“Never over-estimate your power to change others, because you can’t. Never under-estimate your power to change yourself, because you can.” ~Wayne Dyer
Simply put
31 Jul 2012 Leave a comment
in Change, Quotes Tags: change others, Never underestimate, power to change, quotes, Wayne Dyer
A dance a day
30 Jul 2012 3 Comments
in Family, gratitude, Quotes Tags: 40th wedding anniversary, call every truth false, dance, every day lost, family, fragile, Friedrich Niethsche, grateful, laugh, life celebrations, parents, wedding anniversary
Recently, life has felt a bit heavy and full of too many reminders of just how fragile our existence here can be.
Today is about celebrating the wonderful things and people in life (my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary!!!). Happy anniversary, mom and dad! Today, we gratefully celebrate you🙂
“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.”
~Friedrich Nietsche
Have I mentioned I love working from coffee shops?
25 Jul 2012 Leave a comment
in Food + Drink, Leaps, Quotes, The city, writing Tags: Caffe Vita, coffee shops, crazy risk, freelancing, I Street, Martha Beck, Parisian cafe, quote, safe bet, Seattle, self-employment, whatever work feeds your true self, Whitney Houston, working, writing, yoga teachers
Here’s a gem I stumbled upon last week (sun-speckled-Parisian-cafe-meets-downtown-Seattle). Today I’m testing out a new spot where animated yoga teachers chat to my left, Whitney belts out those unmistakable high notes overhead, and refreshing breezes sneak in through wide-open sliding windows.
Some days I feel light years from that Eye Street NW box where I spent 5 years of my life.
“Do whatever work feeds your true self, even if it’s not a safe bet, even if it’s like a crazy risk, even if everyone in your life tells you you’re wrong or bad or crazy.”~Martha Beck
Water, the sequel
22 Jul 2012 Leave a comment
in Change, Emotions, Nature, Photos, Quotes Tags: abides, everything slows, Golden Gardens, Heraclitus, Isak Dinesen, nothing abides, nothing stays fixed, Ray's Cafe, Seattle, sweat, tears, the cure for anything is salt water, the sea, water
“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.”~Isak Dinesen
“Everything flows and nothing abides, everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.” ~Heraclitus
Celebrating happenin’ hoods and happy birthdays
19 Jul 2012 1 Comment
in Change, Family, gratitude, Nature Tags: Birthday, bridges, bubbles, characters, dog pub, Fremont, grateful, locals, mom, mountains, Mr. Moms, Nectar, new perspectives, outdoor cinema, peanut gallery, running, Seattle, Thai restaurants, Theo Chocolate Factory, tick, tie-dye, trails
Things I enjoy about my new ‘hood so far:
~At certain times of the day, the neighborhood air hangs heavy with the aroma of baking brownies (it’s really the Theo Chocolate Factory just around the bend).
~It’s full of kooky characters, many of whom give the place a friendly (if zany) “peanut gallery”-type feel. (Today, near home, I received several compliments on my sundress, one from a man wearing a tie-dye tee who was blowing bubbles out the open window of his fancy-schmancy car that had a license plate that read “LEGGS”…you couldn’t script some of this stuff.)
~Sometimes I’m forced to pause and stretch mid-run until the boat passes through, the drawbridge goes back down, and the mad rush of drivers, joggers and cyclists get the signal to carry on.
~I’m starting to know some of the locals, like the 7-11 owner and his family, who make pleasant small talk every time I pop in (I can finally access my DC bank account on a regular basis, wahoo!)
~The sidewalks and trails seem to be full of Mr. Moms pushing their wee ones in strollers at all hours of the day.
~An outdoor cinema, a dog pub, an open-air music venue, a (savory) pie shop, so much Thai.
~New sights (mountains! hills on all sides!), smells, tastes, sounds, perspective.
**Today I wish my amazing mom, who is just simply the best (there’s really no other way to put it), a wonderful, wonderful birthday (and, more importantly, a happy return to her own bed after an evil tick sent her to a very scary, sick place and a very uncomfortable hospital room for several nights:(). I am beyond grateful she’s on the mend. Friends, especially those of you on the east coast, watch out for those nasty ticks, and give your family members a huge hug today if you’re lucky enough to be near!**