A place where you can be human.
“I appreciate and enjoy my age.” -Nikki Giovanni
Well, here’s my mantra for the next couple of weeks. I’m laughing. I can’t believe I’m about to be 40! So many years invested in becoming and unbecoming, all to turn into just being. This space where I can just be so that those around me can just be. Anyway, I’m swimming in enormous amounts of gratitude today.
How do you feel about fall?
“Don’t wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you’ve got to make yourself. ” -Alice Walker
It’s really all about the mini moments for me right now. I was excited to see fluffy bees buzzing around this afternoon. You see, life often pulls me everywhere all at once, but I gotta take control by stopping for a moment to find joy in even the mini moments. It’s not always easy for me. I don’t share this because I’m a professional. I share this so I get the reminder in three days or three years to stop and watch a bee. Believe it or not, even busy bees take breaks. They don’t work in bad weather or extreme heat. They even take mini breaks. So remember, when you watch those cute fluffy little pollinators, that this is your moment to rest and find joy in your mini moment.
Have you had any mini moments? For writers: Do you give your characters mini moments?
“Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.” Alice Walker
You writing today is the revolution.
Don’t make the end goal when the revolution starts. You stepping into your dreams and desires is the revolution! They really have you out here thinking that you have to put your dreams and desires on hold or as a last priority to what? To complete their dream? To fill someone else’s bank account? No. Your dreams and desires are yours to prioritize. That is your power. That is your only job: to dream and live and then share all that with those closest to you.
“To be nobody but yourself in a world that’s doing its best to make you somebody else is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.” – E. E. Cummings
I’m writing early. I’m going to need a good night’s sleep for the week ahead of me. Do you prep for your week ahead over the weekend, or do you just flow through the week? Some weeks I’m prepped for; other weeks, I am more of a pantser. I laugh because that’s more of a writing term, but it works here.
I do know that I feel better when I prepare for the week.
I realize that this quote doesn’t have much to do with the post but I liked it. So enjoy.
I saw this and wanted to share it.
I am a natural hair girlie, and I’m always excited to learn new ways to love my hair. So I had to share this YouTube video. She named her fro Tina, and I’m loving the look!!
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” -Henry David Thoreau
Life could slip right through your fingers in an instant. It’s wild to think of it. But the point is that once you gain perspective on your life and your value, it’s hard to stick around in places that don’t serve you. The paycheck is no longer more valuable than your well-being, your peace, or your ability to sleep at night.
I think this is a great time to remind you that you are valuable and worthy of a beautiful life that’s filled with all the things you love. From basic needs to creative desires. Use those values to guide you. Life is now.
What have you been up to?
“Life needs to be experienced fully, not only in its sweetest, easiest moments. This is what mindfulness is all about—being here and now, with pure awareness of our experiences.” – Jennifer Burger
Ms. Burger is preaching! When I’m working in jobs I don’t love or in environments that don’t sustain me, I feel like my brain takes a back seat until it’s all over. It doesn’t matter if it’s 3 minutes or 3 years. All I know is it’s clear to me now that I want jobs, friends, and environments where I can be fully present!
When we are in places that allow us to be fully present, I’d call that alignment. Alignment is worth the commitment. Do we really need proof? Do we need to see the other side? Is it worth sacrificing your soul? I don’t think so.
What do you think?
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” -Viktor E. Frankl
There’s a part of me that is overwhelmed by this, and there’s a part of me that so deeply feels the liberation in this statement. Choosing your way when you’re a weird kid who loves weird things is only easy because you’ve been a misfit your whole life. I’ve definitely found power in my uniqueness.
What do you think about choosing your attitude? How about your own way?
“The best ideas rarely arise in one isolated mind, but rather develop in networks of curious and creative thinkers.” -Esther Perel
I like how Esther says this. Curious and creative thinkers are fun to be around. I love hearing people’s new ideas. I love being able to incorporate those ideas, even if not right away. I like to be collaborative and really spend time working together, building things. It’s not easy, but when you get that, it’s an irreplaceable feeling. The productivity feels so much more meaningful.
“We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.”
― Richard Rohr
Found this guy, Richard Rohr, love what he has to share. He has a lot of talks on YouTube. I wouldn’t call myself a fan just yet. It’s all very new to me. What I like is that this man has created a bridge so that I can connect with my grandmother. She loved the Franciscans and was very supportive of the Franciscan Monks. I’m glad he’s here sharing new ways to see.
What are you watching?
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