I don’t know who I’m writing this for, but I hope you find the courage to embrace the mess, to get dirty, to make mistakes and trust that it’s all guiding you to somewhere or into someone better. Trust that ultimately, it’s guiding you back home to yourself.
Read MoreThe odd thing about being “radical”, you’re more likely to suspend ego and judgment, do research, trust science, data and give people the benefit of the doubt, extend grace and just love anyway. Whereas the fearmongers live and lead with just that, place blame and do not see that they are their own problem. I don’t get it, how are we STILL here? I’m tired.
Read MoreI had a moment while I was in Rome for my birthday where I was reflecting on all that I have been through, and the tears just began to fall. Something about that country re-lit a spark inside me that I feared may be gone. That inner “je ne sais quis” that says don’t give up, there is more to life and stay curious.
Read MoreI guess that is the beauty of getting older and your perspective changing and how things had to happen the way they did so I could learn and come up higher and show up for myself, this world, and others in a moment such as this one. I’m happy to be alive!
Read MoreI don’t have all the answers, but I feel that that in spite of how dark and gloomy the world may appear, we are also living at time when our world is perhaps being tested so we can expand. Why is it that despair teaches us how to love, or in times of strife that’s when we learn to love and come together? If only we loved at all times and when it’s hard, maybe then this world would experience true peace.
Read MoreWhen will it end? When the last fish has been eaten or the last tree mined? In spite of it all, I somehow have so much hope. I feel it rising in me now. Besides if we always look for evidence of fault we will certainly find it but if we always look for the glimmers in life, I have no doubt in time the path forward will illuminate itself in due time.
Read MoreTo everyone, everywhere just trying to survive, feel seen and heard, that’s most of us, self included and I am sending you so much love. We will find our way & get through this together & NOT apologize for being who we are.
Read MoreWhile I still don’t have all of the answers of how to live in a Fascist regime or dictatorship, I do know they can never take away my education, my passion for learning, the things that bring me joy, and my desire to keep peace and love in my heart.
Read MoreThere’s no where else I’d rather be. I wasn’t born here and as I look back on my life and reflect on how I got here, I’m in disbelief at times. Some New Yorkers are born here, and some are made here. I don’t need 10 years for someone to tell me that I AM a New Yorker, because this was always who I was meant to be.
Read MoreIf you have the gift of calm, take a moment to appreciate it and then extend that outward toward the world. Also, find a way to create joy, in my independent study of one, singing at the top of your lungs even if you’re off key helps, but you know whatever works for you. Enjoy the calm!
Read MoreAs I thought about all the things I endeavor to accomplish this year, beginning with continued work on my mental and emotional health, I asked myself, why is it that we only allow ourselves this permission at the start of the new year?
Read MoreWhat is justice? It certainly is a fleeting concept, especially in this country. I will never stop asking the difficult questions, I will never stop trying to help heal humanity by doing my part. I will never stop loving because it’s all we have.
Read MoreI don’t understand why society says we have to be this or that, or why it has to be black or white. What is wrong with grey? I’m not great at living in the greys of life but I do appreciate them, and dare I say it, I am growing fond of the grey. It means that the best is still yet to come and I can yell “plot twist” and re-write my story at any given moment.
Read MoreI just have to be better about recognizing when to Eb and when to let it flow. But hooray for living, hooray for being able to experience this, all of this! The pain that leads us to a deeper appreciation for life, to be present and just enjoy it.
Read MoreDespite all that I have been through I am almost certain that there will be other obstacles for me to overcome and I GET TO experience it all. It’s a privilege to be alive and I’m HERE for it!
Read MoreI don’t know how we got to this notion of having to have it all figured out in T-minus 30 seconds. Some of the precedents we model our lives after are a bit unrealistic when we should model our lives on what works for us, not society or an entity. All I know is, that whatever comes, I am so ready for it!
Read MoreI just have a really good feeling about 2024, it’s comforting to know that whatever I am lacking there is hope. There is the belief in the better of tomorrow. I CAN’T wait!
Read MoreWhere else can you be you? The you, you love at any particular given moment? What other city would tolerate my loud/outspoken/honest self and still find me endearing, and not at all offensive?
Read MoreIt’s you and it’s me, it’s all of us together living as one. As corporate capitalism continues to invade, Central Park remains the one tried and true thing about Manhattan.
Read MoreIt would be easy to shrink back in fear or act out of temporary emotion, which usually our default as humans is anger. Still, I will always advocate for finding the love, no matter how hard it gets. Now perhaps more than ever in today’s crazy world, we must always find the love. Love for ourselves first, and then love for others.
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