100+ Healthy Vegetarian Recipes by Green Kitchen Stories

Stumbled upon Green Kitchen Stories blog and was so excited to discover a huge variety of healthy vegetarian recipes. After browsing this blog, I feel like trying a new recipe tonight! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. :)

Today... smile. :)

I've been busy tackling the heavy duty pre-Spring cleaning home chores (vacuuming under furniture & beds, cleaning the oven, deep cleaning the fridge/microwave, changing air filters, etc.) Tomorrow I'm going to start planting seeds for my patio garden. It's been in the 80's most of the week so my current plants are already blooming and it feels like summer in Los Angeles - NOT COMPLAINING AT ALL.

I love everything about chalkboards (and butterflies of course), so when I saw this at Target for $1, I just had to grab it. I hung it in the kitchen today.

Chalkboard: $1

Box of Chalk: $1.50

Recycled String: Free

Smile: Priceless

The only thing standing between you and your goal

I'm going to post this picture in my bathroom, 
right over the toilet next to the mirror as a "note to self". 

A bit of history on the picture, friends were visiting me while I was living in Ireland in '07 and during our tour of the Ring of Kerry I took this shot right after my car overheated and the engine blew stranding us for several hours. Talk about getting stuck at a crossroads... my car had lost power steering going downhill towards a cliff and this is the spot we safely managed to land. But what started as a mishap ended up being one of the greatest adventures of our trip. The rest of the story can be read on my travel blog.

This image reminds me of a time frame where I continuously pushed and challenged myself and those around me to grow in ways that many questioned as impossible "because it had never been done before". But what kind of excuse is that anyways? So while the naysayers were busy neighing, we gathered the right people (ones that were willing to say yes and just do it), set goals and deadlines, and pushed ahead in leaps and bounds accomplishing things daily that had never been done before. 


What is most great is it's not just true of those experiences but a lesson to be reminded of repeatedly anytime I stop myself from staying on track as it speaks loudly to me, "Nothing is impossible. If I can accomplish "that"-- ie. taking the first step and moving to Ireland alone for 2 years, learning to cross the street by looking right first instead of left and then learning to drive  in the opposite side of the car on the opposite side of the road, eventually stopping that car from driving us off a cliff all while meeting new people, learning a new culture, successfully relocating a company abroad, and most important maintaining a sense of humor and a sense of adventure through all it was & wasn't according to my expectations at step 1 (moving to Ireland) -- I can accomplish anything."

Love is Everywhere...

~ Photographer Unknown 

For the love of fruit and veggies... I had to share.

How to Put People Back in Charge by Sarah van Gelder — YES! Magazine

How to Put People Back in Charge by Sarah van Gelder — YES! Magazine

and 9 Strategies to End Corporate Rule

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Changemakers

Here's a great article by Huffington Post!

One... ~Author Unknown

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One tree can start a forest,

One bird can herald spring,

One smile can begin a friendship,

One hand can lift a soul,

One star can guide a ship at sea,

One word can frame the goal,

One vote can change a nation,

One sunbeam can light a room,

One candle can wipe out darkness,

One laugh can conquer gloom,

One hope can raise our spirits,

One touch can show you care,

One voice can wake up everybody,

One life can make the difference,

be that one today.

into a new way of thinking.

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