Little Boxes

And the people in the houses

All went to the university,
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

One of Those Things

"If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for."

- Thomas Merton

Monday

Nude!

Let's get naked.. 

Ringing in the New Year

This year I'm big on resolutions.. 2013 promises to be infinitely marvellous

and I cannot wait to ring in the New Year with a bang xx 

Resolution #1 

Living healthier, each day..

Cooking, yoga, wine. 

Resolution #2

Loving whole-heartedly..

Letting loose, dreaming wildly, igniting the fire.

Sharing memories, reconnecting with good friends, finding

my people, embracing new beginnings.

Resolution #3 

Learning, experiencing, moving forward always..

Finding myself, wherever I might be.

Saturday

New York pushes me to think.

New York pushes me to think. I leave, always, with a certain mindfulness.  It is a place which brings me clarity, assurance, an urge to explore. It reminds me how it feels to love. If there exists another city in the world that can bring me so close to myself, I yearn to dive head-first into it's uncertainty. 

People often ask me 'why New York,' but I can never seem to find the right words. 

Tuesday

Our lives are only as marvellous as we allow them to be..

Vacation in my Mind

For the longest time I have been dreaming about fur and cashmere and all the magic that cold weather inspires - earmuffs and hot chocolate. But tonight, I can't help but to dream of the sunshine and my Summer hats.. I blame this photo. 

On Responsibility

"If it wasn't for me, I'd do brilliantly." 

- Le Smoking

It's amazing how quickly we forget to live our lives in our own way.. If we're responsible for anything, it is our own happiness and stability, it is the respect and admiration for our greatest supporters. With a glass of wine we live romantically, but with confidence in our capabilities and a passion for life 

we live brilliantly.

Thoughts

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." 

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ribbons and Bows

After our lunch M said,

"You were, and are, lovely as always."

I come to realize that even in my cynicism I strive to achieve a flourishing loveliness 

- one that, to my surprise, may already exist.

Copy and Paste (I dare you)

"When people copy you..

It actually helps you move on." 

- Suzanne Koller

I find it incredible that a single line can change our thinking, alter our approach to 

an experience, and affect the way in which we position ourselves in our little worlds. 

In viewing things in a positive light, we learn to challenge ourselves in ways

that enrich our mindfulness and expand our language. 

Our work - copied - is but a stepping 

stone to something greater. 

"We accept the love we think we deserve" 

- The Perks of Being a Wallflower

How Lovely

From the Waist Down

Things to Love

Saturdays

In the middle of a bad day I received some sound advice from the universe:

"Expectation is the idea that something will go a certain way, or that I am entitled to something. Entitlement is the one of most limiting and destructive of reactive behaviours. But the real problem with it is that when we feel entitled we are simply not happy. Happy people are doing something, creating something, being something.. Action is the opposite of expectation."