Vanessa's Pad

"You can’t stop being who you are because you’re afraid."

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:14:24 -0800

“You can’t stop being who you are because you’re afraid.”

2012

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:13:00 -0800

2012 is almost upon us. It brings with it a clean start and new opportunities. It’s a time to reflect and decide on what the next year will bring. This is where I will focus my time and spend my energy in 2012:

Be mindfully aware of who I am, with gratitude for each moment of being. Linger in each moment. Spend time in the soulful.
Let others in, hold no expectations and be open to receiving.
Make new friends and strengthen those bonds of kinship - attend at least one activity a week where I meet new people. Spend time with friends regularly.
Express myself - write at least 5000 words a week.
Grow stronger physically through healthy nutrition, movement and meditation - Eat 4 freshly cooked meals at home a week, exercise 5 hours a week and meditate for an hour a week.
Learn to play the piano - take lessons and practice for 2 hours a week.
Quit Facebook

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our..."

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:39:05 -0800

“

Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate,
but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking
so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.
It is not just in some; it is in everyone.

And, as we let our own light shine, we consciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.

”

- Marianne Williamson (Return to Love)

"Asking who’s the “man” & who’s the “woman” in a gay..."

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:50:02 -0800

“Asking who’s the “man” & who’s the “woman” in a gay relationship is like going to a Chinese restaurant & asking which chopstick is the fork.”

- Ashe Dryden

"The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered “Man. Because he..."

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:20:47 -0700

“The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered “Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.””

Where does the heart go when the mind overtakes it?

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:06:51 -0700

Where does the heart go when the mind overtakes it?

"I’d be a hipster if, you know, it wasn’t so mainstream."

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:20:07 -0700

“I’d be a hipster if, you know, it wasn’t so mainstream.”