“We don’t realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.” -Elizabeth Gilbert
Life is messy, just when you think you’ve figured it out and you’ve found your focus, shit hits the fan- usually figuratively…or quite literally depending on the situation. Most times I’ve felt like I’m running around constantly only to remain standing in the same place I’ve always been.
In retrospect though, we have moved mountains without even realizing it. So, that is what my hope is for this blog… to call attention to the things that are positive and all the strides made along the way.
As the chinese philosopher Lao Tzu said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one single step.”
LATEST POSTS
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Fire
“You are not stressed because you are doing too much. You are stressed because you are doing too little of what makes you feel most alive.” “If you don’t know what to pursue in life right now, pursue yourself. Pursue becoming the healthiest, happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself. Then the…
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Brief Hiatus
Recent months/the last year or so has been tumultuous. My determination has pushed me to continue to pursue the things that are important to me. Most importantly, I want to embrace hope. Hope is and has always been my defining feature (good luck explaining that one in an interview), things can’t always be horrible, right?…
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Prove them wrong.
I’ve always been the “sweet” one. The one that played with the streamers in the box of decorations, the one with the curly ringlet blonde hair, the one who loved strawberry milk out of a pink bottle when I was young. When did having empathy for other people become a determining factor on someone’s vision…
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Low
This is my depression. I feel nothing and everything. Everything I do hurts. I can’t do anything right and nothing makes sense. I feel I will never stop being in pain. I can’t do the things I want because of the pain. Whenever I start to become excited or hopeful the pain, whether it be…
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Starting fresh…again.
This past year [I’m talking from right now to this time last year] has been complete chaos. From leaving a job I loved with people who made me feel good, to transferring to another position where the superior was demeaning and told me that I am “paid too much to not be picking up quickly…
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light.
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
-Sarah Williams, The Old Astronomer to his Pupil
Illuminating Madness 