appreciating forgiveness and deep love today

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
EVERYTHING CAN CHANGE.
SO FORGIVE OFTEN
AND LOVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN
YOU WILL NOT HAVE THAT
CHANCE AGAIN.

LOVE!

"The hospital is a place where the STRANGER can find rest, protection, and care." 

-Thomas Moore

Renew | Refresh

This morning, more than most mornings, 

I awoke with an appreciation 

of renewal. 

Freshness of the morning. 

Good sleep to carry me through this day. 

A new heart because I've been 

made new. 

Learning, seeing, and loving can 

take place today. 

Freshness is so comforting and such 

a wonderful reminder that I am not 

stuck. 

I am moving and ready for this day. 

I am enough and I have enough 

to give. I want to learn today. 

I want to feel things and think things 

and let my light shine to others. 

As a reminder that even when we feel 

like we are not enough, we are. 

Freshness in the morning reminds me 

of that. 

I am renewed and restored. 

Burn the jacket

I got a new jacket today. Found it misplaced on a rack in Target. 

On sale for $20. 

Some regular retail destiny.

Placing my hands in the pockets, 

I can already tell I'm going to love wearing it. 

But I'd burn it and also burn my favorite Sanuk sandals. 

To get this evening back. 

Redo it. 

To pay for more quality time. 

But you know what? 

What's done is done. 

Why do I feel unsatisfied?

I guess that's my thing 

I gotta deal with it.

haterz gon' hate!

sometimes it is SO hard to live in the moment.
i find myself wishing for something in the past.
or thinking of something i did last week.
and if it isn't that, i'm wishing for better days
or for Friday
or the weekend.
whatever it is, sometimes I feel like the moment
is gone
before I can grasp it.
and it's frustrating.

someone J asked me what type of person I long to be
who I strive to be
I'm thinking more about it now
and I want to be a do-er, someone who grasps moments
and doesn't sit around and wallow in whatever emotions
seem SO important.

you know what?
haters are gonna hate anyway.
might as well do what sounds fun and do it "now".

Hope quote

"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow" 

-O. S. Maden

"Human beings are like a dream, like grass which is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers"

Psalm 90:5-6

humbled | lucky | coffee

What we think, we become.

and i chose to let it mean something

creativity should come out of momentary choices
there shouldn't be postulating, planning or pending moments of thought
things should flow
showing the artist's true color, stroke and genius.

i like to try to grab on to my thoughts
sometimes.
isolating one and then five come after it, quickly.
i never feel truly in touch with the one thought.

perhaps i'm not supposed to capture thoughts for too long.
things end up getting missed or forgotten...
overlooked.

that's what creativity is for.
putting thoughts to use
instead of trying to isolate and grind them into meaning.

meaning is found through creating.
thoughts, beliefs and ideas can last when we let them flow out into action.

Socrates said: 

An unexamined life is not worth living.