January 2011
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listening to "Adele - Daydreamer - Live @ the Roxy... →
He is a real lover / Of making up the past and feeling up his girl / Like he’s never felt her figure before
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Speech to the Young : Speech to the...
The along hurts now. But here’s to believing there’s only so much crying before birdies chirp at morningtime.
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Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, “even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.” You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for...
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WatchSo much truth.
“Tell your story of who you are with your whole heart.”
“You cannot selectively numb. When we numb those [bad feelings] we numb joy, we numb gratitude, we numb happiness.”
“Let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen.”
“Practice gratitude, lean into joy.”
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listening to "Paco De Lucia →
saw him live in madrid in 2005. heart still beats hard thinking about it.
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A Blessing, by James Wright
Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota,
Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass.
And the eyes of those two Indian ponies
Darken with kindness.
They have come gladly out of the willows
To welcome my friend and me.
We step over the barbed wire into the pasture
Where they have been grazing all day, alone.
They ripple tensely, they can hardly contain their happiness
That we have come.
They bow...
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“Don’t worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do...”
– Howard Thurman
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Dalai Lama's Instructions for Living
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R’s: Respect for self, Respect for others, and Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t...