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August 2010
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Follow what feels right for you.
Well, I’m following my dreams and moving to Vista, California on September 14th.
For years I’ve felt a pull towards the west coast, and I finally decided it’s time to stop making excuses and go.
Do I know for certain what will happen from there? No. Do I know if I’ll stay there? No. That’s okay. It’s a step in a new direction.
P.S. Free high five to anyone who can get me a little giraffe to kiss: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVxxLYmypv8
August
There is so much I want to put into words right now, but I make up that it will be impossible to accurately describe how I feel. Expressing my gratitude for this past week is something I could do in a hug, but not with a keyboard or conversation. There’s too much love in it to be downgraded to two-dimensional text. I will try.
This has been the most incredible summer, and this is by far the best month ever.
I’ve learned (and continue to practice) patience, self-love, unconditional love, kindness, yoga, surfing, among other things. I’ve gotten my ass kicked by unrequited love, loneliness, my ego, my fears, and the ocean. Facing these and letting go made me stronger.
I’ve learned to be transparent, open, and honest. There is a boy I think about every day. I wish that he continues to do what’s best for him, and if it ends up including me, then that’s just a super bonus.
May you all be open with your hearts, face your fears, follow your joy, and always be kind.
Thousand surfers, whiffs of freon
This East Coast girl is heading out west to San Diego/LA for a bit.
So, peace out New York (and Tumblr), hopefully you’ll be glad to see me when I get back on the 10th. You know I love you as is.
July 2010
29 posts
Stay the course. All is well.
“Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary entails facing difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.”
~ Brian Tracy
“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience. ” ~ Robert Fulghum
“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. “
~ Louis Pasteur
“If you are going through hell, keep going.”~ Winston Churchill
“You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.” ~ Edwin Louis Cole
“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”~ Unknown
So... →
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The Moment, my band Atomic Tom’s record, is out today on iTunes! Click the link in the title to grab it.
Guys, this is big. We’ve been living with this record for the last year, now it’s your turn. It’s super-cheap ($7.99) and you can help us climb the album charts! We’re at 80-something right now, which is incredible. Thanks, and you all rock.!
Friends, do yourself a favor and buy “The Moment” right now! Best album I’ve bought this year.
“Most people look at their state of affairs and they say, “This is who I am.” That’s not who you are. That’s who you were. Let’s say for instance that you don’t have enough money in your bank account, or you don’t have the relationship that you want, or your health and fitness aren’t up to par. That’s not who you are; that’s the residual outcome of your past thoughts and actions. So we’re constantly living in this residual, if you will, of the thoughts and actions we’ve taken in the past. When you look at your current state of affairs and define yourself by that, then you doom yourself to have nothing more than the same in future.”
—James Ray (via likethesun) (via heartmindspirit)
You brighten my day. :D
And you just brightened mine. <3
“Worry is otherwise known as ‘fantasized catastrophizing’ where we create an image of the future and use it to frighten ourselves. Be aware that you are doing it, then stop doing it, otherwise the image will become a self fulfilling prophecy. Imagine only the brightest future, and so it will be. Besides there is nothing to worry about… unless you are under the illusion that your well-being and security are dependent on material things. If they are, then you will have many ways in which you can create worry. Possible loss, damage, separation, uncertainty are but a few. Look, you’re killing yourself with worry, all because of the misuse of your imagination. Don’t do it”
—Innerspace (via bodymindandsoul) (via likethesun) (via joyeuse)
“I’ve been thinking a lot about taking chances and how it’s really just about overcoming your fears. because the truth is, every time you take a big risk in your life, no matter how it ends up, you’re always glad you took it.”
—(via daretodreamlove) (via subzerofangire)
Happy (early) birthday to me!
I just booked my flight to San Diego.
This really has been the best day/week/month ever!!
::does epic happy dance::
Don’t forget to find all the happiness exactly where you are.
“When you love someone you don’t need to be with them. Love is selfless. Love lets people be as they are whether it’s with us or not. And love lets us be who we are also. Love is happy for that person when they’re happy. Love is calm and patient.”
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I absolutely agree with this, and I believe it applies to ALL forms of love, love for a friend, love for a romantic partner, love for family, etc. The greatest gift we can give someone is to let them choose who they want to be. Unconditional love.
A Scientist Takes On Gravity
A Scientist Takes On Gravity
By DENNIS OVERBYE
It’ s hard to imagine a more fundamental and ubiquitous aspect of life on the Earth than gravity, from the moment you first took a step and fell on your diapered bottom to the slow terminal sagging of flesh and dreams.
But what if it’s all an illusion, a sort of cosmic frill, or a side effect of something else going on at deeper levels of reality?
So says Erik Verlinde, 48, a respected string theorist and professor of physics at the University of Amsterdam, whose contention that gravity is indeed an illusion has caused a continuing ruckus among physicists, or at least among those who profess to understand it. Reversing the logic of 300 years of science, he argued in a recent paper, titled “On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton,” that gravity is a consequence of the venerable laws of thermodynamics, which describe the behavior of heat and gases.
“For me gravity doesn’t exist,” said Dr. Verlinde, who was recently in the United
“All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won’t succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.”
—Wayne Dyer (via oceanofmind) (via likethesun)
Rob Bell- "Everything is Spiritual" →
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(via heisjealousforme)
I was super curious as to what this was (I made up in my mind that it was a music video) and when I realized it was an incredibly fascinating lecture about quantum physics and subatomic matter and string theory and spirituality….well, I did a happy dance. This is amazing.
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“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”
—Aaron Siskind (via experientiadocetstultos)
“To find what you’re looking for… stop seeking and look in the mirror.”
—Mastin Kipp, The Daily Love
“When we come into contact with another person, our thoughts and actions should express our mind of compassion, even if that person says and does things that are not easy to accept. We practice in this way until we see clearly that our love is not contingent upon the other person being lovable.”
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Thich Nhat Hanh
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Thich Nhat Hanh
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love your blog. :)
Thank you! Yours is lovely too! <3
“People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.” —Mother Teresa (via littlemiss) (via diserty)
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight.
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have and it will never be enough.
Give your best anyway.” —Mother Teresa (via littlemiss) (via diserty)
June 2010
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“Falling in love you remain a child; rising in love you mature. By and by love becomes not a relationship, it becomes a state of your being. Not that you are in love - now you are love.”
—Osho (via likethesun) (via porcelainfists)
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. And those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
—Roald Dahl (via fuckyeahconfidence) (via subzerofangire)
