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"I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini." ~ Karan Johar Cheers To Thirty! It is finally here! After hyping it up ALL week, I am finally, finally, the dirty thirty. Only took me, oh yeah, three decades and very [...]
"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving." ~ Lao Tzu Why I travel People ask all the time why I travel. There are many reasons as to why. I am a wanderlust soul always searching for that next adventure. I love to eat good food. Any place that has [...]
"I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini." ~ Karan Johar Happy June Happy first day of June, dear readers! And the start of my birthday month! Which of course means a whole month of festivities, because why, when you [...]
"Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey." ~ Marcel Proust Slackin’ Kate I have slacked horribly with keeping up with my blog, comments, emails, and basically life in general the last two weeks. Just when I think I have caught up, [...]
"Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul." ~ Peggy Fleming A Skater's Heart There is literally nothing, NOTHING like gliding across the ice, hearing your blades scratch sweet music and even sweeter etchings into the ice. Trusting that these tiny blades will hold you as you execute required elements [...]
Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross I have joked [...]
"Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years." Ausonius I don't know many people who get excited about aging. Birthdays, yes. That number that changes each year, no. Yet, there are some great benefits that come with . No not the grey hair or [...]
"I think sometimes the best training is to rest." ~ Cristiano Ronaldo Not going to sugar coat, the past week has been tough. Not only have I been dealing with the mother of all injuries, I have been warring with myself. Do you ever do that? Do you ever feel like different parts of your [...]
"Happiness can exist only in acceptance." ~ George Orwell Half way through yoga class, I had a revelation. It wasn't earth shattering as far as discovering a cure for cancer, but it was something we all need a reminder of from time to time. And of course contorting your body into torture-asana is the perfect [...]
"And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke This year could be called the year of relationships. It has taught me a lot about them from friendship to romantic, and everything in between. But most importantly of all my relationship with myself. Perhaps it was because [...]