Growth

Lettuce seeds bursting into life

Dance

Don't forget to dance!!

2013 the year of learning

it's 2013 and a year for learning.  i have one thing each month i am learning how to do or more about.  in the past i've had things on my list and never followed through with learning them.  i was neglecting to pay attention to how i learn.  when i am into something new i become obsessed with it....i pick it up constantly throughout the day...i think about it all the time....if i don't keep going with it at a fast pace i will lose the interest, or rather i will lose speed....i need to go at it full-force.   so on that note i will give myself a month with these things to learn.  i have also spaced out the months to include a couple of things bi-weekly to break it up.  this will make more sense as time goes on because i will be photographing and documenting it.  yay! 

what projects are on your 2013 to-do list? 

New Year

2013 is all about having fun and getting things done!

going natural in 2013

i've been thinking about starting 2013 off with only using products that i could eat......if it goes on my skin it should be safe right?  it just doesn't make sense to use anything but natural.  on that note, i have a lot of research to do before the end of this month.   i've also thought about at least changing one or two products every month instead of going full blown changing it all. i want this to stick...i want it to be a good transition.   that means changes with make-up, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, chapstick, and the list goes on....

becoming more conscious of my mark on this world leads to becoming more responsible of my every day choices.  my life matters.  my choices matter.   so do yours. 

wash me clean...

we have to be open to letting anything and everything change us....or affect us is perhaps the phrase to use instead.....none of this 'on the surface' shit.  i don't want to skim on the water like a rock being skipped on smooth still ponds....i yearn to be washed over and cleansed by massive waves and torrential rains of a hurricane.  

it's hard to dance with the devil on your back...

i sometimes forget to have fun.  i get so deeply involved in trying to be a better person that i forget to just let go and let life flow.  in the midst of telling myself every day to be more loving, less critical, more at ease, less judgmental of others, i realize i am completely immersed in being mean, critical, unkind, and judgmental of myself....which in turn expands any kind of feelings of being inadequate.  enough is enough right?  i understand now that i get so caught up in that future potential that i don't allow myself to just be the me i am right now.  no more dragging that horse around.....i'm gonna shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out, shake it out....