The inspiration of this blog came from one of my favorite shows of all times. It feels like looking in a mirror when I watched Carries Bradshaw ! Well, the brunette version.
There is no one who captures the dramatic lives of the lovelorn better than our very own, Carrie Bradshaw. Inspired by the life experiences of her four best friends and marked by an incredible introspection that transcends the likes of her own time, When Carrier wrote she covers a myriad of female-centric topics, ranging from columns that promote sexual independence, to those which expose the strength in securing one’s own emotional dependence. Whether she choose to focus on the trends of New York City’s premier fashion district, to address the “what if” questions that every woman faces in relationships, or even to unveil the awkward habits of her latest romantic interest, which always circled back to Mr. Big
After taking a brief hiatus, to enjoy some down-time with her then beau, she returned and Carrie was finally back to work! With the recent publishing of what was her new book comprised of her favorite past columns, her career becam
e front and center. You would think she would of stopped there.. NO! She is fierce and plows. Therefore, “ I owe it to myself to continue doing what I do best…contemplating the meaning of love, the meaning of different relationships, and especially the meaning of the men that often interrupt the freedom we find in an independent lifestyle.”, which is one of my all time favorite mantra of life.
Her endless research and realizations have spawned not only an increasingly cynical view of love within her writing, but it has also made her open to the possibility that, even amongst all of her inner and outer turmoil, she can still find love. And as many would suspect from an independent woman who has her eyes set on a goal, she has managed to find it in the arms of the man she affectionately calls, “Mr. Big.”
I was Carrie; she was exactly who I saw in the mirror. Apart from the fact that she always had something that she could write about, her shoes and her “money hanging in her closet” were an inspiration to myself and girls everywhere.
Sex and the City turned out to be one of my first guides to what it is like to be a woman!
I wanted to share my thoughts of 25 of her famous quotes; that I live for each and every day.
- “It wasn’t logic, it was love.”
Love is indeed the most illogically beautiful thing that could ever happen to anyone. This quote reiterates 
something that everyone who has fallen in love will know: in a fight between the head and the heart, always follow the heart!
- “They say nothing lasts forever; dreams change, trends come and go. But friendships never go out of style!”
People make friends the way they buy shoes; they try them on and shop around, only to throw many of them in a corner after the next best thing comes along. But, also like shoes, there are some friendships that NEVER go out of style, because in some way or another, they become a part of us. This may seem an awful analogy, but you have no idea what shoes mean to a woman!
- “I like my money right where I can see it… hanging in my closet!”
Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a little bit of CHANEL and some GUCCI , which is pretty close! I like, Carrie realized dressing well made you feel well too.
- “The most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And, if you find someone to love the you that you love, well, that’s just fabulous.”
“Self-love” is a tough concept to understand and thus is often misjudged to be narcissism. Well, loving yourself sets the tone of how you are going to treat others who are in a relationship with you. The character Carrie went on to say in an episode, being loved by one who accepts us for who we really are… now that’s something!
- “Friendships don’t magically last 40 years. You have to invest in them. It’s like your savings: You don’t expect to wake up one day when you’re old and find a big bucket of money waiting there.”
Who we are includes little pieces of each of the friends we have. Every relationship requires time, love, and respect. These are small investments that give their returns not only at the end of your life, but also during all the years in between by making your life a journey worth taking.
- “The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them and others you don’t, but in the end, they’re the people you always come home to. Sometimes it’s the family you’re born into and sometimes it’s the one you make for yourself.”
When every single thing in your life goes berserk, the only ones who stand right next to you, unflinchingly, are the people in your family—either by blood or by personal bond!
- “Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.”
Once you let go, you grow. Yesterday already left you behind, so why are you still holding on to it?
- “I’m someone who is looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can’t-live-without-each-other love.”
It’s not every so often that we fall in love. But once we do, we are “a fool to play it cool.” Make them your everything; don’t love in halves! The splendor of love is the beautiful twining of two souls; when you know not where you end and your partner begins!
- “As we drive along this road called life, occasionally a gal will find herself a little lost. And when that happens, I guess she has to let go of the coulda, shoulda, woulda, buckle up and just keep going” Keep calm and ‘Carrie’ on!
