Escaping for Christmas...

Hello everyone! I'm writing from frome the other side! At least you could see that I'm trying to tell you I'm not sorry for leaving Tirana! lol
Yeah, I'm staying at my lifetime friend who lives in Strasbourg, France. Guess what? Strasbourg is not just a random city here but is known also as the Capital of Christmas in France! You know how much I adore this time...Here are some random pictures from my first day here and it was awesome. I have always adored the cities of west Europe from the architecture style, it's weather, lifestyle and everything. I would love to move here now that I'm thinking but let's not talk about it...

A little escaping from time to time is always a good idea especially when you choose a happy places at the right time! 

Days before you came...

Days before the cold came, leaves were still falling down from the trees and the sun was shining in pink. And that was quite nice. Days before you came the sun was shining every day but it wasn't warm enough. Days before you came the skies were just blue...as always. No other colors, no other clouds, not even rainbows. I mean, how can you stand the same blue sky everyday. Nothing different to see up there where looking for an answer or just wondering about something, somewhere, somehow. Days before you came wasn't this cold but it felt colder.
 Then the Autumn left by giving me the best gift it could give. It gave me the best thing who would help me be more peaceful, more patient and less stubborn. Like I could finally stop for a second, thinking everything is going under the plan. It's all in my had. Yeah, I'm happy, I'm full, I'm free and I'm more myself that I could ever be. Thank you Autumn for coming so fast and leaving so peacefully. Now I know how to deal with these sweet cold December days. I mean...Days before you came were much more colder...

Venus tales...

Patience is the answer to your brightest side. Be patient even when you're in pain because it will bring you to a place of understanding. That's exactly what happened to me. I found my place of understanding and I would like to describe it as a "Venus" . You know...my relationship with the Universe and everything superstitious has grown way too serious. I can almost feel the energy of every star or zodiac constellations moving around and making big things happen while I do my best to let it be the way it is. Me as a sign ruled by the planet of beauty, love and sensuality, have just found the best half ruled by the same planet and it feels like nothing but home. I'm living a life which most of the time feels like the movies of a young artist living nowadays. Fast, colorful, bright, loud, wild and restless. The unification of two halves of a whole has just happened and is karmically linked by sharing a love of art, poetry, music and culture. What do you get when two signs ruled by Venus fall in love? 

Innerbloom

These pictures were taken during our brainstorming weekend with my colleagues at a touristic village near my hometown. My dear camera couldn't be missed even there. The best part about our team is the spirit of feeling "home" . This is why we chose a place where we would be comfortable enough and get to know better each-other and our ideas. It's almost Christmas time and we've had so much work to do but I'm enjoying it a lot as long as it contains this sparkling spirit about giving without a thought of getting. So we stayed one night in this relaxing place, bonding and wondering about the near future projects. At night we watched movies that would get us more in the Christmas mood. We kept notes, talked a lot, took pictures and in the end we also played some games! It was the best relaxing-working-weekend I've ever had. 

It's in my frequency...

Phase 2 : Do you ever feel like you're living really fast? I don't know if it's me or the whole universe is focused in my being but I really feel like I'm living fast. Like the days pass by so easy, so quickly, so not heavy. Sometimes I'm even surprised that the weekend knocked on my door! Like some kind of an energy is keeping me very active I'm appreciating everything that comes, everything that goes, everything I have. I am blessed. 

"The key is this : Meet today's problems with today's strength. Don't start tanckling tomorrow's problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow's strength yet. You simply have enough for today!" - Max Lucado 

And the world smiles back at you...

Do you think you have the power to describe what happiness is? For me is the little moments when your smile is almost frozen from one corner of your face to another. Reasons? Who needs reasons when you finally feel your heart beating after such a long time. Who needs reasons when you feel all your inner system becoming fulfilled. I can almost feel colorful lights blowing from my eyes because of that little moment. I'm made by those little moments and I'm also glad to have known pain for now I'm sure what I really want and what the whole world needs. My trip is still long but I don't have any final destination as long as I'm enjoying it all. It makes me stay alive, on my feet, forever young, forever free!

A state of Empathy

If nothing else, one day you can look someone in the eye and say : "But I lived through it. And it made me who I am today."

I really think that everybody has gone through something that has changed them in a way that they could never go back to the person that once were. But here stands the beauty of it all! I mean, don't you love the feeling when things are about to change? Like when you know that in a few seconds you're going to do something and become someone else?

Lately I have realized that's what I actually do everyday. I wake up early and go to school and after I finish my classes I go straight to work. Sometimes, after work I find the time to take some pictures. Sometimes I do something "extraordinary" for myself. Then I may find myself doing extra work in designing or blogging and taking care of my little kitten etc... Now imagine that through all these activities how many other things might have happen in between! Accepting everything as it is and creating my own happiness just like I dream of it. This is why I can admit I'm happy!