I fall in love 50 times a day: with the birds chirping outside my window, with the little brown-eyed girl dancing around her father’s legs in the parks department where I work, with the handsome gentleman giving up his seat on the bus (and yes, although these are cliches, they have all happened to me … Continue reading
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Healing
‘Helping others means primarily that you radiate the peace and compassion that naturally accompany you when you have healed yourself, found your own inner path, and are walking it joyously.’ – Jeshua in Your Soul’s Gift by Robert Schwartz Continue reading
Your words reflect your character
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
From “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand
Each morning, he rose with the sun, picked up his rifle, and jogged into the sagebrush. He ran up and down hills, over the desert, through gullies. He chased bands of horses, darting into the swirling herds and trying in vain to snatch a fistful of mane and swing aboard. He swam into a sulfur … Continue reading
Shadow
In another life, I’d be a painter, an architect, someone who rummages through antiques and builds vintage beauties bejeweled contraptions, no real purpose. In another life, I’d be a busker, a savant on the guitar, a manic nightwalker whispering lewd melodies in virgin ears. I’d be your underbelly. Your shadow. Your pulse. Through the vines, … Continue reading
Listen,
I’m not a Disney princess, And I’m not a showgirl either, That one time I dabbled in burlesque, I fell, and fell, and bled a little puddle. It’s too bad, though, because that yearning to be a ballerina has plagued me for quite some time, Not sure if it’s the poetic tip-toes, Or the ribbon, … Continue reading
The things I’ll miss
Sunlight filtering through trees, the idea of Paris, applesauce sprinkled with cinnamon, toes squirming in sand, the tide rolling in, frozen fog, knowing glances, strangers stopping to dig my car out of a ditch, Charlevoix in summertime, being completely immersed in water, Dreaming. Continue reading
On Being Human
It’s really difficult being human, feeling so many emotions–tumultuously losing friends, relatives, breaking up, making up, fighting, wishing, yearning, needing but not having. I feel like being human is to feel a big hole inside of you that you can never quite fill. A home for your burning desires, deepest passions, loves, fears. A hole … Continue reading
The Problem with #Suburbia
I saw this Facebook status today, and I had to stop to think about it, given that I’ve been living in Novi for the last four months. Is Novi, or suburbia for that matter, lethal? I don’t know. Personally, I’ve felt more scrutiny and judgment coming from the people in Novi than I ever felt … Continue reading
Thoughts, anyone?
I’m usually a proponent of the “communication crisis” theory regarding the impact of social media and smartphones on society–the idea that although we have hundreds of new ways to connect, we are more lonely than ever because we’re interacting behind computers and cell phones way more than in person. The paradox–that although we have so … Continue reading
Skinny Dipping 