- “Thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back.”
Every love story that you are a part of has something to offer you. It is ‘meant to be’ at that point in time, a chapter in your journey of life that will help make you into who you become. Never regret any relationship. The best thing to happen to you is to allow love to come and go at the right time.
- “When you’re young, your whole life is about the pursuit of fun. Then, you grow up and learn to be cautious. You could break a bone or a heart. You look before you leap and sometimes you don’t leap at all because there’s not always someone there to catch you. And in life, there’s no safety net. When did it stop being fun and start being scary?”
When we are kids, all we want to be is a grown up. But there is more to the deal than that. Responsibility is a heavy word to pronounce and heavier to live by! So who wants to try this growing up stuff?
- “Maybe mistakes are what make our fate… without them what would shape our lives? Maybe if we had never veered off course we wouldn’t fall in love, have babies, or be who we are. After all, things change, so do cities, people come into your life and they go. … and if you’re very lucky, a plane ride away.”
Temporary people who come and go also leave a part of themselves in you. They are the mistakes you learn from. They are ones who make you realize those who are true to you, those who need to be valued, not ignored. This is my personal favorite..
- “Because at the end of yet another failed relationship, when all you have are war wounds and self-doubt, you have to wonder, ‘What’s it all worth?’”
It breaks your heart open so it can never close again. Now that is a good thing, right?
- “The Eskimos have hundreds of words for snow but we’ve invented three times that many words for relationships. What really defines a relationship?”
You start thinking about what really constitutes a relationship? Is it rooted in friendship? Is it about the chocolates & perfumes and costly dinner date with wine? Or is it simply the feeling of being at home?
- “People say ‘Everything happens for a reason.’ These people are usually women. And these women are usually sorting through a break-up. It seems that men can get out of a relationship without even a ‘Goodbye.’ But, apparently, women have to either get married or learn something.”
A break up will always mean different things to a man and a woman. But, we will often use the end of a relationship to sort through our own existential angst!
- “Who am I to judge anyone? I had bangs in the 80s.”
We judge people all of the time because we haven’t ‘taken a walk in their shoes’! But what can we do if we have not lived the same experiences that they have? How do we relate? Empathy, grace and respect.
- “I admit it’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, or the perfect parent or the perfect outfit, but maybe the best any of us can do is not quit, play the hand we’ve been given and accessorize the outfit we’ve got.”
Perfection is something that’s not in our hand.! Everything can be dealt with with a lil bit of style!
- “The universe may not always play fair but at least it’s got a hell of a sense humor.”
And to give an equally funny comeback to the universe… now that is what living in style is all about. The mighty unknown should also be entertained and tickled at times. Return the favor!
- “No, I know I have you guys, but…and really, I hate myself a little for saying this, but…it felt really sad not to have a man in my life who cares about me. No special guy to wish me happy birthday. No goddamn soul mate. And I don’t even know if I believe in soul mates.”
Yes, there are different kinds of love and none of them can be truly compared with the others. But c’mon, romantic love is a league apart!
- “When I first moved to New York and I was totally broke, sometimes I would buy Vogue instead of dinner. I felt it fed me more.”
Shopping and fashion are her cardio! Period.
- “You can never have too many pairs of shoes.”
Never tell a woman she just bought a pair last week. That is a sin!
- “The fact is, sometimes it’s hard to walk in a single woman’s shoes. That’s why we need really special ones now and then – to make the walk a little more fun.”
Sometimes, we need to try something new, so we can evolve and explore ourselves. And Christian Louboutin well ..there is no one who can make all a woman’s blu’s better than Christian.
- “After all computers crash, people die, relationships fall apart. The best we can do is breathe and reboot.
Occasionally, we find bumps in the road. We need to kind of re charge and treat ourselves. Define our signature style and well how meet these challenges is what makes us.
- “I’m more of a ‘solve your own problems’ kind of gal!”
And we are in no way referring to mathematics!
- “Life gives you lots of chances to screw up which means you have just as many chances to get it right.”
A glass half empty or half full? Your perspective rules what you are going to make of your life.
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