This morning I was getting ready for church... I made my bed and was organizing my room a bit. When I went to place a book on my book shelf, a sheet of paper came down from my top shelf. It fell flat on the ground with the backside up. I turned it over and it was pure Japanese writing. I smiled big as I remembered exactly where it came from... A lovely Japanese artist from Vancouver, Canada. I had stopped in his gallery and we had a nice chat about Japan. He said, "I would like to make something for you Priscilla." I sat and watched as he started writing in Japanese on a piece of paper. After he was finished, it looked like a piece of art work. When I asked him what is said, he said it means "I wish a life of peace and prosperity and I hope that you come to visit Japan one day." I told him I would definitely be visiting Japan because it was a beautiful country at the top of my bucket list. 
Now fast forward a couple hours after church when I stopped by Panera cafe to have a coffee. There was a large group of Japanese people having a family gathering. There was a mother and father with their 5 or 6 year old daughter, a few older gentlemen, and a few ladies. They were all sitting around smiling and speaking in Japanese. When they left one another, they bowed towards one another in such a lovely, formal manner. They cleaned up their tables and reorganized the chairs back to perfect position. 
There I sat smiling thinking, "Here I come Japan...here I come." 
It's been for many years I have had a strong admiration towards the Japanese culture and when I would see Japanese people my heart would fill with pure joy.  I know that I wanted to go to Japan, but I wasn't sure when I would go.. 
When would be the right timing and how would I know?
The Japanese painting I completely forgot I had in my room and the encounter with the Japanese group witnessing their lovely behavior and kindness. Was this a sign?
Yes, I believe it was a sign and it was God giving me the green light. 

How do we tune into God's signs? 
We open our eyes, our ears, our heart, and our mind to what is surrounding us in nature and our environment. What are we seeing and feeling around us that is giving us a push in a certain direction. It may be evident as day and it might be as dark as night. Some signs are clear and placed right in front of us and others(the ones I find the most beautiful) are those signs you have to have heightened awareness and really tune in to see, hear, or feel. 
God wants to communicated with you. He wants you to know he has your back. He's looking out for your best interests.  An example, you're not sure if your son should attend a specific Catholic school.  You have a great rapport with the school director. You meet a parent at the grocery store whose daughter attends the school. You go to church and the pastor tells you he used to go that school when he was a young child.  You have all these great connections with this school. God is giving you the green light for your child to attend this school.  It's in your fate and it's meant to be.  

Sometimes we don't want to see the signs that God gives us, but we have to have an awareness into what is being presented to us in our lives.  We have to know that God is giving us guidance and direction in our lives. He knows what is best for us and wants us to make our best decisions.  When you have doubt or have lost hope, God wants to show you the way to take and encourage you to have faith in your decisions. Let God give you the green light and you'll be living your best life. 

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Joel Osteen discusses the importance of finding favor in our connections
How do you feel when you hear- Erika just got a promotion, she has two beautiful children, she drives a Mercedes, and lives in a beautiful house. 

It's easy to feed into discouragement, self-pity, and jealousy BUT 
we need to get INSPIRED! We need to think, "Wow look at her blessed life. My life can be like that too if I keep the faith." 

It is so easy to feed into negativity, but God is telling you that you need to feed into positivity! You need to think "Why was this person placed in my life at this time?"
"Am I suppose to get depressed that this person is successful and I'm not?"
Or "Am I suppose to learn from this opportunity?" 

We have so much to learn from others success and while it may not make perfect sense we still need to respect the favor God places on other people. The annointing you respect is the annointing you will attract in your future. 

When you think about your life and wonder, "Why is my life not like her?" "Why is she so successful and so blessed?" Just remember that YOUR TIME IS COMING. You are going to be just as successful as them as long as you keep on praying, believing, and demonstrating genuine happiness for other people. Maybe now is not your time, but it will be soon....it will soon be your time. Just be patient, be thankful for what you have, and look forward to what you have coming in your future. 

