May 2012
1 post
“We change, not because we seek transformation or enlightenment, but because what...”
– David Krueger
April 2012
1 post
“The world we live in is twisted and broken and for your entire life you will be...”
– Kate Elizabeth Conner
Ten Things I Want To Tell Teenage Girls
March 25, 2012 in Blog
February 2012
1 post
Hard Life with Memory by Wisława Szymborska | The... →
My Mom shared a new poet, and poem with me today. Took my breath away.
January 2012
1 post
October 2011
1 post
“Try to see this tension, this knot, this pain as a friend and not as an enemy –...”
– Eric Franklin
August 2011
2 posts
http://www.miltonglaser.com/pages/milton/essays/es3... →
February 2011
2 posts
“The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing...”
– Jalal ad-Din Rumi
Interesting analysis of 'Black Swan' from Alastair... →
January 2011
1 post
“For every girl who is tired of acting weak when she is strong,
there is a boy...”
– Adapted from a poem by Nancy R. Smith
December 2010
1 post
4 tags
The Tutu's Tale: A Cultural History Of Ballet's...
Ms. HOMANS: One of the great ballerinas once told me: When you start to have a dialogue in your head when you’re performing, that’s when you know it’s going wrong. In a way, you want to get rid of those words and sort of enter a kind of different way of existing for the time that you’re on stage. So instead of thinking about…
GROSS: A way of thinking about your...
October 2010
3 posts
2 tags
“Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because...”
– Margaret J. Wheatley
Signs and Symptoms of Inner Peace
- Frequent overwhelming episodes of appreciation
- Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature
- An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen
- An increased susceptibility to love extended by others and the uncontrollable urge to extend it
- A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fear based on past experiences
- A loss of interest...
September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
4 posts
The Five Love Languages
The Five Love LanguagesMy primary love language is probably Quality Time with a secondary love language being Physical Touch. Complete set of resultsQuality Time: 11Physical Touch: 7Words of Affirmation: 6Acts of Service: 5Receiving Gifts: 1 Information Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we...
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The Spiritual Significance of Ballet →
2 tags
Tai Chi Eases Symptoms of Fibromyalgia, Study... →
Consumers Find Ways to Spend Less and Find... →
July 2010
2 posts
“All the time you spend tryin to get
back what’s been took from you...”
– Ellis in No Country for Old Men
Adaptation by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Based on the Novel by Cormac McCarthy
June 2010
8 posts
“This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a...”
– Rumi
The Shape of Love
What we see is not the most important.
Could dust rise without the invisible
hand of the wind?
Could a fan turn without any current?
Could lungs breathe without breath?
Tell me
What is the shape of Love?
How much does Joy weigh
when held in the palm of your hand?
Can you catch the Spirit of Life in a jar?
All things seen depend
upon the Unseen.
All sounds depend upon Silence.
All...
“One day some people came to the master
and asked: How can you be happy
in a...”
– Achaan Chah Subato
“Live your life so that the fear of death can never enter your heart. When you...”
– Chief Tecumseh, Shawnee Indian Chief
“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury; and...”
– William Ellery Channing
“Now emotional problems and/or negative experiences from the past are like ghosts...”
– Goswami Kriyananda
May 2010
7 posts
1 tag
“Ballet is about perfecting perfection and thus is a pursuit fit only for those...”
– Darci Kistler Exits the Stage by Toni Bentley
Dealing with Fear and Terror
Practice reporting events to yourself as if a circumstance you find yourself in were actually a news story and you were the roving reporter.
Announce exactly what your surroundings are and what’s happening “on the scene” at that very moment.
Fear is always the result of an unquestioned past imagined as a future.
If you’re afraid, find the core belief and ask yourself, “Is it true that I need...
Cognitive Biases - A Visual Study Guide →
In the grocery store, mid-day, they make their appearance.
The babies.
Sitting in carts, wide-eyed.
They stare at me, with wonder.
Though I squirm under the sustained gaze of an adult
I look back at the babies, hold their gaze
and I feel
as though I’ve been invisible
for weeks,
months,
until now.
They see me.
Their minds are not wound in worry,
their hands are not clutching...
Having a word with yourself: Neural correlates of... →
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I praise the dance, for it frees people
from the heaviness of matter and binds the isolated to community.
I praise the dance, which demands everything:
health and a clear spirit and a buoyant soul.
Dance is a transformation of space, of time, of people,
who are in constant danger of becoming all brain, will, or feeling.
Dancing demands a whole person,
one who is firmly...
"The Speaker" by Louis Jenkins
The speaker points out that we don’t really have
much of a grasp of things, not only the big things,
the important questions, but the small everyday
things. “How many steps up to your back yard? What
is the name of your district representative? What
did you have for breakfast? What is your wife’s
shoe size? Can you tell me the color of your
sweetheart’s eyes? Do you...
April 2010
5 posts
1 tag
“A thinker collects and links up proofs.
A mystic does the opposite.
He lays...”
– Rumi
“Again and again I therefore admonish my students in Europe and America:...”
– Viktor E. Frankl
Blissful Self: We are made of LOVE. →
Real love is identifiable by the way it makes us feel. Love should feel good. There is a peaceful quality to an authentic experience of love that penetrates to our core, touching a part of ourselves that has always been there. True love activates this inner being, filling us with warmth and…
“People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If...”
– Dr. Kent M. Keith
“The greatest gift you can give someone is your attention, your interest, your...”
– Wynton Marsalis
March 2010
2 posts
2 tags
Taking Surprising Risks For The Ideal Body →
What You Can Achieve
If you’re not overwhelmed with enthusiasm for the goal, make it bigger. Make it so big and so compelling that you cannot avoid thinking about it and working on it day after day.
If you find yourself complaining that it’s too difficult, the real problem could be that it’s not meaningful enough. You can change that.
Everything you do requires effort and some level of...
February 2010
2 posts
“Admit something:
Everyone you see, you say to them, “Love me.”
...”
– Hafiz
1 tag
January 2010
2 posts
“Overwork actually has major cachet in a society whose holy trinity is...”
– Barbara Kingsolver
December 2009
7 posts
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you...”
– Al Schweitze
