Sunday, May 27, 2012
life lessons
If you need to explain yourself in depth and you feel your perspectives on life are not the same, cut them out. DO YOU and give your precious energy to those who will properly receive it.
life lessons, Advice from Steph
they always say that your closest friends will be able to tell you if a guy is worth your time and will be able to see things u dont.
I am awesome.
I will not devalue myself.
you needa learn how to spot it handle it and peace out from it.
Me: Be selective with who you share yourself with.
America
What makes me love "America" is the fact that I could hate America and still live here. Not necessarily without friction but still, here.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Quote Compilation
"Change the way the world works, not just the way you work in the world." [Raj Patel] "Man belongs not only to an ordered world, he also belongs in the wonder world of his soul." [CG Jung, Liber Novus] Lack of understanding leads us away from unity. It is better to light a candle than curse the dark. If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children. [Mahatma Gandhi] Youth is the engine of the world. Sometimes you have to close your eyes to see. If you wanna see change then put your ones in the air then point to yourself cause change starts right there I know it's so cliche but I'm angry that some can't eat Meanwhile I'm letting a damn feast of pastas and canned meats Rot in my pantry Like lord please can we speak on this frankly Like G-d why you letting this happen? Amen, he answered, son I'm askin you the same thing Cause you're supposed to be my servants Out here working Like you're my hands reaching out to those that's hurtin You don't have long on this earth And I hope you won't compromise... We sell our dreams and our potential just to escape through that buzz. [Macklemore-Otherside] "All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side." [Marguerite Young] Do not worry about being liked, do not mind being hated -- just yearn to be heard “One who takes medicine and neglects diet wastes the skill of their doctors.” [Chinese Proverb] May I become at all times, both now and forever A protector for those without protection A guide for those who have lost their way A ship for those with oceans to cross A bridge for those with rivers to cross A sanctuary for those in danger A lamp for those without light A place of refuge for those who lack shelter And a servant to all in need. [Dalai Lama] “A friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you just the same” “Those who do not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.” [Elbert Hubbard] America has its foot in your head [Watts Prophets-Celebration] "It's gonna take me to crack this mirror to finally be myself again." [Macklemore-Life is Cinema] "Until you do what you believe in, you don't know whether you believe it or not." [Tolstoy] If you want to live a life of joy and fulfillment, you have to find the courage to break those agreements [with yourself] that are fear-based and claim your personal power. The agreements that come from fear require us to expend a lot of energy, but the agreements that come from love help us to conserve energy and even gain extra energy. Our personal power is dissipated by all the agreements we have created, and the result is that we feel powerless. [Don Miguel Ruiz- The Four Agreements, pp. 21-22] Not just another day. It's a day to WAKE UP and MAKE A DIFFERENCE Knowledge of self is like life after death. [Black Star-K.O.S.] `` New York City “I can't wait to get back to New York City where at least when I walk down the street, no one ever hesitates to tell me exactly what they think of me.”
When you leave New York, you ain't goin' nowhere.
Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.
New York, the nation's thyroid gland.
When you leave New York, you ain't goin' nowhere.
Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.
New York, the nation's thyroid gland.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
quotes- the self
"Our greatest glory is not never falling, it is rising every time you do fall"
- Confucius
"Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing to do, but to hold together when everyone else would understand if you fall apart, that's true strength"
- Confucius
"Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing to do, but to hold together when everyone else would understand if you fall apart, that's true strength"
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
25 Things Learned in My 20s Article
1. You can’t date a jerk and expect to turn them into a good person. Jerks are fully committed to being unpleasant. Those brief moments of tenderness they give you are designed to trip you up and give you false hope. It’s best to stay away altogether.
2. The rumors are true: your metabolism does slow down as you get older! That means if you’re still eating whatever you want, there’s a good chance you’ll start to gain an awkward amount of weight. It won’t be too drastic but your clothes will start to hang differently on your body and you’ll feel an overall feeling of unattractiveness. Start to be conscious of what you eat and strive to live a healthier lifestyle if you want to get your teen body back. (Let’s be real though, that might not ever come back.)
3. You’re going to lose touch with a lot of your friends. With some people, it will be expected but with others it will feel like a punch to the stomach. No friendship is truly safe in your twenties. You’re undergoing so many personal and professional changes that there’s bound to be some casualties along the way. Don’t worry though. You’ll end up with the ones that matter. If someone’s no longer in your life, it’s for a reason.
4. You’ll be jealous of everyone who’s more successful than you. That’s okay. Just transfer that jealousy into something productive, like working really hard so you can one day eclipse them and make them feel jealous of YOU.
5. You’ll question every decision you make and never feel completely certain that you made the right choice. It’s pointless to wonder though. You’re here now so you might as well make it be the right decision.
6. You’re going to give your heart to a few people who don’t deserve it. Then, one day you’ll come to your senses and ask them to give it back.
