Sometimes I wish to live back in the 1970's or 80's

Sometimes I wish to live back in the 1970's or 80's
Don't understand me wrong, I'm not unhappy with my life but when it comes to certain points I would prefer these times. The time without mobile phones where we didn't had to be available 24/7, the time without emails where it wasn't expected to answer each "letter" within an hour. If you just think about the work-life balance everyone is talking about nowadays, I'm pretty sure people were much more relaxed.
Do we have constant life's?
What I see is that almost no one wants serious relationships as it was back then. We switch not only jobs, flats or cities within a short period of time, we also switch private connections instead of putting efforts in. The time where family and friends were counting more than social networking seems to be history. I have the impression that many just try to connect with other persons for their own needs.
Are we becoming more and more selfish nowadays?
I knew persons who started to bother when not receiving a reply on a short message within five minutes. Bother means after the text they started to call, to talk a message on your mobile box, sending a message on Facebook, checking if you are somewhere to be seen as 'online' for a chat message. And for what? Nothing special, just being bored or telling the newest gossips they heard somewhere.
Aren't we allowed anymore to disconnect for a while?
Also the newsfeed is overwhelming, people back in these years weren't aware of every single small catastrophe happening on the other side of the world. If I say small it doesn't mean it's awful for the persons being involved but honestly, even if I know something happened somewhere, I cannot change the whole world to be safe and good. Instead of bothering myself too much with bad news of a country I haven't a single relationship to I should start to change the part where I'm able to make efforts. I just told my husband a few days ago that I would become depressive if I would watch the news channel for too long.
On the other hand not everything is bad but we have to be careful on how to use all these connections we have, they shouldn't start to use us. Without the web I would never have met my husband and without world wide news I wouldn't be aware of what's going on in his country.
The biggest task for us now is to use it carefully, filter for the parts which are important to us and not to forget that there is a real life outside. Real people who may want to have us around, need us or just want to step by for a coffee to tell about their own personal important news.
And never forget that we are allowed to disconnect, mute mobile phones, shut down computers and turn of TVs whenever we think we need a time out for ourselves!
Stay yourself!
Faithfully...

Poem - In a blue lagoon

Live your life...

...in the best way for yourself. We only have this one!
At least try to fulfill your dreams because if you don't there will be lots of regret.
Faithfully, Miss Faith

What to Wear with Skinny Jeans

What to Wear with Skinny Jeans

It depends on your shape. I love skinny jeans because you can combine so many clothes with them.
A short dress, which would be too short without trousers, looks great as well as a layer look.
They go with high heels, boots and flat shoes. I don't start to talk about colors as this depends on what you like but attached is a variety on how you could wear skinny jeans. I put some "what if" scenarios below and I wrote "what if you think" on purpose as many have an idea of how they look like whereas in reality they are "normal" shaped. Nevertheless, the aim is that you feel comfortable and confident while wearing skinny jeans so you may give some of these tips just a try.

What if you think you have short legs - try heels, as soon as you wear heels with your jeans your legs appear longer! Boots may work also but it depends on the length, calf mid or ankle boots should have a heel, flat mostly let your legs appear the way they are but not adding length.

What if you have a great shape but don't want it to show off too much - here I would go with tunics or long tops, they could be tight but as soon as they cover your bottom it has the impression of not showing off too much.

What if you think you have heavy hips or a heavy bottom - wear long blouses or long shirts which aren't too tight. The jeans is already tight and this way you can cover up easily what you don't like. Smooth, flowing material is complimentary.

What if you think you are skinny and don't want to look bulimic - try the layer look, means put several tops on, sure they should fit to each other in color and essential is that they have different lengths which almost all show off in the end, hanging loosely above each other. You can start with a basic top or shirt, above a button down shirt or blouse, it can stay unbuttoned or only half closed. This is the start but to have more layers there are many opportunities, like a vest, a cardigan, or a jacket or all of them. But don't add too much, otherwise you may look more heavy than you intended to.

These are only a few tips on how to wear them, there are indeed many possibilities.
Accessories like belts, scarfs, hip belts, necklaces which draw the view to something else can work also as well as roll the skinnies up with ballet flats

Trying what's best for you is the main thing from my point of view.

