June 2012
40 posts
WatchThese are the 2 little guys that woke me up this morning- first day in Bodrum is off to a great start!
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You can practice your English on me...
Just going out for dinner in Turkey can be difficult when you’re on your own. But that’s when the adventures happen you know… There was a Starbucks on the corner, I spotted writing in English. Tempting. But you’re in Turkey, silly girl. No safe egg white spinach wraps here. Go find a kabob or something! Funny how all the menus are in another language, and no matter how...
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What it really means to be traveling
Traveling, has been my dream. Maps littered across my room, journals of checklists with sights to see. So to actually be flying across the ocean, to have brunch in the London airport, press my nose against the airplane window for my first sight of Turkey’s Bosphorus. To land in a new country, get my passport stamped, walk through a door where I don’t hear English… It’s so...
Chickpea Pancakes
Experimenting with baking usually turns into a complete flop, but floppy pancakes aren’t so bad, so I thought I’d give it a go at my own Chickpea Pancake Concoction.
Major success.
They were some of the yummiest pancakes I’ve ever had- and definitely the most nutritious too. No empty calories, they are filled with tons of protein, all while being easy on the gluten. 6...
happy Summer checklist
I love checklists. Especially when I put things on there I’ve already done. Which is exactly what I’m going to do here…
With it being the first day of summer, I see a lot of “Summer Checklists” springing up. But I feel like so much has already happened in the 2 months since school ended that it should definitely count (ok, so I really just like checking things off :)...
Sometimes I read old love letters for fun. And I must say, Victor Hugo wins the romance award. I would certainly have no problem being his Adele…
My dearest, When two souls, which have sought each other for, however long in the throng, have finally found each other …a union, fiery and pure as they themselves are… begins on earth and continues forever in heaven.
This union is...
“Our brains can’t tell the difference between something we’ve vividly...”
– ROBBINS
Unsettled
I should love it: freedom I am tied down by absolutely nothing. no one I am free to do anything. I am free to start anywhere. I am free to go But being free takes a lot of bravery too, you know It’s not always easy being adventurous on your own There’s this human craving I still have: to be safe, held, known, secure I feel a hint of it when I curl up next to my dad on the couch I get a glimpse of...
“See how Spring opens with disabling cold,
And hunting winds and the long-lying...”
– G.M Hopkins, Sonnet 17
“God’s delays are not God’s denials…all of life is a cycle of...”
– Robbins
“I don’t know if I’m unhappy because I’m not free, or if I’m not free because I’m...”
– A bout de Souffle
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Five Things Every Human Needs:
1. Certainty 2. Uncertainty 3. Significance 4. Connection & Love 5. Growth 6. To contribute beyond ourselves
(Tony Robbins)
The interesting part is which I value most and what my map is to get there…
Would I rather be significant? Accomplished? Or loved? What is my method for gaining that? Receiving that? What do I believe it takes to honestly be...
“Maybe that’s why I was unhappy about being tall. Because people think tall...”
– MAUD // Breakable You
“The essence of French femininity: brainy, erotic, self-confident and vulnerable,...”
– Catherine Texier
Juxtaposed Hope
I want to be strong, powerful, independent I want to be small, protected, vulnerable I want to be introverted, leisurely, controlled I want to be extroverted, overwhelmed, absorbed I want to be admired yet coddled I want to be alone with an inseparable companion I want to be perfect and follow all the rules, yet I want someone to break me from all of them too I want to be practical, accomplished,...
Social Animal
Now it seems more likely that we are, essentially, method actors who understand others by simulating the responses we see in them.
- DAVID BROOKS // Social Animal // The New Yorker
This article addressed a lot of the things I have been thinking about lately- people, relationships, honesty, communication. How human connection is really more purposeful and worth the time and effort than any...
Summer at home means running outside instead of on...
and jumping into the neighborhood lake when you’re through It means dreaming while canoeing through sunshine and water Spotting toads and watching boys careen off of rope swings It means dinner is waiting on a table Surrounded with family and old friends
It means corn in the cob stuck in-between your teeth It means naps on the couch while listening to people speak It means slipping...
“Joy & Pain, they are but two arteries of the one heart that pumps through...”
– ANN VOSKAMP
