Ten Things This Tuesday
Miss me? I'm sorry. I'm in a Shakespeare class and it's been challenging. In lieu of that ...
Ten phrases you've stolen from Shakespeare:
1. All the world's a stage
2. Good night, ladies
3. In my heart of hearts
4. Not a mouse stirring
5. Star-crossed lovers
6. Come what may
7. Into thin air
8. Too much of a good thing
9. Elbow room
10. The naked truth
Want to see more? Go to this site. There's a bunch of them.
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Well, I've DNA'd It
Well, I've done it. Check out what it says about me ...
You are an Experiencer
Although you have an active imagination, you also concern yourself with the functional elements of things. You are willing to experiment to find things that work the most efficiently. Getting stuck in certain habits is boring to you—you'd rather find new experiences. Accordingly, experiences are more important to you than objects—you'd rather spend your money and energy on events and adventures than on material things. You like to contemplate a lot of options before making a decision, and you're willing and able to consider a lot of different angles to problems. You're open to suggestions, and often rely on others to assess the merit of those suggestions. You have an ability to see the big picture—not just how things are, but how they could be—in a variety of situations. You're not afraid to let your emotions guide you, and you're generally considerate of others' feelings as well. You tend to do things on the spur of the moment, not sticking to a set schedule. You do your own thing when it comes to clothing, guided more by practical concerns than by other people's notions of style. You tend to believe that things happen for a reason, and that not everything is under our control.If you want to be different:
Have faith that your imagination and practicality will complement each other, and lead to good decisions on your part. Take the initiative in seeking things out—don't wait for them to come to you.You are Advocating
Being social, empathic, and understanding makes you ADVOCATING. Some people find being around others exhausting—but not you! You are energized by spending time with friends, and you are good at meeting new people. One of the reasons you enjoy conversation as much as you do is that you often learn about yourself while talking things out with a friend; you realize things about your own beliefs while discussing them with others. You have insight into what others are thinking and feeling. This ability allows you to be happy for others, and to commiserate when something has gone wrong for them. You are highly compassionate, and being conscious of how things affect those close to you leaves you cautious about trusting others too hastily. Despite these reservations, you are open-minded when it comes to your worldview; you don't look to impose your ways on others. Your sensitivity towards others' plights contributes to an understanding—both intellectual and emotional—of many different perspectives.If you want to be different:
While it's important to think about others, don't forget to take some time for yourself, and occasionally to put yourself first. Take some time to spend with a few close friends; although it's difficult to find people to trust, it's worth the effort. When you have great ideas, it can be hard to relinquish control, but it can also feel good to take the pressure off and enjoy someone else leading the way.
Labels: Calls for Response, It Really Happened
A Daily OM Dose of Thought
The Wisdom Of Surrender
Resistance Equals Persistence
We all know the feeling of being repeatedly haunted by the same issue, no matter how we try to ignore it, avoid it, or run away from it. Sometimes it seems that we can get rid of something we don’t want by simply pushing it away. Most of the time, the more we push away, the more we get pushed back. There are laws of physics and metaphysics that explain this phenomenon, which is often summed up in this pithy phrase: That which you resist persists.
Resistance tends to strengthen the energies it attempts to oppose by giving them power and energy to work against. Additionally, resistance keeps us from learning more about what we resist. In order to fully understand something, we must open to it enough to receive its energy; otherwise, we remain ignorant of its lessons. There is a Tibetan story of a monk who retreats to meditate in a cave only to be plagued by demons. He tries everything—chasing, fighting, hiding—to get the demons out of his cave, but the thing that finally works is surrender. He simply lets them have their way with him and only then do they disappear.
Now, this wisdom must be applied practically. We are not meant to get ourselves physically injured. Instead, this story speaks of how, in essence, our demons are inside of us. What plagues and pursues us on an inner level has a way of manifesting itself in our environment in the form of people, events, and issues that appear to be beyond our control. But all these external expressions are reflections of our insides, and it is inside ourselves that we can safely experiment with surrendering to what we fear and dislike. It may feel scary, and we may find ourselves in the company of a lot of resistance as we begin the process of opening to what we fear. But the more we learn to surrender, and the more the demons that plague us disappear in the process, the more courageous we will become.
He Scared Me
There was a reason why I didn't start off this morning like I usually do. At the time I would have been at work, my father called me. In essence, the conversation started as usual: he asked me how I was doing, I told him I was okay, I asked how he was doing. The conversation changed dramatically when he said, "I'm doing terribly." He told me things in that conversation that scared the crap out of me. What's bad is that he has prepared me all of my life to not be able to support him in a moment like this.
All I could do was tell him that I love him. I couldn't even get mad at him when he asked me, "When you graduate, will you be able to get a job?" Truth is with an English degree, maybe and maybe not; it does depend on what I do afterwards and if i can squeeze in the classes to get my minor in Education or go abroad and teach English. I know I should be able to get a good gig with a Master's, but it's going to cost either way.
