• Romeo: If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle sin is this. My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
• Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, which mannerly devotion shows in this. For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, and palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss.
• Romeo: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers, too?
• Juliet: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.
• Romeo: Well, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.
• Juliet: Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.
• Romeo: Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take.
• Romeo: [They kiss] Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged.
• Juliet: Then have my lips the sin that they have took?
• Romeo: Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again.
• Juliet: [they kiss again] You kiss by the book.

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, delirious of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like the fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars…"

Jack Kerouac

“To think of him in the middle of the day lifts me out of ordinary living."

Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1

you.

Just did the fingersnap to this cold that wants in. Me and my gypsy remedy tea will fight you. I feel too good to feel bad.

Damn it feels good to be a Gangsta.

just a thought...

Great + Attitude = Gratitude.

The Treehouse of Adulthood.

I'm in love.

sigh.

Le sigh.

I am overwhelmed.

I have to remember to breathe.

A good friend told me that I was passionate.

I realized with my dream the other night that

I hold on to feelings and I actually feel them.

(with my finger tips.)

That sounds silly to say, I know.

Simply, to feel,

to feel everything?

Your worst fears, your beautiful hopes.

I am a cluster of all of those.

All combined, I guess they make me,

Me.

to you.

“ Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Laozi

Lesson of the day:

“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present."

Lao Tzu

Sweet Erik,

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because... I know no other way."

Pablo Nerud

for my Love.

“ Sometimes, you have to be apart from people you love, but it doesn’t mean you love them any less. Sometimes, it means you can love them more.

The Last Song

Tonight I think,

I need my thoughts to stretch.

My mind is perplexed.

Overcome with rationality,

I am here.

I want to lay my heart on the side,

bedroom side table,

maybe I will arise.

Pillows kiss my face,

maybe my mind will erase.

Let me continue.

hmm.

“ Part of me loves and respects men so desperately, and part of me thinks they are so embarrassingly incompetent at life and in love. You have to teach them the very basics of emotional literacy.

Anne Lamott, Operating Instructions

ode to John.

“ I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I’ve lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment.

John Steinbeck

‎"I will not wait to Love the Best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to Love well sometime in the Future. That is a terrible way to think. It is no way to Live, to wait for Love."
-Dave Eggers

“ Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war.

Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

"Money is not my richness. My richness is to walk on the Earth barefoot."

Bob Marley

a, b, c, and be.

To go through Life with a humble heart is the goal. There is a fine line between having too high of expectations on what you should receive and having low self esteem for what you should get. Its a complete balancing act. Through out this process I have found that in my weak moments I either:

a) forget to look at what is in front of me.

b) see what I see, but take it for granted.

c) not accept that I deserve the World.

Today I realized that if I stay in tune of what I really need, (really, really need, not what I want)

I can skip a, b, and c and just be.

I am completely mesmerized by this idea and I like it.

thankful girl.

I am thankful that I exist in this beautiful world. Pure and simple.

Me & Life's agreement.

I caught myself today smiling. Not just smiling...it was a literal ear to ear, cheeks flushed, eyes shining kind of smile. These are the moments. Its insane how a person's Life can change in a moment. You see, I've kept the peace with Life. Me and Life, we have an agreement. The agreement is that if I never forget how precious it is, and enjoy each moment, Life will give me back what I give out.

There will be ups and downs, tears of joy and of pain. But Life knows what I need to grow.

Its been working perfectly for the past 28 years.

And you know what Life decided to do to me unexpectedly?

I received a Gift that was so surprising it took my breath away.

Someone so beautiful.

And so here is my Thank you card to you Life. You got me. You are my homie. You got my back, you know exactly what I need.

And I love you.

“ Oh, that I could shrink the surface of the world, so that suddenly I might find you standing at my side!

Wang Chie

“ There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound.

Diana Cortes

sunkissed love.

“ Spending time together seemed almost too easy, as if we’d skipped all those first steps that couples are supposed to have, as if we had loved each other as kids, gone our separate ways, then returned to each other as adults who were through with games and already knew each other’s secrets.

Adam Langer, The Thieves of Manhattan

“ I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and the crying, I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can’t tell fast enough, the ears that aren’t big enough, the eyes that can’t take in all of the change, I like the hugging, the bringing together, the end of missing someone.

Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

off for adventure.

reminding myself to stay open minded, clear headed, and to always....always....

constantly,

EVOLVE.

that is all.

golden.

