Success

In case my last two posts made anyone think I'd sustained a head injury, this may be more like it.

Peace Within

"Today may there be peace within.  May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be.  May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others.  May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.  May you be content with yourself just the way you are.  Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.  It is there for each and every one of us." ~ not sure where it came from other than an email that made me smile this morning.  :-)

Love

I am terrible at blogging in real time.  I have a whole list of things that have intrigued me, pissed me off, made me laugh, etc. but when I sit down to write about them, I always think I need more time to really give the ideas justice.  I do miss having an outlet, though, particularly since I'm supposed to be working to become a less-mean girl.  So, I'm going to be better about blogging when the idea strikes...hopefully a few of the blogs will be worth reading.

Tonight, I'm working and watching Real Housewives of Atlanta.  Clearly I need to marry money.  Well, most of them aren't married, so I guess I need to get pregnant by, and secure child support from, money?  Important decisions to be made...

I'm also starting the transition to a plant based diet.  Let's face it - I'll never be vegan and have no aspirations to be.  I love my leather shoes and purses.  Yes, I'm a hypocrite.  Deal.

Through this transition, I've been stalking the hippie blogs I love the most.  I stumbled upon one about love, it caught my eye, so I decided to share.

"It is a mystery why we fall in love. It is a mystery how it happens. It is a mystery when it comes. It is a mystery why some loves grow, and it is a mystery why some loves fail. You can analyze this mystery and look for reasons and causes, but you will never do any more than take the life out of the experience.

Love is more than the sum of the interests and attractions and commonalities that two people share. And just as life itself is a gift that comes and goes in its time, the coming of love must be taken as an unfathomable gift that cannot be questioned in its ways.

You need to treat what love brings you with kindness. If you find yourself in love with someone who does not love you, be gentle with yourself. There is nothing wrong with you. Love just didn’t choose to rest in the other person’s heart.


If you find someone else in love with you toward whom you feel no love, feel honored that love came and called at your door, but gently refuse the gift you cannot return. Do not take advantage; do not cause pain. How you deal with love is how love will deal with you, and all our hearts feel the same pains and joys, even if our lives and ways are very different.


If you fall in love with another who falls in love with you, and then love chooses to leave, do not try to reclaim it or to assess blame. Let it go. There is a reason and there is a meaning. You will know it in time, but time itself will choose the moment.

Remember this and keep it in your heart. You don’t choose love. Love chooses you. All you can really do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes into your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing, then reach out and give it away. Give it back to the person who brought it to you. Give it to others who seem poor in spirit. Give it to the world around you in any way you can.


Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons for coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. If it chooses to leave your heart or the heart of your lover, there is nothing you can do and nothing you should do. Be glad that it came to live for a moment in your life. If you keep your heart open, it will surely come again."

- Kent Nerbern