Three Little Birds

The other day was my three year anniversary in Hawaii. Every year at this time I read the journal entry I wrote on the plane on the way here.  I’m not sure why, maybe to remind myself that I bravely took a risk and a leap into the unknown, or maybe to reflect on all the people I have met and experiences I’ve had here since that day. Of course, before making my big leap,…

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On Love

By Kent Nerburn  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…

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Succulent Hopes and Gummy Worm Dreams

Happy New Year! For the first time in a very long time, I wasn’t working at a restaurant on New Year’s Eve. For that reason, I felt the urge to do something to ring in 2012. Go watch some fireworks? Go to a bar? Surely if I’m not working I should be doing something exciting. What I really wanted however, was to sit on the couch with Brian, eat potato chips and gummy worms and…

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I Won’t Give Up

I think this song is so beautiful.

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New Year’s Ritual

A few years ago, I discovered Christine Hassler‘s book Twenty Something, Twenty Everything and since then I’ve been on her mailing list. On New Year’s Eve, I received an email outlining her New Year’s Ritual. I love it so much, I wanted to share it. I think it’s a great way to start a new year. This New Year’s ritual that I’m sharing with you will support you in letting go of the past and clarifying…

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