This was taken a few weeks ago, but I thought it was worth sharing! Moments like these remind me to stop, take a breath and appreciate all that surrounds me.
Do or Don’t: Ghost Lashes
3 days ago
01 October 2011
24 September 2011
Happy Second Day of Autumn!
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song.
I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for long
Time hurries on.
And the leaves that are green turn to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
Once my heart was filled with the love of a girl.
I held her close, but she faded in the night
Like a poem I meant to write.
And the leaves that are green turn to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
I threw a pebble in a brook
And watched the ripples run away
And they never made a sound.
And the leaves that are green turned to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello,
Good-bye, Good-bye, Good-bye, Good-bye,
That's all there is.
And the leaves that are green turned to brown.
I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for long
Time hurries on.
And the leaves that are green turn to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
Once my heart was filled with the love of a girl.
I held her close, but she faded in the night
Like a poem I meant to write.
And the leaves that are green turn to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
I threw a pebble in a brook
And watched the ripples run away
And they never made a sound.
And the leaves that are green turned to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello,
Good-bye, Good-bye, Good-bye, Good-bye,
That's all there is.
And the leaves that are green turned to brown.
Simon & Garfunkel
(This song is very seasonally appropriate...don't you think?)
15 September 2011
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05 September 2011
The end of one long summer...
image via thank you brooklyn
Today is Labor Day. It's the final holiday weekend of summer 2011. I would be on the beach soaking up every last ray of sunlight, but it's oddly stormy here in so. California. I kind of love it! I'm so very excited to start a new school year. It's been a very long summer, and I'm ready for my favorite season...fall!
23 August 2011
18 August 2011
Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
So I've been marinating with this idea for a while now. I'm a bit embarrassed to admit, but I really started thinking about this after hearing a high school commencement speech in June. The student said, "Start being comfortable with being uncomfortable." Genius! This 17 or 18 year old kid pretty much described what it's like to grow (up).
I can't tell you how many times I didn't do something because I was uncomfortable with it. Not uncomfortable because it was illegal or immoral, but uncomfortable because it was unfamiliar or its outcome uncertain. What I can tell you is that every major decision or action I've taken that has resulted in some type of growth was taken despite my discomfort. Moving to Europe. Signing up for that first yoga class. Student teaching. All decisions and actions taken despite unfamiliarity and uncertainty.
As I enter into this second quarter of life I find myself whispering, "be comfortable with being uncomfortable." It's the only way to grow!
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