Bottled

Unexplainably stressed.

Someone recommend soothing things. Thanks.

The Parts That Remain

“We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.” 

 -Keith Richards

Reasons I love San Diego: Sprouts

The reasons I love living here are basically endless, but one recently-discovered addition is:

Sprouts (click to go to their website)

Sprouts is, in a nutshell, any veggie-lover's dream...a huge indoor farmers market. :) You can obviously get more than just fruits and vegetables there, they have plenty of meats, wines, grains, dairy, etc as well, but mostly I'm thrilled that I'm somewhere with good enough weather that it feels like everything is in season all the time.

credit: Sprouts Farmers Market

I currently have fresh corn on the cob, avocados, tomatoes, broccoli, spinach, bell peppers, honeydew, pineapple, AND MORE. As I said, a veggie-lover's dream :)

Forest of Rain

Understand that, the prisons you've built are of your own design.

Understand that, you should be the person you wanted to be when you woke up this morning.

Understand that, the world desperately wants to love you, if you'll let it.

Understand that, you deserve that love, even if you don't feel like it.

Understand that, love can hit a planet like a comet.

Understand that, the rain can unrain, if you want it to.

[reblog from: I Wrote This For You]

Light and Beauty

Remembering today that the key to being caught up in awe at the world around me is to never get too accustomed to it. I'm remembering to take nothing for granted, to see everything as if for the first time, to experience everything as if I knew it would be the last time.

Approaching the world that way brings all of the colour and light and beauty back. You can be surrounded by the same thing day in and day out, and forget the magic of it... or, you can look at it with fresh eyes every time...appreciate that you have eyes capable of seeing the world around you, ears capable of hearing the roar of thunder or of cars on the road and the soft chatter of birds on the other side of the windowpane, skin capable of feeling the soft bed beneath you or the wind rushing past you or the smoothness of your lover's skin.

People rush too much, and forget to experience the beauty around them.

Photo by LunaDawnImages

That's my challenge to everyone this week. Go outside; look around, really sense the world around you.