Love is a verb.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony
—Gandhi
“This life is what you make it. No matter what, you’re going to mess up sometimes, it’s a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you’re going to mess it up. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they’re your true best friends. Don’t let go of them. Also remember, As for lovers, well, they’ll come and go too. And babe, I hate to say it, most of them actually pretty much all of them are going to break your heart, but you can’t give up becuase if you give up, you’ll never find your soul mate. You’ll never find that half who makes you whole and that goes for everything. Just because you fail once, doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life’s a beautiful thing and there’s so much to smile about.”—Marilyn Monroe
My mistake.
Something I came to realize is that my mistakes have been blessings and I am learning to embrace them as a learning experience. The trouble is when you make mistakes repeatedly. What does it mean when you repeatedly make a mistake? It means that you are not tuned in. It means you in one way or another have created an imbalance in your life and that when the laws of the universe pointed out the imbalance you didn’t look. You didn’t stop to see what had really happened.
I’ve done this in my life and recently have made the choice to stay tuned in from now on. Every single thing that a person does is a reflection of how in tune they are with God/Source. There are things in life I wish (we all wish) could be taken back. However that kind of thought is a waste of time. The past no longer exists anywhere but in our memories. Holding onto it or wishing that it was different will only stop us from moving forward and being who we really are.
Sometimes forgiving yourself seems impossible but every time it is the only thing that can be done. The only thing that will allow you to grow from the mistake that was made and to turn it into a lesson.
(Source: tetinotete)
The greatest thing about harvesting spring water in the winter… Oak Creek Canyon in the winter.
A lesson learned…
Learned this from a life experience and could never quite put the lesson into word. Then I read this and it is years worth of experience all wrapped up in a paragraph. Because that is how all of life’s lessons are. Very simple and for some reason so hard to grasp completely. Every time I have what Oprah calls an “aha! moment” it can usually be summed up in a paragraph or even a sentence. Then when you go back and read it it is usually so simple and almost even cliche.
This was a hard lesson to learn but I am glad that I have learned it. Hopefully this little quote can help some other people to understand how important it is to face your inner demons before they become the thing that pushes you to push the people you love out of your life.
“The distance from your pain, your grief, your unattended wounds, is the distance from your partner. And the distance from your partner is the distance from the living truth, your own great nature. Whatever maintains that distance, that separation from ourselves and our beloveds, must be investigated with mercy and awareness. This distance is not overcome by one giving up their space to another, but by both partners entering together the unknown between them. The mind creates the abyss but the heart crosses it.”
My Sisters Wedding
A couple weeks ago my family and I got back from Puerto Vallarta to celebrate my sister’s wedding. It was absolutely wonderful. Congratulations to my beautiful sister and my new brother.
