A place where you can be human.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Theodore Hesburgh
Tomorrow is mothers day! Just a reminder. I love my mama to the moon and back. When I was little I was stuck to her hip and I’m still very close to her. I’m so grateful to be blessed with a mama like mine.
No, I’m not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people.
Jay-Z
I don’t listen to enough Jay-Z but I can appreciate these words for what they are right here. I do appreciate hope in most things. What is there if we don’t envision a better future for ourselves and our children and those to come. The root of my drive resides in hope (and faith and love). There was a time I lost hope but it wasn’t until I surrendered that things began to work in my favor. There’s a lot worth fighting for but there’s times when surrendering wins the battle. Those times are the times that we’ve grasped too tightly to the wheel, to our need for control. I took a course the other day called Stop the Bleed, and while we were practicing on the dummies we learned that we get tired very quickly while performing these life saving actions. That we have to delegate those around us to help us save lives. This isn’t about delegation though, it’s about being prepared to let those around you step in when it’s time, so that you can work together much longer than you would if you were alone. Learning to let go is scary but it truly can save lives (and I’m not just talking about stop the bleed here).
To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage.
Georgia O’Keeffe
I think to create ones world in general takes courage. We are taught in so many ways that creation is outside of us. That creation resides in anything but the human soul. I think this diminishes our humanity. We were made in the image of God. We are holy and set apart. That doesn’t mean we create God but it does mean we can create great things, especially from within ourselves. It does get under my skin a little bit when people give away their power. But then again, I’m still learning my own.
to appreciate this Pocahontas song.
“What I love most about rivers is
You can’t step in the same river twice
The water’s always changing, always flowing
But people, I guess, can’t live like that
We all must pay a price
To be safe, we lose our chance of ever knowing
What’s around the riverbend
Waiting just around the riverbend
I look once more
Just around the riverbend
Beyond the shore
Where the gulls fly free
Don’t know what for
What I dream, the day might send
Just around the riverbend
For me
Coming for me
I feel it there beyond those trees
Or right behind these waterfalls
Can I ignore that sound of distant drumming?
For a handsome sturdy husband
Who builds handsome sturdy walls
And never dreams that something might be coming
Just around the riverbend
Just around the riverbend
I look once more
Just around the riverbend
Beyond the shore
Somewhere past the sea
Don’t know what for
Why do all my dreams extend
Just around the riverbend?
Just around the riverbend
Should I choose the smoothest course
Steady as the beating drum?
Should I marry Kocoum?
Is all my dreaming at an end?
Or do you still wait for me, dream giver
Just around the riverbend?”
I needed this inspiration today! Don’t forget to think about your dreams.
I appreciate this song so much more as an adult. Having a million dreams simultaneously was normal as a child but people places and spaces sure do have it them to beat you down until you willingly live someone else’s dream. What’s strange is there’s enough here for everyone to live their best life. I hope this song inspires you to think about your dreams today a little bit more than you did yesterday.
Albert Einstein
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.
I appreciate having some structure and order in my life. I also appreciate when things happen in a nice linear fashion, but we don’t always get those options. Time is an interesting thing. I like to think about Einstein’s theories on time and I like discussing time with people I feel comfortable around. It’s been a while since I’ve read up on them though. Just think people with near death experiences say how they see their life flash before their eyes seconds before the accident happens. It’s taken me thirty minutes just to think about what to write on this blog post.
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Zora Neale Hurston
Well, that’s an inviting way to think about research. I truly enjoy research. It lights my fire and helps me better understand the world around me. Research inspires me to read and write more than anything else ever has. Just set me free and let me explore all the books and articles I can get my greedy little hands on. Makes me wonder if maybe I should be finding a problem to research so I can have my curiosity back. Well, there’s always problems to solve and questions to ask but it’s figuring out the right that takes the most time.
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness
Rollo May
Human tenderness makes this world a better place. Helping littles learn something new, supporting the elderly, or just doing something selflessly because it matters to you, leaves a positive impact on those around you.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
Mark Twain
Welp, there’s a lot I’m learning so this quote makes me feel better about myself. Sometimes it feels like great writers are just great but the truth is they had to start somewhere. Be bold enough to look silly when you’re learning new things.
Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other.
Sojourner Truth
My goodness this week has been one huge roller coaster ride for me from all aspects of my life. I’m beyond over stimulated! I need a hot bath with bubbles and a candle asap!!
Friday the fifth, the moon will be filled! I figured with all these feels, I’d share some different ways to find the calm in midst of overstimulation.
What calms you when you’re overstimulated?
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Pablo Picasso
Daily life could be absolutely stunning. It could be all you have ever dreamed of and still at the end of the day, you gotta wash your soul. It’s wild. We forget sometimes that even when things are going great, we have to mind our soul hygiene. Having the tough conversations, thinking about goals, thinking about what’s working and what isn’t, and using these as artistic inspo helps to keep a level head throughout life’s ups and downs. Adds value too!
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