February 2012
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things that are cool
I’m getting excited about the actual courses I’ll be taking in Barce…which is good, because if I’m not interested in them the beautiful city will distract me too much
I’m excited to be in a school/city that’s as multilingual as my head. It seems English, Spanish and Catalan can all be used for instruction as well as writing homework and tests. So long as you...
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It’s hard to go from years of diligent saving to throwing around quadruple-digit estimates in my travel budget. It’s hard to estimate how much I’ll be able to afford to do. I think I have to start small. Add up the stuff I absolutely can’t go without.
Also, train travel in Europe is expensive! I always imagined it to be super cheap :/
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Superbly Situated
blogut:
you politely ask me not to die and i promise not to right from the beginning—a relationship based on good sense and thoughtfulness in little things i would like to be loved for such simple attainments as breathing regularly and not falling down too often or because my eyes are brown or my father left-handed and to be on the safe side i wouldn’t mind if somehow i became entangled...
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“Each relationship nurtures a strength or weakness within you.”
– Mike Murdock (via julie911)
Thanks for the strength you give me
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“It is not beauty that endears, it’s love that makes us see beauty.”
– Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910); Russian author (via rebeccaxvaladez)
“We’re not surprised that a woman would wear pants, but a man in a skirt or dress...”
– Gwen Sharp, Embodying Gender Differences (via wewantrevolutiongirlstylenow)
Mmmm quite true. Though it not only puts down femininity, it also means men are more restricted in that sense than women.
Makes me think how many ways one’s views can be continually challenged. To be honest if i saw...
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Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do
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You, you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one I hope some day you’ll join us And the world will be as one
So apparently as a Canadian studying for less than 91 days in Spain, I can’t get any special Visa, and thus can’t stay longer than that. 90 days. That means I’d even have...
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“Her mother had been wrong. Love wasn’t a grand explosion. It didn’t blaze onto...”
– from The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig (via moreofamore)
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Euro Plan
3 months Barcelona and surrounding cities (plus, supposedly, studying :P)
10 days Touring Andalucia (alone?)
10 days Barcelona/Madrid with Atti
5 days Paris with Atti (!!)
7-14 days Budapest and surrounding cities with Atti (and Hungarian family/friends)
All the flights are booked except my flight home…..OMG
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“She writes like she’s starving and reads like she’s feasting.”
– R.D. Larson (via booksandnerds)
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“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel...”
– -Andrew Boyd (via hollow-gram)
This is why compassion needs to go hand in hand with self care. There are days when I can bear to read sad stories and be in touch with the harsh realities of the world. But I have to couple them with moments when I’m just sitting, drinking some tea, cracking...
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This goes out to you. →
jesstify:
Just read them all.
A friendly reminder to let your heart remain full, open, and always in love. Just keep paying it forward.
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Symptoms of Inner Peace:
A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences.
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
A loss of interest in judging other people.
A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of other.
A loss of interest in conflict.
A loss of the ability to worry.
Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
Contented feelings of connectedness with...
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7 things I'm grateful for this week
My big toe seems to be badly bruised but at least not badly broken! I was limping less today
An awesome valentines day despite the early morning dentist visit
My fillings are done and out of the way. I was scared of them for so long, and now its behind me- hoorah!
A restful long weekend
The internet- making the immigrant experience less lonely through Skype and websites like Youtube and...
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So I was supposed to be learning to swing dance….or at least going out to dance for fun. But now I seem to have broken or badly injured my big toe. Which is a big pain in the— foot.
Yup.
I guess I will have to limp my way to more sedentary diversions such as seeing the rest best picture nominees, or going to poetry slams and limit my dancing to awkward boogies in my kitchen. Le sigh....
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“It’s for the touch, for the touch. After all we are only human beings down here...”
– Martin Amis | Money (via blogut)
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“A soulmate is an ongoing connection with another individual that the soul picks...”
– Edgar Cayce
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“Could it possibly be that what you BRING into what you’re doing — purpose,...”
– What a Burrito Man Can Teach You About Finding the Work You Love
by the Unlost
Love the feeling of not having to deal with a bitchy supervisor anymore because their location is out of my way, they have never given me good hours, and a bunch of other supervisors in other locations love me. I don’t need you anymore! Nyehehe
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7 Principles for Integrated Spirituality →
(Click to read all of them, these were my favs)
There is not a single myth that was ever literally true – mythology is a powerfully metaphorical language, that offers up it’s gifts to those who learn to think symbolically.
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Spiritual practice makes us more fluent in the language of the inner life, which is where meaningful transformation, healing and insight arises. Being mindfully...
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“¿en quién creo yo?
yo creo en el amor
que ata y desata
que rompe paredes
que...”
– Bebe, Un Pokito de Rocanroll, “Compra-paga”
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“Remember that the word psychiatry means ‘healing the soul’, not ‘medicating the...”
– Elio Frattaroli (via psychotherapy)
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Eight things I Learned from 50 Naked People →
Beautiful insights from a massage therapist…..I especially loved:
Your successes hold your shoulders high. Your losses pull your chest inward. You hold your sadness in your throat, your anger in your jaw and your fear in your belly. Your happiness rises and falls in your chest. Love rolls in and out on the tides of your breath. It’s all there, all the time. {You can release the parts that...
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7 things I'm grateful for this week
Bit late, but still here…I’ll add an eighth to make up
Having a job that I like enough to put up with endless transit, and still come home after a 12 hour day with energy and a smile on my face
The bits of sunshine! And getting to ride my bike a couple times
Having nice painted nails
The peace that reigns after you’ve spoken your mind honestly and respectfully
Homemade...
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Yoga
Last month I hardly did yoga. At least not seriously.
But today I started teaching my first of 5 weeks of healthy living classes in Newton elementary schools. I have 3 groups every week, and I made them write out goals for the 5 weeks we’re together: challenges to be more healthy in some way.
My challenge, announced to the 12 ten year olds who (I hope!) kind of look up to me was to do yoga...
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sincerelysadie asked: i saw your post about going to a counselor when you want to be one in the future. i too want to be a counselor but i think i need to see one too. I'm kinda afraid that it's gonna go on some mental health record that'll deny me the possibility to become a counselor.. i'm in college right now and i think it's just a relaxed talk session or something but still.. i'm...