look for the girl with the sun in her eyes.
nothing's gonna change my world.
nothing's gonna change my world.
i am craving so many impossible things...
sometimes i'm envious of my old life, where i had no attachments to tear my heart out.
you.
all blue-eyed and beautiful.
how will i get the strength to move on?
we are delivered through these things. not OUT of them.
but the substance of grief is not imaginary. its as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both of these things it can kill.
to live is to be marked. to live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.
But what is this force that pushes us as individuals and as a whole species to grow against the natural resistance of our own lethargy? It is love. ... love, the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. When we grow it is because we are working at it, and we are working at it because we love ourselves. it is through love that we elevate ourselves. because when we love we WANT TO BE BETTER! And it is through our love for others that we assist them to elevate themselves. Love, the extension of the self, is the very act of evolution. it is evolution in progress. the evolutionary force, present in all of life, manifests itself in mankind as human love. Among humanity love is the miraculous force that defies the natural law of entropy.
oceanic emotions.
i am a student of love, medicine, and miracles.
i respect your "otherness."
accept each other's absolute separateness, their unique way of perceiving reality, the sacredness of each other's inner world.
i get nervous when i fly, i'm used to walking with my feet.
the miracle is not to fly in the sky or to walk on the water.
the miracle is to walk on this earth!
make peaceful happy steps on this planet.
breathing in, i am aware of my heart.
breathing out, i smile to my heart.
dwelling in the present moment,
i know this is a wonderful moment.
calming.
smiling.
present moment.
wonderful moment.
.....................................
all of this noise in my head, i clamp it down here, to these pages- to this screen, so it will be still.
my feelings require many many many many words!
if love is letting go of fear, i have a lot of self-loving to do.
going on an 8 week solo journey through vietnam.... absolutely no fear. haven't even considered fear having a role in this venture.
extending myself and doing what i resist.... fear blocking my way every step.
but i can contact peace.
i can touch strength.
i can work through that fear, without begging to be delivered OUT of it.
i need to change my self talk.
i am not inadequate! why is this always the most persistent negative feeling in my life?
its not true.
i am independent, self-determined, self-determinING, unique.
teachable, accepting, pleased.
happy to be alive, grateful, capable.
genuine, sincere, and understanding.
if you understand, things are just as they are.
if you do not understand, things are still just as they are.
remember, it is not that those who cultivate wellness and virtue in themselves do not encounter difficulties in life. it is that they understand that difficulties are the very road to immortality. By meeting them calmly and openly, however they unfold, and joyfully developing themselves in response to them, they become as natural, as complete, and as eternal at the Tao itself.
lao tsu.
entering mumbo jumbo territory here?
just getting lost in my thoughts.....
nothing's gonna change my world.
i am craving so many impossible things...
sometimes i'm envious of my old life, where i had no attachments to tear my heart out.
you.
all blue-eyed and beautiful.
how will i get the strength to move on?
we are delivered through these things. not OUT of them.
but the substance of grief is not imaginary. its as real as rope or the absence of air, and like both of these things it can kill.
to live is to be marked. to live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.
But what is this force that pushes us as individuals and as a whole species to grow against the natural resistance of our own lethargy? It is love. ... love, the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. When we grow it is because we are working at it, and we are working at it because we love ourselves. it is through love that we elevate ourselves. because when we love we WANT TO BE BETTER! And it is through our love for others that we assist them to elevate themselves. Love, the extension of the self, is the very act of evolution. it is evolution in progress. the evolutionary force, present in all of life, manifests itself in mankind as human love. Among humanity love is the miraculous force that defies the natural law of entropy.
oceanic emotions.
i am a student of love, medicine, and miracles.
i respect your "otherness."
accept each other's absolute separateness, their unique way of perceiving reality, the sacredness of each other's inner world.
i get nervous when i fly, i'm used to walking with my feet.
the miracle is not to fly in the sky or to walk on the water.
the miracle is to walk on this earth!
make peaceful happy steps on this planet.
breathing in, i am aware of my heart.
breathing out, i smile to my heart.
dwelling in the present moment,
i know this is a wonderful moment.
calming.
smiling.
present moment.
wonderful moment.
.....................................
all of this noise in my head, i clamp it down here, to these pages- to this screen, so it will be still.
my feelings require many many many many words!
if love is letting go of fear, i have a lot of self-loving to do.
going on an 8 week solo journey through vietnam.... absolutely no fear. haven't even considered fear having a role in this venture.
extending myself and doing what i resist.... fear blocking my way every step.
but i can contact peace.
i can touch strength.
i can work through that fear, without begging to be delivered OUT of it.
i need to change my self talk.
i am not inadequate! why is this always the most persistent negative feeling in my life?
its not true.
i am independent, self-determined, self-determinING, unique.
teachable, accepting, pleased.
happy to be alive, grateful, capable.
genuine, sincere, and understanding.
if you understand, things are just as they are.
if you do not understand, things are still just as they are.
remember, it is not that those who cultivate wellness and virtue in themselves do not encounter difficulties in life. it is that they understand that difficulties are the very road to immortality. By meeting them calmly and openly, however they unfold, and joyfully developing themselves in response to them, they become as natural, as complete, and as eternal at the Tao itself.
lao tsu.
entering mumbo jumbo territory here?
just getting lost in my thoughts.....