The New "New"

today officially started my first day living in california. it's all new. new place to live. new place to work. new friends. new are to get to know. lots of newness. it's exciting as well as overwhelming. thankfully i have a roof over my head and some contacts trying to help me find a job. this area i'm in now, sherman oaks, is a great area and close to grocery stores, restaurants, stores, etc. all bike accessible which is wonderful. i've basically applied to 30-40+ companies and businesses in and around la and the bay area. now the waiting game.....hoping to hear back from them any minute. will update as soon as i learn more.

My Daily Mantra

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen