Happy weekend!
26 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Albert Einsstein, everything is energy, match the frequency of the reality you want, quotes, this is not philosophy, this is physics
Everyday Good Fortune
25 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: allow everyday good fortune, Don Miguel Ruiz, drop our complaints, friends, Good Old War, grateful, huge amount of freedom, interviewing, Issaquah, nature, paragliders, Pema Chödrön, Poo Poo Point, quotes, rejoicing in ordinary things, summer, take nothing personally, Tiger Mountain, we enter the warrior's world, writing
For awhile there earlier this spring, things felt pretty tricky to me. Whether or not kinda crappy things were actually happening seems beside the point.
I am the first to admit that I was allowing people and situations to have an effect on me. It’s an easy cycle to get sucked into, and being stuck in that place is far from pleasant. I sifted through (am sifting through) a lot of old stuff.
These days, though, I am working hard on being unaffected. On looking for the beauty. On trusting. On quieting. On choosing joy.
I am currently feeling extremely grateful for:
*this gorgeous pocket of the world I somehow find myself living in (see pics below)
*road trips, big skies, open air, less phone time, movement
*an incredible group of Seattle friends (it’s funny to look back now on a time when I felt so desperate for plans and connections and mates to call my own)
*morning streams of sunshine sneaking through my blinds that wake me long before my alarm
*my music of the moment: Good Old War
*steady work and doing my most favorite part of my job, interviewing fascinating people who are passionate about seemingly random subjects
*the promise of summer—alfresco concerts, hikes, camping trips, visitors, weddings, travels, ice cream, flip flops, twinkly white lights
*quotes like THIS (and a group of supportive, amazing, inspirational women with whom I regularly swap such wise words): “There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.” ~Don Miguel Ruiz
“Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts. Each time we drop our complaints and allow everyday good fortune to inspire us, we enter the warrior’s world.”
| Pema Chödrön
Whistler, In Photos
22 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Adventures, Photos, Wanderlust Tags: Canada, Olympics, skiing, travel, wanderlust, Whistler, Whistler Village
The future has already entered you
22 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in hope smiles from the threshold, Nature, Possibility, Quotes, the year to come, Uncertainty, Wanderlust Tags: Canada, fear not the strangeness you feel, Martha Beck, pulling you through life by your heart, quotes, the future has already entered you, Whistler
{Sun peeking out at Whistler this past weekend}
“Fear not the strangeness you feel.
The future has already entered you.
It is pulling you through life by your heart.”
~Martha Beck
The Way Joy Makes You Move
17 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Emotions, gratitude, Nature, Quotes Tags: don't move the way fear makes you move, Gratitude, move the way joy makes you move, Osho, perspective, quotes, road trip, the way love makes you move, Whistler
(^Isn’t my home lovely? Sometimes I truly can’t believe my luck at being able to walk two blocks from my apartment to soak in this gorgeous setting.)
{I am off on a rather impromptu trip to Whistler early tomorrow morning. I’m really looking forward to some road trippin’, alfresco fun and the chance to temporarily reboot/unplug. In the light of all the emotion, anger and sadness of these recent days, I am trying to find gratitude for the reminder to cherish what really matters. Perspective seems an understatement. I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week!}