I escape into these memories, of my travels, during these days of stress, exhaustion and uncertainty.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Roaming Rome
Blurry....but giddy happy...
I escape into these memories, of my travels, during these days of stress, exhaustion and uncertainty.
I escape into these memories, of my travels, during these days of stress, exhaustion and uncertainty.
Swimming Underwater or Long Drowned?
What is it I salvage from mediocrity, wholesale ideas, stereotypes? My individual world, in which I grow faster, learn more and live more deeply.
-Anais Nin
-Anais Nin
Friday, August 25, 2006
Vitamin Of The Soul
I stumbled onto this woman's site, I forget how, and I started to read and was seduced into her world.
I started to read her life backwards...then I got to the middle and feel compelled to read it from the start, onwards.
She possesses so much beauty, so much heart, courage, compassion, writing her truth as poetry and illustrating it with amazing photography.
A few times I felt moved to tears....particularly on these two posts:
worn
bench
I just want to read every single word....Jen Gray
I started to read her life backwards...then I got to the middle and feel compelled to read it from the start, onwards.
She possesses so much beauty, so much heart, courage, compassion, writing her truth as poetry and illustrating it with amazing photography.
A few times I felt moved to tears....particularly on these two posts:
worn
bench
I just want to read every single word....Jen Gray
Be Courageous
“There is always a moment in any kind of struggle when
one feels in full bloom. Vivid. Alive. One might be
blown to bits in such a moment and still be at peace.
Martin Luther King, Jr. at the mountaintop. Gandhi
dying with the name of God on his lips. Sojourner
Truth baring her breasts at a women’s rights
convention in 1851. Harriet Tubman exposing her
revolver to some of the slaves she had freed, who,
fearing an unknown freedom, looked longingly backward
to their captivity, thereby endangering the freedom of
all.
To be such a person or to witness anyone at this
moment of transcendent presence is to know that what
is human is linked, by a daring compassion, to what is
divine.
During my years of being close to people
engaged in changing the world I have seen fear turn
into courage. Sorrow into joy. Funerals into
celebrations.
Because whatever the consequences,
people, standing side by side, have expressed who they
really are, and that ultimately they believe in the
love of the world and each other enough to be
that—which is the foundation of activism.” ~ alice walker
one feels in full bloom. Vivid. Alive. One might be
blown to bits in such a moment and still be at peace.
Martin Luther King, Jr. at the mountaintop. Gandhi
dying with the name of God on his lips. Sojourner
Truth baring her breasts at a women’s rights
convention in 1851. Harriet Tubman exposing her
revolver to some of the slaves she had freed, who,
fearing an unknown freedom, looked longingly backward
to their captivity, thereby endangering the freedom of
all.
To be such a person or to witness anyone at this
moment of transcendent presence is to know that what
is human is linked, by a daring compassion, to what is
divine.
During my years of being close to people
engaged in changing the world I have seen fear turn
into courage. Sorrow into joy. Funerals into
celebrations.
Because whatever the consequences,
people, standing side by side, have expressed who they
really are, and that ultimately they believe in the
love of the world and each other enough to be
that—which is the foundation of activism.” ~ alice walker
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Revisiting the Mantra
Stay Positive.....things will get better....
Repeat 200 times.
I'm trying to listen to what my gut instinct is telling me.....I wish it wouldn't whisper. I wish my mind could shut up.
Feeling like a bit of an idiot right now. Am I about to make a decision that will mean being true to myself or a decision that is misguided and foolish?
I'll know that when I know which way is up, which end my feet are as opposed to my head.
Repeat 200 times.
I'm trying to listen to what my gut instinct is telling me.....I wish it wouldn't whisper. I wish my mind could shut up.
Feeling like a bit of an idiot right now. Am I about to make a decision that will mean being true to myself or a decision that is misguided and foolish?
I'll know that when I know which way is up, which end my feet are as opposed to my head.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Two Year Anniversary
It's SoulsJuice's two year anniversary!
I started this on the eve of my 30th Birthday, I guess it was my way of kicking off my 30s, coming to terms with 'growing up and being adult' and whatnot *wink*.
Don't think the adult part has sunk in, still waiting to feel like a 'grown up'. My version just doesn't feel the same as my parents version, when I would look to them as my 'grown-ups'.
Maybe they're waiting to feel 'grown-up' too...maybe we'll all forever be the knee-high kid looking up at the 'responsible adults'.
Maybe I'll just stay a kid, wearing a womans skin.
Happy 32nd birthday to me!
I started this on the eve of my 30th Birthday, I guess it was my way of kicking off my 30s, coming to terms with 'growing up and being adult' and whatnot *wink*.
Don't think the adult part has sunk in, still waiting to feel like a 'grown up'. My version just doesn't feel the same as my parents version, when I would look to them as my 'grown-ups'.
Maybe they're waiting to feel 'grown-up' too...maybe we'll all forever be the knee-high kid looking up at the 'responsible adults'.
Maybe I'll just stay a kid, wearing a womans skin.
Happy 32nd birthday to me!
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Inspiring Read
I am finding this speech is proving to be one I am reading regularly in recent days.
Find what you love
I grabbed the link from a friend of mine, Dan, from The Photo Forum. So, thanks Dan!
Been home for 2 days now, sick from work. After one week of my 'two-week-trial' at this design place. Don't know how to feel about working there, just an uneasy vibe. Don't know if if I'm being stupid about it or if the feeling is valid. I know it's a good opportunity. I mean, hey, it's a creative field and there's possibly room for me to move from doing reception/PA to a creative role. It's just that I'm getting a sense of "a toe in the right direction but not at this particular place".
I feel like a major wuss right now, who doesnt know her head from her ass.
Find what you love
I grabbed the link from a friend of mine, Dan, from The Photo Forum. So, thanks Dan!
Been home for 2 days now, sick from work. After one week of my 'two-week-trial' at this design place. Don't know how to feel about working there, just an uneasy vibe. Don't know if if I'm being stupid about it or if the feeling is valid. I know it's a good opportunity. I mean, hey, it's a creative field and there's possibly room for me to move from doing reception/PA to a creative role. It's just that I'm getting a sense of "a toe in the right direction but not at this particular place".
I feel like a major wuss right now, who doesnt know her head from her ass.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Pearl of Wisdom
I was browsing through a Flickr members photos and a paragraph of his captured my attention, as it stands true with how I feel since Josh has been in my life. Actually, the longer I've been with him, the more I feel this way.
The paragraph?
"You know someone is special when they make you, just through knowing you, reevaluate the way you see the world."
The paragraph?
"You know someone is special when they make you, just through knowing you, reevaluate the way you see the world."
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