“ He’s the kind of person who if you were standing in line and the checkout person messed up and was causing everyone to wait wouldn’t freak out or make a big deal out of it, or even shift and sigh loudly to convey his irritation. He would stand there and all of his internal machinations about the situation would be tempered by his belief that everyone is pretty much trying to do their best.

Emma Rathbone, The Patterns of Paper Monsters

“ It is one of the defects of my character that I cannot altogether dislike anyone who makes me laugh.

W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpenc

My Saturday Song.

The Man's Guide To Love #232 from themansguidetolove on Vimeo.

"Its just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want

them to show me, so I can feel it too."

Stephen Chbosky- The perks of being a Wallflower.

"Laughing, because it feels freaking good."
Ratheany Sengheu


(I've been quoted! I feel famous...even if its from a bestie, I'll take it!)

:)

compromise.

I LOVE FLOWERS.

come play with meeeee.

This is simply too much. I can't handle it.

oh, what I would commit.

I am an insane amount of bundles right now.
I feel joy. I feel giddy. I feel apprehension.
All I know is through all this, (and its madness, I tell you what) I would not give up this feeling
for anything.
Anything.

I feel amazing.

Crazy, these life adventures. One day you feel like your cheek could rest on the dirt for eternity. The next, singing, flying high- wind through your hair.

The reason for this is to fully appreciate each moment...good or bad.

I am grateful for the flip side. I will not appreciate happiness in vain. I know what sucks and I know how to change it.

And you...you happiness...you've been patiently waiting.

“If you want to view Paradise, simply look around and view it."
Pure Imagination-Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory

perfection.

In Love with today.

to you.

not about flowers or chocolate.

thank you.

never gets old.

Mondays.

I am currently boiling water for my tea listening to some Marley. Its a gentle Monday morning. I think I may be the only person in the world who loves Mondays. Mondays are my regroup/cleaning in just a tshirt and panties/hair up/music loud/the occasional nap/book store shopping/bullshit internet surfing/daydreaming kinda day.

Eventually I will have to let go of these precious Mondays. Not today. Off to sip my tea with

Bob Marley.

Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.

4 minutes later:

The violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

6 minutes:

A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 minutes:

A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.

45 minutes:

The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

1 hour:

He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities.

The questions raised:

*In a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?

*Do we stop to appreciate it?

*Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made…

How many other things are we missing?

(via allthearmsaroundyou)

I know I would have stayed to listen. Maybe even twirled.

“ It’s a great thing when a man knows how to dance, she said. When a man can dance, the world is his oyster.

Joyce Maynard, Labor Day

if my heart could sing.

hey you...come here, lets do this.

thats who I'll be.

“ If love be rough with you, then you be rough with love.

William Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet

my song.

Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel

It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good

Fish in the sea you know how I feel
River running free you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree you know how I feel

Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when day is done
That's what I mean

And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me

Stars when you shine you know how I feel
Scent of the pine you know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel

Nina Simone

"In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?" - Siddhartha Gautama

Fellow goddess sister told me, this is your song now.

magic.

I was just thinking...

Life presents so many emotions. It can be a whirlwind, feelings going up and down-all around. Just blowing all around you. I've often been carried away by these emotions. But this feeling I feel right now I can't describe. I feel like my heart is simply going to explode with pure happiness.

I am a thankful girl today. I feel blessed to have someone new join my Life Party.

I completely understand the phrase now,

"Where have you been all my Life?"

:)

"Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed.

Maybe they need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them."

Sex and the City

"People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

Abraham Lincoln

"I call you Sun...because you Shine like one."

said by a sweetheart.

swoon.

Get your hands dirty, you got to dig to your Purpose.

shout it out.

“ You can’t give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they’re strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky. That’s how you’ll end up if you let yourself love a wild thing. You’ll end up looking at the sky.

Truman Capote-Breakfast at Tiffany’s

"Someday you're gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You'll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing..."
— Elizabeth Gilbert

"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight." -Phyllis Diller

"My Karma is my Dharma. Meaning, what my life is presenting me with is the vehicle through which I can become free." -Ram Dass

Outward peace is useless without inner peace - Gandhi

I am really, really really happy.

That is all.

:)

"Meditation is simply a question of being, of melting, like a
piece of butter left in the sun." -Sogyal Rinpoche

‎"I dont know, but I've been told...if you keep on Dancing you'll never grow old" - Steve Miller Band

"If you have done the best you can do and if you have gotten all you could extract from something -- you have given all you had to give, then the time has come when you can do no more than say thank you and move on" - Maya Angelou

Much Love.