I have a year and have no idea what I'm going to do during or after that year. I know that when I walk off this campus, I will have to pay back the school $7,000. Either way, I'm going to get a job!
Yup, I would turn the post about this sad conversation with my dad to about me. It's my blog, dad gum it! I can do that!
Labels: It Really Happened
Daily OM Dose of Thought
Being Alone
A Relationship With Self
The most important relationship we have in our lives is with our selves. And even though we are the only ones who are present at every moment of our lives—from birth onward—this relationship can be the most difficult one to cultivate. This may be because society places such emphasis on the importance of being in a romantic partnership, even teaching us to set aside our own needs for the needs of another. Until we know ourselves, however, we cannot possibly choose the right relationship to support our mutual growth toward our highest potential. By allowing ourselves to be comfortable with being alone, we can become the people with whom we want to have a relationship.
Perhaps at no other time in history has it been possible for people to survive, and even thrive, while living alone. We can now support ourselves financially, socially, and emotionally without needing a spouse for survival in any of these realms. With this freedom, we can pursue our own interests and create fulfilling partnerships with friends, business partners, creative cohorts, and neighbors. Once we’ve satisfied our needs and created our support system, a mate then becomes someone with whom we can share the bounty of all we’ve created and the beauty we’ve discovered within ourselves.
As we move away from tradition and fall into more natural cycles of being in the world today, we may find that there are times where being alone nourishes us and other periods in which a partnership is best for our growth. We may need to learn to create spaces to be alone within relationships. When we can shift our expectations of our relationships with ourselves and others to opportunities for discovery, we open ourselves to forge new paths and encounter uncharted territory. Being willing to know and love ourselves, and to find what truly makes us feel deeply and strongly, gives us the advantage of being able to attract and choose the right people with whom to share ourselves, whether those relationships fall into recognizable roles or not. Choosing to enjoy being alone allows us to fully explore our most important relationship—the one with our true selves.
Labels: Daily OM
Can I Just Say ...
... that I won an argument against my embodiment of a personal hemorrhoid, SunKingpoet. I had to write this down. I am right! I am right! Mwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!
Labels: Feel Goods, Humor, It Really Happened
I Don't Want to Eat Anymore ...
Yup. I can't stand food anymore. I hate the stuff. It costs money, and I'm such a codependent when it comes to food. The chewing thing is redundant. I mean bite, chew, chew, chew, swallow, chew, chew, chew, swallow, repeat, blah blah blah, yada yada yada. I'm so bored with eating. I wish there was another hole I could use to digest food. Hey! Wouldn't that be neato! Like if I could open up my belly button and chomp chomp! all gone!
Well, time for my midnight snackypoo! Yawn.
A Daily Dose of OM Thought
Before The World Wakes
Morning Meditation
Just before the coming of the pale rays of dawn, Mother Nature exists in a state of flux. Earth's energy is stable, free of the disordered vibrations that are a by-product of humanity's comings and goings. In these first moments of day, when the sun's golden light is only just peeking over the horizon, our animal mind remains in the land of slumber though we ourselves are awake. Deep sleep has washed away the impurities of existence that accumulated within us, so our mental, physical, and emotional potential is heightened. To meditate in this peaceful yet energetically charged in-between time is to connect with the divine in an extremely intimate fashion. We discover a new kinship with the universal life force during morning meditations because our awareness becomes a mirror for earthly consciousness—we wake as the world wakes, quietly embracing the joy of being and setting the tone for a serene, fulfilling day.
In the first glorious glow of morning, the light, air, and energy flowing around us speak in hushed tones of the activity to come. While we recognize that another day of being means becoming once again immersed in the challenges of action and reaction, we also understand that we can draw upon the unique energetic qualities of daybreak for comfort, creativity, and vigor. There is bliss in the simple knowledge that we have been given the gift of another day of existence. We are inspired by sights and sounds of the sun's gentle ascension. Birds serenade the luminosity, which grows richer by the minute. And though we may feel a residual lethargy, our vitality returns as our meditation helps us to become one with the stirring of other beings rubbing the sleep from their eyes. At the start of each day, our destiny has not yet been written, and so there is nothing we cannot do.
How we choose to meditate is less important than our choice to attune ourselves to the spirit of wakefulness that travels round the world each and every day. Even the briefest moment of quiet contemplation in the muted light of the sun can put all that is yet to come into perspective. As a consequence of our daybreak reflections, our lives are imbued with the same stability, tranquility, and increased awareness that humanity has long associated with the stillness of early morning.
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Just a Minute
I have enough time to think about posting something here. I didn't even realized that I had made it to over 300 posts! This one will be 304!
Last night in my Shakespeare class, the professor asked what was the difference in the interaction between Petruchio and Kate and Petruchio and Grumio. I told him, "boobs."
My minute's up. I've got some work to do. I may whine a little later today.
Labels: Humor, It Really Happened, Thoughts
Is It Just Me?
