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"To say it was a beautiful day would not begin to explain it. It was that day when the end of summer intersects perfectly with the start of fall." – Ann Patchett Last Day Of Summer This post is a couple days over due, but I can not believe the last day of summer has [...]
"We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society." ~ Angela Davis Introspection I think it is safe to say we all have been doing a lot of introspection on the ideals of society. The stereotypes, the micro-aggressions, the judgements, the expectations, and how harmful it can all be. How it can [...]
"And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days." ~ James Russell Lowell T-Minus 4 Days With everything going on, I held off posting this, but with T-Minus Four Days until I turn the big 3-0 I wanted to share this. Happy (belated) June everybody! And happy Birthday [...]
"Death has its revelations: the great sorrows which open the heart open the mind as well; light comes to us with our grief. As for me, I have faith; I believe in a future life." ~ Victor Hugo Saying Good-bye This past weekend, my family and I gathered to say good-bye and pay homage to [...]
"The way we experience the world around us is a direct reflection of the world within us." ~ Gabrielle Bernstein New Year Resolutions We are almost half way through January... Wait. Pause. Not to sound like a broken record, but how the HECK has time flown by so darn quickly? 2019 SLOW down! Okay now [...]
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend." ~ Melody Beattie Gratitude There is so much in life to [...]
“The next five months are grim ones. I always feel sorry to have the summertime change, with the dark evenings closing in mid-afternoon, and will try to lay in some physical comforts these months – the best insurance against gloominess for me.” ~ Sylvia Plath Summer where did you go? How is it September already? [...]
"Time is only an idea. There is only the Reality. Whatever you think it is, it looks like that. If you call it time, it is time. If you call it existence, it is existence, and so on. After calling it time, you divide it into days and nights, months, years, hours, minutes, etc. Time [...]
"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 [...]