March 2012
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February 2012
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“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything...”
– John Muir
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feu d'artifice
We often look for the “fireworks” with a significant other, but consider this:
Fireworks sparkle and glitter beautifully in the humid night air, but then quickly fade to tiny flickers that descend to earth to extinguish and die.
Seek not a constant, grandiose display of fireworks, but rather a steady and humble flame that provides just enough light and warmth for you and your...
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“It’s amazing what can come from just putting yourself out...”
– i smiled sweetly
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“I need the sea because it teaches me.”
– Pablo Neruda
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ginger+vanilla
I recently signed up for a green beauty sample subscription called Green Grab Bag. I was a little hesitant but I’m always up for trying new products that fit my strict set of beauty-product-criteria so I figured it was worth a try. I pretty much jumped with delight when I received my package (which I actually totally forgot about!) and joyously inspected each and every one of my goodies.
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Somehow, something as mundane as organizing one’s closet can be incredibly therapeutic. I suppose the chaos of our closets can be seen as a physical manifestation of our internal disorder. Or, maybe I’m just attempting to assign meaning to everything… After all, they’re just clothes and shoes. But, then again, our clothing could be seen as a crucial element not to be...
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enough is enough
I have neglected to write something for a month today, and I’m starting to feel the words swell up inside of me, begging to escape and be typed out and then imbibed by interested readers. I know that in the past I’ve not really been structured with my frequency of writing and that is definitely going to change! As much as I love writing to help others, each post I write gives a...
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“Love is the greatest refreshment in life.”
– Pablo Picasso
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follow your heart
The ancient Egyptians believed that the heart, not the brain, was the center of human thought, emotion, wisdom, and memory. With the development of modern science, we now know that these things are all, indeed, centered in the brain. But when we suffer heartbreak, our chest feels heavy and pained, and when we are excited or in love, our heart flutters with delight. We need to listen to the way our...
