I'm a romantic but a love skeptical person

"It’s the best when the ordinary is extraordinary, I think. There’s this Italian renaissance way of being romantic: they call it ‘sprezzatura’. Which is where you try to be as romantic as possible – but through your ordinary life. There’s so much more magic in the ordinary. Life isn’t all, like, fireworks. Romantic things come from inside you.” Quote from Ames Brown(The Bachelorette)....
Who would have known there would be any brain activity involving The Bachelorette???
I think I like this phrase so much because I am such a romantic...I'm skeptical at love but I'll always be a romantic...A walking contradiction, that's me...Not complicated, amazingly complex...I like to think that, after the grand gestures fade...people try to make the effort in the simple things...every day...This phrase means a life of romance...Big dreams??? I don't think so...all about the little things...
"[My guru] says that people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you are fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it."
I copied this quote from my sister's facebook...It reminds you not to sit and wait for happiness to strike you, to go search for it, live it, think it...strive for it...
I challenge you to change your life and move closer to happiness...
I think...I know if I hadn't gotten divorced I wouldn't be this happy...I had a bit of an argument w my sister today about having a divorce party and that I shouldn't be celebrating that..."A little over the top"...I think I am just genuinely happy, and it's totally me to throw a divorce party...I'm not trying to get attention...I'm just celebrating being at peace, having balance, being happy...and divorcing Michael made all that happen...and it took a lot of soul searching, courage, and humility...but I got divorced and now I'm the happiest I have ever been...
I hope you find true happiness :) in the simple things

Short Reflexion on Disagrement and Life

I love it when people disagree with me. It ignites a fire within me. It reconciles me with my beliefs and allows them to surface. Disagreement feeds an idea...It might reshape it or just make it brighter.
As I said goodbye to my friend Angeles, who is leaving to Argentina tomorrow, a heated discussion happened between the group of four people at the house. It centered mainly around religion, touching a few subjects such as Death Penalty and Homosexuality.
Bottom line is, regardless of our beliefs, past and present, we all try to avoid suffering and find happiness. And the way we choose to live life within the context of the limitations imposed by our circumstances should be a quest towards happiness. The realization of such limitations, should provide a certain peace and liberation, in that it provides guidance and moves us a step closer to that goal.
Happiness is a changing path, a never ending one. It is truly fascinating for me...
I have all these thoughts I'd like to write...so freely tangling in my head...And that's how they shall stay...It's too late for me to start writing about happiness and life paths...
Night is when inspiration comes most times for me, so late at night...
At least, I hope I made you think...