Free Your Mind Friday

11. You're having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?
Tell them she's a friend and kindly ask them to stop. This sort of seems like a no-brainer to me.


12. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
I thought about this for so long. But I'm definitely in no place to offer anyone advice, much less a child! I couldn't even wrap my head around this question.


13. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
Yes I would, unless it involved physically hurting someone else.


14. Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?
No, not that I can recall.


15. What's something you know you do differently than most people?
Fall in love.


16. How come the things that make you happy don't make everyone happy?
Because people are different and what I love someone else may not!


17. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? What's holding you back?
I would love to travel through Europe for an entire summer. Work and finances are holding me back. It would cost thousands to do that!! And I always feel such an obligation to my job that taking off for two and a half months seems impossible sometimes. I will eventually have an opportunity to do it, but that's still a few years away.


18. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?
I was until very recently, but I'm proud to say I let it go. It feels good to let go of toxic things, memories and people.


19. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why?
Oh so many! In the states I would love to live in California, South Carolina or Florida. Outside of the states I would love to live in Puerto Rico, Italy, the Greek Isles, Australia, Spain, France, Argentina or Brazil. I want to live somewhere warm and near the beach!!


20. Do you push the elevator button more than once? Do you really believe it makes the elevator move faster?
It depends. Some days I'm patient and I only push it once. Some days I'm full of nervous energy and I push it several times. I know that it doesn't make the elevator arrive any quicker, but it feels good to fill that idle time by doing something.