Hello 2019 and hello subscribers! 
It has been a loooong time since I posted on this website and my apologies for not being present. I started my other website www.comeflywithpris.com and it has not been my greatest success. Wordpress is not really a good friend of my mine and I have had lot of difficulty with my blog and how things are getting posted. I have a tech guy who works on the site, but things get fixed and then go back to the same issues. Bigger, better, more expensive is not always the best!
 
Anyways, I'm working on what to do with that website this year and thought I would say "hello" to my Weebly site all created by myself that I am really proud of! I am proud of my little website that I made quite a few years ago. 

How are you? How is the start to your New Year?? Wishing everyone Love, peace, happiness and of course a PURPOSEFUL year of self-growth, self-exploration, and giving back-helping others, being present, reading, traveling, listening to the needs/wants of others, volunteering, believing in something greater than yourself:)

Since I have been missing from this blog, I thought I would highlight my last year.
 
JANUARY 2018
Went to my hometown Buenos Aires, Argentina to pick up the belongings I left there with my amazing friend Rodrigo. I met him in Necochea- a beach city south of Buenos Aires. I had the most incredible New Years and first week of 2018 with him, his family, and friends. It was so peaceful, lovely, and I don't even know it it's possible to find a cuter family to live with....yeah not possible. 
After this lovely time, I went to Mar del plata for 2 weeks and met a huge group of friends to spend my days with, going to the beach, going out at night, eating pizza, having a coffee, playing volleyball-another incredible 2 weeks. 
It was beginning of February where I went to Pina Mar-another beach city in Argentina and I stayed with another lovely family.(I guess I'm addicted to that feeling of family). She was Indian(so we realllly got along well) and her husband was an Argentinian tennis player, and there son... well he was exactly what I would like my future son to look like-1 year old and the cutest. Their lifestyle was going to his family summer home, which was stunnning in this forest near the beach and then during the year he would travel to tennis tournaments in Europe and Asia with their little son as a family. A life I kind of picture for myself one day-it was quiet nice to see(not to mention they were both super good looking- I know, I know just saying.)

FEBRUARY 2018
Next, I went back to Buenos Aires, which was a ghost town because all the locals were on holiday and I started working on my visa to Bolivia, which took a whole lot longer than anticipated. My plan was to go to Bolivia and work on a social work project or with an NGO-there were quiet a few to choose from in Sucre, Bolivia so that was where I was going and that is where I ended up loving. 

MARCH, APRIL, MAY 2018
After the month it took to get a visa, I ended up in Bolivia in March where I immediately started working with the San Juan de Dios hospital as a Occupational therapist with those with severe and persistent Mental illness. 
For some who don't know, this population is my passion and I have several years experience working with this youth and adults so this was right up my alley. 
I really cant emphasize how much I love South America and the type of people are so special, so beautiful, and so alive. It really was a magical experience as I was immersed into the country- staying with a Bolivian family, eating Bolivian food everyday, speaking Spanish, and spending time with my staff that were 100 percent local Bolivians. 
San Juan de dios is ranked as the best hospital in Bolivia so it was great to be a part of the religious aspect(masses, festivals, and holidays) and the dance parties we had every Wednesday with all my clients. It was so great I didn't want to leave, but I had to go back to Chicago to earn some income because this was a 3.5 month volunteer job. I didn't earn money, but I earned an amazing experience that replaces any dollar one can earn.  

JUNE 2018 
Back to Chicago where I work until August 

AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 2018
It is very rare for me to spend my birthday in the states. I try to travel to a new country every year and this year was time to revisit Europe and head to Portugal for my first time. August 4 to September 10 was a purely fun vacation from various cities in Portugal to Prague to Budapest to Krakow to Slovakia and back to Portugal. The beaches, the new friends, the food, the coffee, the nature, the sights, the history-it was all wonderful! I will definitely share some photos and pictures on this site someday in the near future! 

SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2018
Back to work in Chicago-not much to report as the holidays were spent working and I did not take any trips to the East coast:( I was invited for Thanksgiving and for my cousin's baby shower, but planning on visiting in February 2019.