My favorites are all of them - seems as if I'm a fashion addict.
To find these pieces go to www.asos.com - they are all available there!

Enjoy!
Yours, Miss Faith

Stopover of lives

Stopover of lives

How many ways of life did we encounter?
There are always "stopovers" of lives, paths crossing, staying for a while. Some are fading slowly, some are ending abruptly.
I recently thought about how many lives crossed mine already and how many I even remember. There were many but did they all left footprints which matter? No, as this is the circle of life. Sure there were a few not only leaving footprints, better to say that they left scars, wounds, life lessons learned and different marks. These were the ones really counting for what I am today. But there were also the others, short insignificant by chance encounters. They didn't hurt or let me stumble and fall. Most of them were funny or just nonsense, days or a few weeks where I experienced something in my life which wasn't directly connected to the persons I met.
Do we sometimes interpret too much into something which is quickly forgotten once its gone? I would say so as I honestly don't even remember some names. These were the stopovers that matter in a certain way for me maybe but not in a significant way. I feel confident that I remember names and places and times for all the important stopovers, the others may leave emotions, stories or a gain in experience but they will never be the stories you tell your grandchildren.
Most important are the current paths, the precious ones which you want to stay for a lifetime.
They are worth it to work on, to put efforts in and to cherish and value. But carefully, not all recognize them in the same way you do. Try your best to ensure that they are what you feel and that both parties are honestly caring for a lifetime stay. If not, believe me, they are not worth of existing in your life. Letting go is one of the hardest things in life but it will free your soul once you were able to decide for yourself. Sometimes we realize it months or years later but as long as we see it one day it wasn't wrong. These are the so-called lessons learned in life and also the way of exploring the sense of stopovers. Every path has a sense, positive as well as negative, and we should learn decide for ourselves what's wrong or right. We only have this one life, so live it to the fullest, don't regret, try your best to give it the sense it deserves!
Faithfully, yours Miss Faith

How to be a real and true friend

How to be a real and true friend

What are the most important things in real friendship and how can friendships last?
Many pretend to have hundreds of friends but are these real ones?
I cannot believe it as from my point of view a friendship is a relationship growing over the years and we have to "work" on it. Trust is one of the basics as is honesty. We all haven't just happy days and the phrase "in good and in bad times" is not only valid for marriage. Real friends are the ones who smile and laugh with you and not about you and who are not ashamed of sharing tears with you when times are not good. They share their last piece of bread and invite you for dinner when you ran out of money or food.
But only taking is no friendship, you have to act the same way.
We are living in a stressful world and what I appreciate about my real friends is that regardless of when we had the last meeting or phone call we stay friends - it's like having spoken the day before even if it were two or three months and nobody is angry as we understand that all of us have enough to do and are sometimes just too tired to pick up the phone and dial a number.
When meeting friends face to face focus on them, you scheduled a date to have them around you so the worst you can do is focussing on something else or talking only about yourself. If you want to be friends you have to be one yourself.
Selfish or not interested persons are the ones without real friends at the end because no one can bare to be put in the background on every occasion.
Sure there are times when one or the other has more to talk about and it's normally regulated by life but as soon as you realize that the topics are always about others and never about what you experience, feel or go through it's time to think it over.
Either you are able to discuss it honestly and maybe the other person just didn't realize and promises to change and be more attentive or it's time to say goodbye.
I said goodbye last year to a few and after almost one year without them I can say, I don't miss anyone. Even better, I'm truly happy to have no contact any longer because there are so-called friends who can eat you up and suck your energy. These are the ones to kick out as soon as you realize as they don't do any good thing in your life, they just live in their little world and suggest themselves as the key of the universe.
Going seriously to your list of friends and decide who is worth to move forward with and who not is a great thing. Free yourself from negative persons and surround yourself with the true and real ones.
I rather end up with just a few real friends instead of having many fake ones!

Keep the faith, Miss Faith!

Music

Music is essential, at least for my life! What's more relaxing than just sitting down and listening to the music you love. For me kind of a time out, don't you think?