A Retail Sign

Have you ever tried to listen to what the world is telling you?  I often wish God would tap me on the shoulder and tell me what to do - whether it be about relationships, career paths, or which event to attend - if I had a concrete voice I could trust telling me what to do, it would be awesome. 

Or limiting. 
Our ability to make our own choices, make our own mistakes, make our own awesomeness is what gives life excitement. 

via Pinterest: http://www.bigpicture.in/

And what happens when you hear this voice, when the world appears to align to tell you something, yet you ignore it?  How we interpret these guidance whispers by a being beyond our comprehension determines how we live our lives.  Or, in my recent case, whether to buy the Ralph Lauren riding boots I've been drooling over (http://piperlime.gap.com/browse/product.do?userSearchText=janessa&pid=420079002).  I was recently gifted the exact amount of money ("exact" being a loose term) I needed to buy them, - MY SIGN - yet I did not run to my online shopping bag and pull the trigger.  Call it good personal financing sense or ignorance at hesitating to listen to a sign, but it is a perfect example of how some may choose to ignore shoulder taps.

THIS sign fills me with joy:

 Live Colorfully - Kate Spade Pillow

Seriously?  Thank you for the email, Kate Spade, because  I was just writing about how I needed a medium to make my life more colorful yesterday!  If all questions had such a quick response time I would have so much more clarity.  I'm going to make an effort to daily sync in with the world, with God, with myself and listen to what I should be doing and where I should be going.

And it begins

I have wanted to start a blog for awhile but I didn't want it to be just another blog.  Another archive of recipes, of personal anecdotes, of TMI laid out in Internet land for all the world to read.  So I've pondered creative URLs.  I've dwelled over content.  I've suppressed all of my browsers as people walk by the keep the embarrassment of the birth of my identity-stricken blog from being known.  Yet, I'm sure my blog will be just another blog, and not to my chagrin.  I hope to achieve the entertainment and finesse of my favorites (http://lostangelesblog.wordpress.com/; http://www.bakerella.com/; http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/) but can make no promises.  I am not crossing my fingers for literary greatness (although that would be nice) but instead a medium to express my creativity to the world.  I am a tax accountant with a desperate need to make my career more colorful.  And although my food may not always be colorful (although I often strive for that), it is definitely delicious, or in the least creative.  So enjoy my anecdotes, my photos, my kitchen inspirations, and inspirational life moments.  It should be fun.