dark chocolate, yesterday I was confetti, and who knows what I'll be tomorrow." I do know this, I'm really trying to stay true to myself. I'm trying to connect with new people and show them who I am rather than who I think they want me to be. It's been a rockier start than I thought it might be. But I've met a few girls who I think I can really become great friends with. They're not vanilla either! I know I'm on the right track. I just have to take a breath and realize we're all in this together".

Cara, thank you. This is one of my very favorites of all the posts in my blog. You really brought me back to my first days of my freshman year in college. (it's been a while, so good for you!!) You're right. It's so hard to keep your head on straight. I'm proud of you--you are living consciously. You understand that this is a time of limbo. It will all settle and you will make friends that you'll have for years and years to come---that I can promise you. So thank you again for your honesty, and Confetti and Dark Chocolate are two of my favorite flavors! You'll be just fine.

xoxo,
RR

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

"Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it."

Whitney Griswold

Ellie's Flavor

"I am totally bubble gum flavor!! Is there such thing as bubble gum ice cream? If there is, I'm that flavor. I'm fun and bubbly and light and sometimes get on people's nerves when I'm around too long. But that's ok. I'm fine with that. I'm delicious and refreshing. I'll take a "me" any day."

Thank you, Ellie. You are pretty fantastic. And you're right. Just because there are times when it feels like when everyone is sick and tired of you, doesn't mean that there's something wrong with you. That's the world telling you to step back, take some "me" time and come back when you're ready.

chomp, chomp,
RR

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

Hello Monday!

I just stumbled upon this quote and was so taken by it that I had to put it in our blog TODAY.

EAT IT UP.

"There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action. And because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.
It is not your business to determine how good it is not how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions.
It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open... whether you choose to take an art class, keep a journal, record your dreams, dance your story, or live each day from your own creative source,
above all else, Keep the channel open!"
-Martha Graham

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

"I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good".
-Oprah Winfrey

I loved this because it speaks to what we in Rocky Roadville believe. It is our responsibility as self assured, confident women to deliver, to make this world better because WE are in it. Let's remember to ground ourselves as we lift ourselves up. Now that we've decided what kind of women we want to be, it's our duty to make good. There's no looking back now.

courageously,
RR

Being Silly

Don't forget to be silly.



Thank you Syndi for letting us feature you and your succulent girlfriends here at "Rocky Road". I was so taken by how many girlfriends you have---and you always look like you're having so much fun!!! Let's all take a lesson from Syndi's book. Life gets complicated, but I say we all just take a breath, Enjoy! Let go! Have fun! Laugh! Be Silly!


giggling,
RR

The Girl Effect

Lay your cell phone down and watch this. This is what we at Rocky Roadville call "required viewing".




If this doesn't call us to action, I'm not sure what will.

Eva's Flavor!

"I'm mango swirl". I like to think of myself as exotic, but also down to earth. I feel like answering this question is tough because often I think I'm all the flavors in one. One day I feel rich like dark chocolate, one day, I'm full of life like lemon sorbet". But when I really sit down, I think mango swirl really suits me. It's like I own it--it seems personal. At a moment's notice I could pack a bag and head to the jungle and the next moment I could snuggle in my pj's and watch my favorite movie".


Thank you EVA! Yes, you absolutely are mango swirl. Your "joie de vivre" (love of life) is contagious and I love that you offer the world both glorious sides of you!

This reminds us to accept and celebrate the many facets of ourselves. Thank goodness for being interesting!

xoxo,
RR

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

Great Art

I came upon this piece of art online by an artist named, Selwyn Senatori.



Isn't it magnificent?

Let's dive into "ego" this week. Oh, it should be good...

excited,
RR

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

Ok, ladies--This one is a little dense, but wonderful and so perfectly worded for this blog and what we at "Rocky Roadville" want to inspire in all of you...


"I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it -- I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other aspects that I do not know -- but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles and ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought, and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do. I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be productive, and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay."

-Virginia Satir, world renowned author and therapist

My soundtrack.

I recommend singing this at the top of your lungs:

"Well it's a good day for singing a song
and it's a good day for rolling along,
So take a deep breath, how could anything go wrong?
'Cuz it's a good day from morning til night!

And I said to the sun, good morning sun!
Rise and shine today!
Well you gotta get a move on if you're gonna get you're gonna get your groove on!
Na, na, na, na. Make you're way!

Well it's a good day for singing a song
and it's a good day for rolling along,
So take a deep breath, how could anything go wrong?
'Cuz it's a good day from morning til night!"

Here's a link to Peggy Lee's version, however now that I listen to it, I'm realizing my lyrics aren't quite the same and I tend to sing it with a little more vigor--but it's worth listening to.

Enjoy ladies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-PqM0BSmt4

a very happy girl,
RR