Introduction - The Starchild Diaries

This is an old picture from my trip to NYC ;)

So, being a writer, I have decided to start a blog. I am constantly filling notebook after notebook with pages of ideas, stories, and realized life-lessons. Now I guess I just want to share them with whomever might benefit from them. Now, you'll have to bear with me as I imagine that this blog will probably jump around subjects like I do in real life. I have a variety of interests, activities, and passions so I never stay on one thing for very long - but I do always come back.

So a bit more about me as a person, I am a girl...woman? Young woman, at the age of 22 when I am starting this blog. I grew up traveling around North America with my family. I was born in Ontario, Canada, but for a large portion of my childhood, we lived in Erie, PA. I was raised in Native American spiritual traditions, and we attended various ceremonies on a regular basis. I am over 25% Native, though you wouldn't know it by looking at me. 

When my father passed away in 2007, my mother decided to bring herself, my little brother, and I back up to Canada. (this is a very short version of all that actually happened, I may write up a more detailed description later) At the time, it seemed like our lives were over, but here I am seven years later, and I feel so very blessed. I now reside in the amazing city of Toronto with my boyfriend and I am very happy.

I am going to school to study Social Service Work, which will be my first career. Like I said before, I have a lot of interests and passions including but not exclusive to dancing, singing, cooking, writing, splash painting, outdoor activities, writing(obvi.), etc. With all these different things, I always thought, "how can I use this to help people?" So when I realized that above all, my passion is helping people, social work seemed to be the best way that I could do that. Now on top of that, like I have said before, I would like to be an accomplished writer, hopefully get some(all) of my things published. At some point I would also like to own my own cafe and overall work from home or own my own business. 

Now don't worry, I know that I am thinking WAY into the future, and it is going to take a lot of work and determination to achieve even half of what I want to accomplish. However, I am a strong believer in that if someone really wants something and he or she is willing to work for it, they can achieve it. Like right now, I am going to wrap up this short introductory blog entry and get to working on one of my books. Before I go though, I want to just share a few of my life lessons that I have learned and try to apply to my life every day. They aren't in any specific order and don't worry if the list seems short - these are all I can think of off the top of my head.

- Never be conceited, but always have a healthy love and respect for yourself. No matter what size, shape, colour, age, or whatever you are, love yourself. You are not better or worse than anyone else, but you are the very best YOU there is.

- Always be kind, even when others are not kind to you. Just because the world might seem like it is trying to bring you down, don't let the negative actions of others cause you to bring yourself down to that level.

- Never settle for anything less than what will make you happy. This is valid for all aspects of your life, if you are in a situation that is bringing you down and you are feeling negative all the time, it''s time for a change. This applies to people, work, your home, your body, whatever. Do what it takes to make yourself happy.

- You are never stuck. There is always a way out of a situation and there is always a way to accomplish your goals, you just have to find it.

-Don't be afraid to admit your faults, in fact, embrace your faults because they are a part of who you are. When you accept your faults, you control them and no one can use them against you. Furthermore, once you know your faults, you can go about changing or fixing them if you want to.

- Be healthy, laugh, sleep, be active, eat. Above all, bask in the joy of simple pleasures.

That's all for now, I will try to be semi-regular with my posts, my goal is at least 1 entry a month but I'm hoping for more. Anyway, have a good night, or day - depending on when you read this. I hope you enjoyed this first entry of The Starchild Diaries. :)

~ Oriona

 Photo credit - James M.