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it’s just fun

We live on the edge of life
We don’t even compromise
We rush because we’re out of time
Forgive us for what we have done
Cause we’re young
I make mistakes that I learn from
Don’t worry ’bout what I’ll become
It’s just fun, it’s just fun
I scream at the top of my lungs
It’s just fun, it’s just fun 

[Tulisa - Young]

London

Capri, Italy

Hyde Park

Almafi Coast

“All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” –Paul Fussell

 

Being Alive

Barcelona

“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to meet your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for Love, for your dreams, for the adventure of Being Alive.”

 

sweet like cinnamon

I have never been a religious person, not even spiritual. I think I used to be a bit more logical (cynical, too) – I didn’t understand the “mystery” of life; I just wanted to know. That then turned into the practice of thoughts, affirmations, beliefs and self-mastery, which then turned into the study of energies and the belief of manifestations and frequencies, which has now turned into “spirituality,” I suppose. I listen to my heart more. There is no justifying or explaining it; I just follow it. I have dreams now (I used to never ever remember my dreams) that seem to tell me things, give me messages. I woke up in the middle of the night yesterday, scribbled something down and went back to sleep. This is what I had written:

Everything that we express and create is from the direct divinity of God. This universe was created for us to experience ourselves through God’s heart. It’s all just waves in a bigger ocean… every emotion, every life, every moment, every experience. Love may be the most beautiful, painful, deep, dark, amazing thing in this human life yet through this act is an exploration of getting closer to God. God, for me, is not one singular entity, one person; it is me, you, trying to find ourselves and discovering who we are whether that be through our dreams, goals, our lovers, families, children, our pains and joys. We all have our own way and our own time.

I also had another dream (dreams seem like secret out of body experiences, don’t they?)  a couple nights ago that I was the infinite light and I held a little blue marble called Earth in my palm and placed a piece of me into this body I am now. I whispered to the body to have fun, to love, to live my life however makes you happy, to worry less, to take your time and I’ll always be here.

(If I would have told myself these stories five years ago, I would have laughed in my own face.

But really, who knows…? I don’t know. It’s just what I feel.)

“allow me to strip the definitions from your Soul, and admire your sublimely naked Spirit.”

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon, like a fucking dream I’m living in… -Lana Del Rey “Radio”

some truths

Fira, Greece

“After I die . . . I wouldn’t want people to say of me only ‘She was a great teacher’ or ‘I loved her writing.’ I would like at least one person to come closer, to add, ‘She was also lonely, she suffered a lot. She was mixed up. She made some big mistakes.’ Then tell those mistakes and sum up: ‘But she was important to me.’ Then I would feel really honored, as though someone had seen and known me” (Goldberg, The Great Failure, p. 190-191).

“You say you Love the Rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you Love the Sun, but you seek shade when it’s shining. You say you Love the Wind, but when it comes you close your window. So that’s why I’m scared when you say you Love Me.” -Bob Marley

 

You are not your mind.

my heart’s in Greece

[Santorini]

I have never seen a place more beautiful than here. I can’t believe people get to live here. Perhaps one day…

I’m in Greece alone, with no plans to meet with anyone and I have been writing away (finally got my inspiration back!). Maybe it’s the beautiful scenery and sun here putting me in a more-than-positive mood but I have a feeling I may finish my first draft here. I feel very close to it.

Something about this place feels so familiar…

(I finished a book today called Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coehlo. It is quite possibly the most inspiring, beautiful, life-changing book I have ever read. The moment I turned the last page, my life felt different. It is a must-read. It is all about love and sex and all those beautiful things.)

tube-ing in England

In York, shopping for chocolates

In Cambridge

One of the smartest, funniest little books I’ve ever read so far

(England was amazing.)

 

London + Lana Del Rey

 

I’m kind of in love with Lana Del Rey’s album. Yes, it took me this long to actually give it a listen. Her voice makes me want to jump off a cliff, twirl around with a million butterflies, have sex in the rain, curl up inside a fire, so many different things…

Just landed in London and it is cold and grey, of course. Perfect for napping all day to her music..

 

Sedona, AZ

The Grand Canyon

Past life regression

Spent the past week in Sedona, Arizona. Beautiful, relaxing place…

Spontaneously did a past life regression with Michael Brown. I had no idea what to expect (and purposely didn’t read too much about it so my mind would be more open and not influenced by others’ experiences). I was put into a hypnosis state (takes about 20 minutes) and slowly brought to my own images, etc. It is very, very relaxing, safe and complete awareness is present the entire time. Never once do you feel “out of it” or controlled.  I was asked questions and I answered and explained what I saw.

I met one of my past lives as a male. I was a young boy in colonial times and I experienced myself through his eyes as a teen, a young adult, older age, and finally to death. It was amazing and so peaceful. I cried many tears! I also met my subconscious, my spirit, who spoke to me and told me remarkable words that I will always remember. It really is unexplainable. I feel a total calmness and, cliche as it sounds, an amazing feeling that things just make “sense” and my beliefs were reaffirmed.

It’s something one must experience!

If you’re curious about past lives, Brian Weiss’ book Many Lives, Many Masters is a great read!

 

Friend is flower

You move along this winding path, dust from the ground clinging to your surface. As you leave your footprints behind, you may smile at the moments you’ve left behind, each one shaping and cultivating you and each one stored in your heart bank forever.

A dainty marigold glances at your direction, little in size but large in essence, the petals emanate a glow which in turn warms you and feels vaguely familiar. Familiar in such a way that you feel you may have met this marigold before — impossible. You would have remembered this vibrant energy and then you laugh, basking in its beauty and telling of your many secrets.

The flower grows taller near you every bit, soaking in your laughs and joys like the vibrating rays of the sun, until one day it is time for you to go. You hesitate, thinking selfishly that you may need this flower’s affection one day and you grab it, a mere second away from pulling the blossom apart the ground where it is continually nourished. But you stop, gasping at your greedy attachment. You realize you are not this beautiful and strong marigold’s nutrients, nor it yours, and the paths are each winding, always in different, untelling directions.

For it to grow and for you to grow, you must continue on your journey, letting the sun bask on both of you, remembering that once this warmth was shared between two souls thriving on separate journeys, you think to yourself.

A friend must be experienced, enjoyed, treasured — never expected, judged or held in place. A flower will inevitably fade in gloom if lifted from its grounds of its breaths. It is to be smiled with, not changed — laugh, cry and understand the beauty of this life with.