Road Less Traveled....

Sometimes we have to lose the "idea" of who we think we are to find out we we really are.  There are so many times that I have looked in the mirror and completely lied to myself about who I was, I mean how can you look yourself straight in the eye and know that what is coming out of your mouth is a lie.  How do we get so caught up on what we are "suppose" to be that we totally forget who we are.  In these past few months I have learned a lot about myself and what I want and the real, true passions and desires of my heart are, and I can honestly say there was a point in my life that I would have given all of that up to pick the safe way out, the comfortable option, the one that would make me more money and the one that would ultimatley make me less happy, not be fulfulling, and never reaching the dreams that were placed inside of me. 

After almost giving up my rights to who I was, I vowed that I will never do that again, because that is exactly what it is, GIVING UP.  That is not a part of me, that is not something that I will succomb to.  Why in the world would I ever what to be anything else then who I was made to be.  That seems oftley silly to me but it is a sad thing that many people have already done, there is no reason for this, the road to who we are is never closed and it is never too late to take that path. 

I will always remember growing up in High School, I took a creative writing class and one of our assignments was to memorize a poem by a Mr. Robert Frost and I chose the one that was this:

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;	5
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,	10
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.	15
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

This has been a poem that I have never forgotten, even now....years later. He is stating that the road less traveled is the best, it is the one that is most scary and unsure and the one that if you are brave enough and don't listen to the ones that have told you can't or that something is too hard or not worth it or isn't going to make you any money, because I have found the people that give you that kind of advice are typically the ones that have not chosen the road less traveled, they have taken the more common, more safe path and are not willing to truly become who they were meant to.  And that is okay, but please, please, please do not let that stop you from taking that less-traveled-journey yourself.

The 12 weeks journey of weight loss has found me well and I am noticing a change already on my 2nd week!  I hope that this post finds you all well and happy and on the road to a greater more determinded you!  I will pray for all of you that you would find the courage and strength to become all the things you were meant to be!  Bidding you all farewell till next time!

Warm Regards,
Candace

Healthy Goat Cheese Pizza

1/4 Package Goat Cheese, Crumbled
1 PackageLow-Fat Mozzarella Cheese, Shredded
1 can of crushed tomatoes (no-sugar or additives)
1/2 of a Purple Onion, Diced
A Few Green Olives, Diced
1 Tomatoe, Sliced Thin
1 1/2 Cups of Oats Ground Fine in a Food Processor
1 Garlic Clove, Chopped Finely
Dash of Salt and Pepper
3 Eggs
Dash of Non-Fat Milk

Mix Oats, Eggs, Salt, Pepper, Garlic and Non-Fat Milk in a Food Processor, pat mixture down on a non-stick or greased pan.  Mix Salt, Pepper and Garlic with Crushed tomatoes and spread over top of crust, then sprinkle cheeses and toppings and put in oven at 425 degrees for about 25 minutes or until bubbly, Enjoy : D