ocean to ocean (love letter)
twentyfourtwentyfour. happy birthday, baby girl!!! i’m sitting at my white desk, looking at the blue blue blue winter sky. it hasn’t rained here for months, the days have always been bright and crisp cold. it makes me think of you because i know how you’d love to face the sunlight embracing you every morning. you were born in … Read more
groundhogs & old hags.
we’re halfway between the solstice & the equinox but the old witch gathered extra wood & so we’ll wait under these heavy clouds just a bit longer. if you listen closely, closely, listen close, you can almost hear the birds sing.
spring is coming.
the sun’s been taking a bit longer to bow his head to the moon. winter’s stillness has been disrupted by an early springtime thaw. the sunlight brings us out from our caves; the homes that we’ve made. it brings us out to cast shadows, not hide in them. lift your head up & give thanks … Read more
meditation.
Sunyata, the void.Become like a crystal,crystal clear,totally receptive to the passage of light.In the crystal the molecules have aligned themselvesin such a manner as to enable light waves to pass.Matter has adapted itself to becoming transparent to lightinstead of visualizing translucent angels,discover your own ability to let light pass throughyour physical body.Become non-solid.Let the breeze … Read more
bravery,
“When I was a kid, I didn’t understand what bravery was. I thought that being brave meant you weren’t scared. And as I grew up, I started to realize, being brave is all about being scared. And going on to do what you have to do, despite the fact you’re scared. That’s bravery.” neil gaiman.
part.
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us. herman hesse.
& now.
And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good. John Steinbeck.
not like all the rest.
all of the ramblings of your mind are golden to the world outside. so post your thoughts & just broadcast how you wish we could all confide in something than ourselves. you are remarkable to me. you take in the outcasts of the world, & show them it’s okay to be no like all the … Read more
holidays.
it’s the holidays. the best & worst time of the year. we’re so happy but what if we’re not so happy it can feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders. it’s the holidays, it’s about being thankful for the existence of the people you love. it’s about telling those people how … Read more
change vs. control
Change moves in spirals, not circles. For example, the sun goes up and then it goes down. But everytime that happens, what do you get? You get a new day. You get a new one. When you breathe, you inhale and you exhale, but every single time that you do that you’re a little bit … Read more
perfection.
“Perfectionism is a neurosis. It is an illness. And the more you try to become perfect, the more frustrated you will become. The goal of perfection has led the whole of humanity towards madness; the earth has almost become a madhouse. I don’t teach perfection. What do I teach? I teach wholeness, not perfection. Be … Read more
three years.
“our lives are mere flashes of light in an infinitely empty universe. in 12 years of education the most important lesson i have learned is that what we see as “normal” living is truly a travesty of our potential. in a society so governed by superficiality, appearances, and petty economics, dreams are more real than … Read more
i’m not going to make it.
sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside remembering all the times you’ve felt that way, and you walk to the bathroom, do your toilet, see that face in the mirror, oh my oh my oh my, but you comb your … Read more
FIRST YAR PODCAST.
http://tellmesomething.org/yar/episode-101.html listen, listen. tell all your friends & tell your big, big heart.
daylight saving’s.
the weather is c-c-c-cold & the sun closes his eyes far too early. winter is coming with her icicle teeth bared. breathe deep & keep your mind calm. the trees are on their knees & bowing their heads to the season.
haunted.
Spinning like a ghost on the bottom of a top, I’m haunted by all the space that I will live without you. – Richard Brautigan
podcast.
everything is starting & everything is beautiful. as we’ve mentioned before YAR has teamed up with tellmesomething.org to bring you loves the official You Are Remarkable podcast. the podcast will be an audio scrap book filled with bits of love, inspiration, interviews & beauty. it will be available on itunes. each podcast will be short … Read more
the way of life can be free and beautiful but we have lost the way.
I’m sorry but I don’t want to be an Emperor, that’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible, Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. We all want to live by each other’s … Read more
slow show.
It’s autumn and the trees are putting on their best show. Their colours line the roads and bright reds, oranges, yellows dot the landscape. We find comfort in their performance and in warm tea. It’s time for us to ready our performance. Today’s the day. Reach your hands high & steal some confidence from the … Read more