7. You’ll see your parents get older. You’ll come home during Christmas break and see new lines developing on their faces. One day it’ll just hit you that your parents are old and going to die. There’s nothing you can do about it, besides treat them with kindness and visit as much as your budget permits.
8. You’ll have a boss who makes you feel like you’re nothing. It doesn’t have to be in a Devil Wears Prada way. The cruelty can be much more subtle. Don’t let them get to you though. They have no idea who the hell you really are and you’re probably going to have their job someday so…
9. Doing drugs is fun until it’s not, until it starts affecting your life in negative ways and leaves you feeling guilty and wrecked. If that happens, you should stop doing them.
10. You’re going to puke in public. It’s fine. No one cares. Just puke.
11. You’ll know how to make twenty dollars last an entire week because you spent almost all of your paycheck on groceries at Whole Foods and drunk cab rides. This lesson in frugality will serve you well.
12. You’re going to betray your convictions. You’re going to feel shame. You’re going to continue to put yourself in situations that aren’t good for you. And then, slowly but surely, it will become less frequent. It might not ever go away completely but it won’t be as bad. In the meantime, stop shame spiraling about it. It gets you nowhere.
13. Loving yourself is hard. Hating yourself is harder.
14. You’re going to hook up with someone who you would never touch in the daylight sober. Just don’t freak out too much about it. Consider it to be your good deed for the day.
15. You’re going to have people in your life who are toxic. They may say that they love you, they may say that they have your back, but they don’t. Get rid of them.
16. You’ll have moments with someone that are so intense, it’ll feel like you’ve been electrocuted back to life. You’ll hold on to these moments for a long time. They’ll give you hope when you’re going through the motions.
17. You’ll always care about your first love. That doesn’t make you crazy, it just makes you human. When relationships end, it’s not so cut and dry. You carry everyone you’ve ever loved into every relationship thereafter.
18. You’ll enter your twenties as a fashion disaster and (hopefully) leave them looking fantastic. If you don’t know how to put yourself together by then, I really don’t know what to tell you.
19. You’ll realize that the Internet can be a cruel son of a bitch but, you know, www.whatever.com.
20. So much of what you think matters doesn’t actually matter at all. It’s kind of rude. Like, thanks for making me believe in things that are ultimately so inconsequential, you jerk.
21. You’ll treat someone terribly. Whether it to be a lover or your friend, there’ll be someone whose feelings you take for granted. We focus too much on whether or not someone is hurting us. The reality is that we might actually be the one who’s hurting someone.
22. Doing “grown-up things” doesn’t make you a grown up. Shopping for housewares, buying a plant, embracing domesticity — these things don’t create maturity. If you’re still a baby who hasn’t figured things out, you’ll remain a baby, no matter how many times you pay your rent on time.
23. Don’t force yourself into loving anyone. If it’s not working in the beginning, it’s probably not going to work ever.
24. You are so lucky to have everything that you have. Stop crying about an unreturned text message and get some perspective.
25. Don’t go too long without having sex. Ever. http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/25-things-ive-learned-in-my-twenties/
2. The rumors are true: your metabolism does slow down as you get older! That means if you’re still eating whatever you want, there’s a good chance you’ll start to gain an awkward amount of weight. It won’t be too drastic but your clothes will start to hang differently on your body and you’ll feel an overall feeling of unattractiveness. Start to be conscious of what you eat and strive to live a healthier lifestyle if you want to get your teen body back. (Let’s be real though, that might not ever come back.)
3. You’re going to lose touch with a lot of your friends. With some people, it will be expected but with others it will feel like a punch to the stomach. No friendship is truly safe in your twenties. You’re undergoing so many personal and professional changes that there’s bound to be some casualties along the way. Don’t worry though. You’ll end up with the ones that matter. If someone’s no longer in your life, it’s for a reason.
4. You’ll be jealous of everyone who’s more successful than you. That’s okay. Just transfer that jealousy into something productive, like working really hard so you can one day eclipse them and make them feel jealous of YOU.
5. You’ll question every decision you make and never feel completely certain that you made the right choice. It’s pointless to wonder though. You’re here now so you might as well make it be the right decision.
6. You’re going to give your heart to a few people who don’t deserve it. Then, one day you’ll come to your senses and ask them to give it back.
7. You’ll see your parents get older. You’ll come home during Christmas break and see new lines developing on their faces. One day it’ll just hit you that your parents are old and going to die. There’s nothing you can do about it, besides treat them with kindness and visit as much as your budget permits.
8. You’ll have a boss who makes you feel like you’re nothing. It doesn’t have to be in a Devil Wears Prada way. The cruelty can be much more subtle. Don’t let them get to you though. They have no idea who the hell you really are and you’re probably going to have their job someday so…
9. Doing drugs is fun until it’s not, until it starts affecting your life in negative ways and leaves you feeling guilty and wrecked. If that happens, you should stop doing them.