“ I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

Ayn Rand

twirl.

"My true religion, my simple faith is in love and compassion. There is no need for complicated philosophy, doctrine, or dogma. Our own heart, our own mind, is the temple. The doctrine is compassion. Love for others and respect for their rights and dignity, no matter who or what they are - these are ultimately all we need."

Dalai Lama

Today I am learning:

Definition of INDIFFERENCE

1

: the quality, state, or fact of being indifferent

2

a archaic : lack of difference or distinction between two or more thingsb : absence of compulsion to or toward one thing or another

"After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, and you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and company doesn't mean security, and you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises, and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open, with the grace of an adult, not the grief of a child. You learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans. After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much. And you learn that you really can endure... that you really are strong, and you really do have worth."

“ We were meant to lose people we love. How else would we know how important they are?

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

"I found myself belligerent following the Stars in your Eyes."

Coco Rosie

gazed & amazed.

Today I cried. I cried for all the joy in my Life. I cried for the sadness. I literally mobilized myself into a position where I was alone. Meaning moi, in a movie theatre. By. Myself.

The movie was insanely appropriate. To sum my mini adventure up, I will say this:

"Choose your emotions like you choose your wardrobe."

"I will stay with you unhappy to remain happy because I am with you."

"Think of the possibilities."

I sigh. I literally cried my way through this beautiful flick. And then I left with broken stories that piece who I am in this huge World.

I cover my emotions with my aviators. But today that trusty friend was overwhelmed by the stream of Love. Love for myself, Love for whom I Love.

But what I realized is, I Loved enough to let go.

I jumped in my car with such haste (late for work, possibly) and a Yellow Butterfly flew past my windshield. I gazed amazed. I turned on the radio and the most golden, perfection of a song started as my fingers left the knob. I laughed and I cried.

See, I realized through all of this...through every inch of my body aching...

I will be okay.

Folks, Life is too short. I will remain insanely passionate in every moment all of the time,

BUT

I remembered junior high. "Take a chill pill."

So I am chilling. Drugged up on a pill that will take me higher, and beyond.

And at the end of the day I will be happy.

“ It isn’t possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.

E.M. Forster

“ But it’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst… And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life.

American Beauty

“ I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.

Stephen Sondheim

a song to twirl to.

pretty please.

"As my situation changed and the time tumbled on, a small part of me was terrified, truly terrified to not to hurt over someone I once loved, anymore. My flawed logic as it played out over the last 12 months was this: As bad as the pain of losing the man I loved was, I wanted him to be in my life in any capacity. Even if my role was to be that of the unrequited lover, I would take it and this meant that he would be in my heart (albeit, in the most painful of ways) and I could continue maintaining his presence more there then if I were to fully close the chapter of this love and move on.

I burrowed myself deeply into my own emotions and existed in a comfortable state of sadness for a little over a year, a place that in the dark, I could feel my way around it’s raw edges, and I grew to know this space quite well. But, both recently and rather suddenly, I realized that I am mourning, and truthfully, felt a panic at the possibility.

I think the funny thing about this emotion is that in terms of relationships, everyone wants to control something so they can feel sure about it. Since the last thing we can ever manage is that of the heart and emotions of another person, we are stuck with the crazy depths of our own minds to perceive life as we conceive it to be.

I have a hard time with the loss of romantic love simply because much of the time, it means the loss of your best friend as well."

yes.

"I believe that Ghandi's views are the most enlightened of our time; we should strive to do things in his spirit. Not to use violence for our cause, but by not participating in anything we believe to be evil."

- Albert Einstein

Oh how my heart needed this.

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of Life: that word is Love."
Sophocles

“ Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.

Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidentia

write away.

...during a restless, mind whirling night I calmed myself with a pen and paper.

*I highly recommend it.

“ No single event can awaken within us a stranger whose existence we had never suspected. To live is to be slowly born.

Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900-1944)

“ Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

Mary Wilder

flow.

Practicing a little patience today. I woke up split between two options: to be negative or to be positive. After arguing with myself, I decided to just go with the flow of the day.

Its working out nicely.

to you.

“ This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Actions speak louder than words.

“ Some people, as far as your senses are concerned, just feel like home.

High Fidelity

Abundance: A-Bun-Dance...

Dance your buns off today.

:)

“ No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don’t love anybody.

Rita Mae Brown, Speech, August 28th, 1982

to all my sisters...

“ Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life. Love should not be one of them.

Meet Joe Black

"If we can relate to others on the basis of equa¬nimity, our compassion will not depend on the fact that so and so is my husband, my wife, my relative, my friend. Rather, a feeling of closeness toward all others can be developed based on the simple recognition that, just like myself, all wish to be happy and to avoid suffering. In other words, we will start to relate to others on the basis of their sentient nature."

Dalai Lama

“ There’s a fine line between thinking about somebody and thinking about not thinking about somebody, but I have the patience and the self-control to walk that line for hours—days, if I have to.

Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

My favorite canvas bag is happy. Today it contained blueberries, tangerines, wasabi peas,

and two new orchids.

Yes.

"if you're happy in your head, then solitude is blessed."

“ I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.

John Steinbeck, East of Eden

I love.

I would like to offer thanks to Life today. And a high five. I actually woke up today with a love song in my head, a feeling in my heart and tears in my eyes. Now my eyes are puffy

but happy.

Off to yoga.

oh so cheesy, but true.

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart." Kahil Gibran

"Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control."

I came across this sweet tidbit today online and it made me smile.

:)

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights

feeeling freeeee.

Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness - Mark Twain

yes.

Amen.

My heart is a little blue. Missing my bird who is an Ocean away.

today.

I am a thankful girl today. I successfully learned to paddle surf. I had no clue what time it was the entire day. I had sand in my bikini bottoms. I love that. I mean, I hate that...but I love that there is sand for me to have in my bottoms. And I love that I had the best conversation today. We were drifting 100 yards out, sitting on our surf boards, feeling the waves and just straight up swapping vibes.

Oh, and on the way back to shore I had sea turtles underneath me....playing.

my plane song.

I am ready for surfing lessons, hula hooping, yoga on the beach and laughter...lots and lots of laughter.

(I also can't wait to see my little daughter's eyes when she sees the Ocean-that will be epic)

I can barely close my eyes. I get to fly above clouds tomorrow morning.

"Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." Thoreau


I am taking life slow today. I went to my morning yoga class and then on a whim jumped in my car and went back to the studio for a night class. My day has been full of thought and thankfulness. Curled in bed now, ready to dream,

really big.

:)

"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."
African Proverb

"When you are sorrowful, look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth, you are weeping for that which has been your Delight."
Khalil Gibbon

"Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you. You just gotta find the ones worth suffering for."
Bob Marley


I know who he is.

"I know thats what people say-you'll get over it. I'd say it, too. But I know its not true. Oh, you'll be happy again, never fear. But you won't forget.
The next time you fall in love it will be because something in the man reminds you of him."
Betty Smith, A tree grows in Brooklyn

pretty stoked about today.

I kicked some ass today. Just thought I would share.

:)

By letting go of what weighs us down, we can't help but RISE.

put your records on.

"The four building blocks of the Universe are: Fire, Water, Gravel & Vinyl."
Dave Barry

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all, still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing."
Agatha Christie

home is wherever there is you.

love.

passion.

p.s. my favorite is posture 18 poorna salabhasana

"trust only movement. life happens at the level of events, not words.

trust movement." alfred alder

www.opinionapparel.com

"Your treasure-your perfection-is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the busy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart. The kundalini shakti -the supreme energy of the divine- will take you there."

Eat, Pray, Love.

Funny how the Universe gives you the most perfect paragraph to read during your day.

I am learning how to play the guitar. I took away all expectation, anxiety & nervousness and just strummed away. Its actually sounding pretty good.

:)

oh, how I love them.

mmhm.

today's banter.

instead of the usual,

"oh, my ex and I have been to St. John..."

sounds so, I dunno- well, you know.

I was able to say,

"oh, one of my best friends and I have been to St. John..."

I exist in a loving life.

let the games begin:)

I am a little overwhelmed this moment. I experienced something today that has touched me from the inside out.

I started my life party by pushing early morning yoga class to noon. I was a few minutes late due to lack of parking spots and all of these thoughts started creeping in, telling me "girlfriend, maybe this is a sign you should just go home. I mean, do you really want to endure 90 minutes of hot yoga today of all days?"

I politely told myself to shut up and walked in the studio.

A normal class holds 30 yogis and you'll find me always in the very back right corner. I can be a creature of habit, and too shy to be front and center.

Today I was the only yogi attending class. This never happens.

I was meant to be there today.

My amazing goddess instructor and I did the class together, side by side, just the two of us.

And I stood in the front row.