Random items I'd like to get by/for my birthday:

• Green Chucks
• Henna Tattoo
• New underwear set(s)
• Makeup Forever
• Mac eyebrow pencil
• Shorts
• Sandals
• Gel Manicure
• Anthropologie Candle

Can't think of anything else...but I'm really wanting those green chucks like yesterday!

till the next time,
Egypt

1. Life goes on. In my twenties I didn't believe that. Everything was dramatic and a production. The endings of things were overwhelming for me.
2. There is so much more than meets the eye...in general. This could apply to a friend, a mate, a job, a situation. I've always tended to believe exactly what I see when in reality there is so much depth to people...to our situations that nothing can be taken at face value.
3. Actions speak louder than words. Yes. Instead of just listening to what someone is saying pay attention to actually what they are doing. I'll learn everything I need to know...in a short period of time.
4. Black is beautiful.
5. My legs are thick and carry me well. They're some kind of juicy and I should never be embarrased by them.
6. Think for myself. Don't allow others or institutions to think for me. It's ok to think outside the box..create my own box. People, especially my family, may find me odd or be disappointed but God gave me a brain for a reason. It's my right to discern what I've been taught.
7. Traveling should be mandatory. See the world. Experience different cultures. Soak in everything my eyes can see.
8. Money means nothing if I don't know how to manage it. 
9. Health is everything. Start good habits young. Figure out how to eat well but indulge every now and then. Start exercising and developing an exercise routine because I want to...not because I have to.
10. Good parents are gifts from God. At 19 I knew everything and my parents were so stupid. At 25 I started to realize just how brilliant they were. At 30 I began to thank them for their "stupidity."
11. Learn how to laugh.
12. Complaining won't change anything. Find a solution and do it.
13. Find my voice. Speak my peace. Be my own advocate...it's ok.
14. Don't "follow behind fashion" as my awesome dad would say.  In other words..do what works for me. If all of your friends move to the suburbs but you love the city..stay in the city. You all can visit one another. Do you!
15. Adventure in life is important.
16. Resentment is a killer. Let it go.
17. Don't take myself too seriously.
18. Say thank you..often.
19. Learn how to apologize.
20. Learn how to share.
21. Love...from the parts of you that are hidden..to your toes...to the hairs on your head...love that deeply..passionately....jump into love completely...But be smart.

till the next time..
Egypt

Time is approaching.
June 7th is almost here.
I'm continuing to see myself.
I see me.
Selfish.
The one character trait I despise.
I see it in me.
I recognize that I too possess selfishness.
What an eye opener.
It humbles me.
It embarrasses me.
It stops me in my tracks.
Selfish.
I always thought of myself as a giver
When in reality I give to myself first
And not always in a wholistic take care of myself kinda way.
Moreso in a ..... I'm doing me..you do you kinda way
Selfish.
I'm working on it.
Continuing to look inward and examine the hidden parts of myself
in order to bring them to light
Expose them to the sun
And peel back the layers of the old me
Allowing "me" to shine....