10. You’re going to puke in public. It’s fine. No one cares. Just puke.
11. You’ll know how to make twenty dollars last an entire week because you spent almost all of your paycheck on groceries at Whole Foods and drunk cab rides. This lesson in frugality will serve you well.
12. You’re going to betray your convictions. You’re going to feel shame. You’re going to continue to put yourself in situations that aren’t good for you. And then, slowly but surely, it will become less frequent. It might not ever go away completely but it won’t be as bad. In the meantime, stop shame spiraling about it. It gets you nowhere.
13. Loving yourself is hard. Hating yourself is harder.
14. You’re going to hook up with someone who you would never touch in the daylight sober. Just don’t freak out too much about it. Consider it to be your good deed for the day.
15. You’re going to have people in your life who are toxic. They may say that they love you, they may say that they have your back, but they don’t. Get rid of them.
16. You’ll have moments with someone that are so intense, it’ll feel like you’ve been electrocuted back to life. You’ll hold on to these moments for a long time. They’ll give you hope when you’re going through the motions.
17. You’ll always care about your first love. That doesn’t make you crazy, it just makes you human. When relationships end, it’s not so cut and dry. You carry everyone you’ve ever loved into every relationship thereafter.
18. You’ll enter your twenties as a fashion disaster and (hopefully) leave them looking fantastic. If you don’t know how to put yourself together by then, I really don’t know what to tell you.
19. You’ll realize that the Internet can be a cruel son of a bitch but, you know, www.whatever.com.
20. So much of what you think matters doesn’t actually matter at all. It’s kind of rude. Like, thanks for making me believe in things that are ultimately so inconsequential, you jerk.
21. You’ll treat someone terribly. Whether it to be a lover or your friend, there’ll be someone whose feelings you take for granted. We focus too much on whether or not someone is hurting us. The reality is that we might actually be the one who’s hurting someone.
22. Doing “grown-up things” doesn’t make you a grown up. Shopping for housewares, buying a plant, embracing domesticity — these things don’t create maturity. If you’re still a baby who hasn’t figured things out, you’ll remain a baby, no matter how many times you pay your rent on time.
23. Don’t force yourself into loving anyone. If it’s not working in the beginning, it’s probably not going to work ever.
24. You are so lucky to have everything that you have. Stop crying about an unreturned text message and get some perspective.
25. Don’t go too long without having sex. Ever. http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/25-things-ive-learned-in-my-twenties/
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Thinkin Bout You by Frank Ocean
Not to anyone specific, just really enjoy this song and what it does to my brain
Monday, May 14, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
If you want to live a life of joy and fulfillment, you have to find the courage to break those agreements [with yourself] that are fear-based and claim your personal power.
The agreements that come from fear require us to expend a lot of energy, but the agreements that come from love help us to conserve energy and even gain extra energy.
Our personal power is dissipated by all the agreements we have created, and the result is that we feel powerless.
Page 21-22, Don Miguel Ruiz- The Four Agreements
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
Brooklyn
Buildings of brick
Stick in my memory
The formation of my earliest memories
Consist of glass, gun, ash, and snow
Glass
Guns
Ash
Snow
Raising children aint easy
Especially in a city in the 90s
My mother got punched in the face on the street
Because she couldn't speak English
And gave off the "wrong" expression,
Inviting a blow to the face
And a final blow to the city of my birth, New York City, borough of Brooklyn
It's funny when stories turn to suffering
Words to pain
Knowledge to tears
When what was normalized and adjusted to causes great tension
And pain
Well, I've woken up that things are not normal anymore
And now I have to cope
Years later
Stick in my memory
The formation of my earliest memories
Consist of glass, gun, ash, and snow
Glass
Guns
Ash
Snow
Raising children aint easy
Especially in a city in the 90s
My mother got punched in the face on the street
Because she couldn't speak English
And gave off the "wrong" expression,
Inviting a blow to the face
And a final blow to the city of my birth, New York City, borough of Brooklyn
It's funny when stories turn to suffering
Words to pain
Knowledge to tears
When what was normalized and adjusted to causes great tension
And pain
Well, I've woken up that things are not normal anymore
And now I have to cope
Years later
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Dreams... silly and serious
1. I'll start with study at bars
2. Spin around with arms up down the streets of New York City as a form of expression of jubilee
3. Become part of a crew that tags graffiti in the city
4. Living life with no rules... brings a feeling of freedom
to be continued...
2. Spin around with arms up down the streets of New York City as a form of expression of jubilee
3. Become part of a crew that tags graffiti in the city
4. Living life with no rules... brings a feeling of freedom
to be continued...
Realizing
i can't be around people when I got this anxiety ragin or whatever this feeling in my chest is because I end up being insensitive with my words... just want to get away from it all and relax
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