i just arrived home from one of my first, teacher led yoga classes in over a year (possibly even two). i'm not sure why i choose a hot yoga class as my first solo class on this journey, other than the class' scheduled time. Not my brightest move. I spent hours before class (and the night before even) thinking about how far back in my practice my body has fallen - my loss of flexibility, and calm, my lack of control and peace. failure. and these thoughts of failure, of course, evolved into, and enveloped thoughts of my current failures as a person.
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returning.
this city does things to me. it shapes a piece of my heart everytime I'm here. not a longing or a draw to be here forever. not a missing piece of me that can't be fulfilled. a memory that can't be shaken. a small twinge of happiness and fulfillment. the memories of things I can't relive. we never think it will ever be the last time.
Read More8 ways to rock 2015.
here to share my tips for living the best life in the world because i am an expert because my life is the best and i only have fun.
1. STOP READING LISTS ONLINE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NO BETTER OR WORSE THAN YOU.
2-8. [fill in your own love and adventure and things that make you smile, here]
1. STOP READING LISTS ONLINE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE NO BETTER OR WORSE THAN YOU.
2-8. [fill in your own love and adventure and things that make you smile, here]
(LOOK at all the fun I have!! don't you want to have this much fun!! just follow my 8 steps - years of schooling went into creating them!! you can have fun and adventure and love too!!)
friends, zoos, and the oddities
i am so enamoured with this video... a visit to the zoo, and a conversation between dear friends iris apfel and duro olowu. they met in 2005, and have been friends ever since - “she and her husband carl are like my second parents,” says Olowu. “of course she loves fashion and I’m in the fashion business, but it’s not based on that. It’s just that I respect them, I like them and anyway I’ve always been a sucker for a 90-year-old broad.”
now THIS... this is real friendship.
iris: "the odd couple"; duro: "not so odd actually - it's the rest of the world that's odd, iris"
iris: "people like you to be a trained monkey"; duro: "what do you really think people think of you?"; iris: "i'll tell you the truth, i don't really think about it.... it's their problem, not mine, so i'm not going to stress about it."
iris: "love is wonderful - i think it's mutuality liking the same things, having respect for eachother. sex has something to do with it, but real love is not sex. i don't think today... young people don't seem to understand anything about relationships - they're so attached to buttons and pressing buttons that they have no time for anything human. it's much easier to jump into somebody's pants than to get into somebody's head."
iris: "animals i think are much better than people; why; well, i think they're more honest. if they like you, if they don't like you."
iris: "most people i find so boring i don't want to talk to them - sometimes i like to be left alone; what do you do when you're left alone; i like to sit and think. i really enjoy thinking."