So this morning I had to come back to school. I only got a few hours sleep last night and woke up at 5:55 am (I saw the clock, dad gum it to Sam Hill and back). After some visits, I was a little tired, but knew I could handle staying awake for an hour and get to my dorm room bed for a nappypoo and get up for work--no problem.
I went to McDonald's and got a medium coffee and an egg-and-cheese biscuit. I didn't get halfway back before I had to force myself to pull over and nap. It was raining, it was cloudy--ick. Dad gum it! I want to go to get to school! I've got stuff to do! SCREAMING! Yet, here I am, on the highway with my seat on recline and waiting for my body says, "Okay! Time to go!"
Is it just me? It seems that almost every time I eat something, I lose energy. Sometimes, I just pass out and my body doesn't care where I do it! Anyone wanna tell me why that is?
Labels: It Really Happened, Screaming
My Fourth of July Weekend
I have a few stories for this past weekend. In short, I represented my mother at her high school class reunion, discovered a family friend had died while there, and went to my great aunt's funeral.
I also did some dancing--and don't let me leave this post without saying that I straddled some guy's face because nobody else was going to--got a few Styrofoam cups of vodka and green stuff, and ate so much in one day that I felt the difference in my jeans this morning--it was only one meal, but I guess that was enough.
Off to my normal boring life!
Labels: It Really Happened
A Daily OM Dose of Thought
Revenge
A Different Approach To Anger
There can be times when we get so angry with someone that we find ourselves imagining ways to seek revenge for the hurt they've caused us. Remember, however, that the thoughts you've just had are energetic creations. In order to keep yourself from having to take part in the rebalancing of energy, it is important to release the person and the thoughts into the care of the universe with forgiveness.
Before we allow ourselves to invest our energy into negative thought or action, we can remind ourselves that everything has a purpose. We can then consider that perhaps the actions of the other person or people may have had nothing to do with us. If we don't take their actions personally, it may be easier to release them. Remembering that every interaction is an opportunity to make a better choice, we can take a deep breath before responding, allowing us just enough time to connect to center and make the choice to respond from our higher self. We can never know all the circumstances that may have led anyone to do anything. By not passing judgment on anyone, and instead sending hope for their healing, we may create something positive out of a difficult situation. We can then release it, since dwelling on it can cause an energetic drain in our system, causing us to really only hurt ourselves. When we can release our hold on negative events and interactions, we leave it in the hands of a wise universe to work out the best solution for all involved.
In every moment we have a chance to make a choice to bring light into the world. When we bless others with the gift of our positive energy, instead of letting circumstances affect us negatively, we bring a little peace to the world every day.
Labels: Daily OM
Ten Things This Tuesday
"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Thinking again
Ten thoughts that have been crippling me:
1. What the Sam Hill am I doing at this school.
2. I have to take this Spanish test.
3. I have to go see my great aunt; the way my relatives are talking, she's on her death bed.
4. A semester--four months--of Shakespeare in one month?
5. Are you kidding me?
6. At least I got an A in my Southern Lit class.
7. I've lost all of that philosophical thinking that I was going to do for this TTTT. Geez.
8. The opposite of fear is knowledge--I rehashed it, but I'm trying to convince myself, to believe it.
9. Another rehash (let's face it, I'm forgetful): every thing is better than the fear invested before it.
10. I want my mama. Or some spirit or ghost who can help me answer the Spanish questions that I'm going to miss.
Okay, okay! Stop yelling at me! I'm going, I'm going. Sheesh!
Labels: Ten Things This Tuesday
... It Could Be Worse ...
This will go under the "Much / Not So Much" files.
Your skirt could be caught in your panties.
It could be worse--you could have felt the breeze while walking down the runway during Fashion Week.
You have a week-long stomach virus, not able to eat because it will run through you.
It could be worse--you could have had a stomach virus and not be able to see how you looked 10 pounds lighter when you're better.
You're stranded in the middle of nowhere.
It could be worse--you could be stranded in the middle of nowhere with your mother-in-law.
You get fired from your job.
It could be worse--you could be Isaiah Washington.
You are commuted from a jail sentence.
It could be worse--your victim could be a spy. Call me crazy, (you didn't have to say it that loudly!) but if I had a choice between being free with a whole company of trained assassins able to do anything they wanted at any time and being in jail, I could deal with plastic-tray meals for a while.
Labels: Much / Not So Much
I'm Just Sayin'
So I haven't taken the Spanish final yet. I am sick with worry about it, but once I take it, I'll be done with it. It's amazing how many random thoughts I could have written about since I was last here, but I didn't.
I can say this: today, someone who I'm not sure I have had a great deal of respect for told me something that blew my mind. She went to Africa for a Study-Abroad class, and after talking about it, like you may be considering, I thought that I need to get out of this country myself and how much it would take to to it.
Ready for the statement? Here it is. "Well, my dad is a rocket scientist--"
What the Sam Hill? A rocket scientist? In Mississippi? That's it, I think. She is lying! Good googly woogly!
Okay, time for that stuff. Later.
Labels: It Really Happened