" In Buddhist teaching, attachment is the root cause of suffering. “Attachment” has a very specific meaning, which is more in the sense of control. If you think of the generosity aspect of love, there are a lot of different ways of giving a gift. You can give someone a gift, and it’s really a freely given gift. Or you can give someone a gift ( Read more... )

Come back to that sweet joyful place.

Pro is about to take 3 weeks off and this is our last in person lesson for the month. Though we might do virtuals after a week. How you know you're addicted to ballroom? Planning your vacations based on Pro's schedule. I was like: Oh. I guess I can go on a vacation then ( Read more... )

Well. I grew a lot. That was the choice for 2020: either grow a lot, or slide into the darkness. There might have been some darkness too ( Read more... )

Yesterday my open level latin friend came over to help me practice my intl rhumba choreo. At one point she said: "During the fan, crunch your upper back which draws your foot in ( Read more... )

This morning while on the porch.
Andy: "Hello someone that is loved by a lot of people."
Then kisses me on the neck.
Me: "Am I loved by a lot of people? Really?" In an insecure way. There's been way too much drama lately.
"The important ones."

K: "Me too!"
Sy: "I love you too!"

i'm pretty content today.

it helps that i'm not pms-ing and i just danced so much last weekend. with the double dance lesson with J on friday and the saturday mini-match.

I'm someone who feels a lot of things. I have a lot of feelings ( Read more... )

I overheard a song by The Killers that Nicolas Palmquist had a dance too, while eating a taco at Velvet Taco ( Read more... )

I drank an entire small margarita at velvet taco after my dance lesson 😷and now I'm tipsy and I have to hang out by myself and drink water.

But it's nice to be around people and seeing people pass and being drunk and hearing the music from the bars and my body being wrung out from dance and I'm tipsy


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