and there are defeats. no one can avoid them. but its better to lose some of the battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever even knowing what you're fighting for." -Paulo Coelho, by the river piedra i sat down and wept "how many times already had i encountered the painful lesson that although we may wish for the barb to be pulled from our flesh, it leaves behind a welt that doesn't heal?" -Sayuri, Memoirs of a Geisha "all endings are also beginnings...we just don't know it at the time" ...im complicated...foolish at times ...slightly obssesive-compulsive ...undeniably and uncontrollably shopaholic...hopelessly hopeful romantic eternally waiting for true love....jerk magnet ...avid reader ...dreamer ...optimist...travel virus positive...passionate about life, clothes and finding my one great true love....constantly thinking<br ...addicted to sweets,bubblebath,lipbalm,mini skirts n bikinis ...domesticated party girl...clean freak...believes that everything h