April 2012
40 posts
The Best of Blog - 1000notes.com: “There are two... →
the-absolute-best-posts:
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot…
“If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or...”
– Thomas Merton (via herewecollide)
That’s a good first date question
flight from conversation →
sad but true article on how we’re disconnecting from each other physically but connecting to a bubble online/phone
“When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to...”
that damn glass ceiling
Yesiree, I’m determined to break it and let it shatter to pieces, no matter what it takes. I’m enjoying the challenge and learning curve, but I do feel like everyday is a different test of breaking that glass ceiling. I’m young, I’m brown and I’m a female in a predominantly white, very male and age-authority driven field. It’s a test of wit, perseverance and...
brown girl problems →
I love and hate that I can totally empathize with this! It explains a lot about how even though we try to be as inclusive as we say we are, media/society/pop culture still largely dictates what’s considered hot, beautiful, sexy, bf/gf material, inferior,smart, genuine etc. And on a personal level, it explains a lot about the last guy I dated. Glad it didn’t work out after all.
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Bubble
I feel like I’ve been too immersed in a bubble of routine, responsibility and comfort. Life lessons of growing up have definitely made an impact on me. But sigh…. As much as I’m enjoying the challenge, I also miss my carefree self. I miss adventure. I miss not worrying about what happens next. Or who i should meet next. I miss…me.
I guess I’ve changed in a way...
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via myquotelibrary)
Society is always going to tell you that you have...
“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even...”
– Randy Pausch (via quote-book)
