[given] to love

going offline for a bit… be back after the gmats.

cheers!

what does healthy competition look like? how do we develop it?

vanilla coconut green tea, i love you with all of my heart.

i honestly can’t say.

i’m not sure if it’s just my shit memory or that i’m incredibly delusional, but i can’t think of a single time in my life when everything was going sour. if i committed that sort of stuff to memory, i suppose i’d be a pretty bitter individual.

in fact, my worst and most traumatic experiences have been the source of my greatest lessons and the most wonderful gifts.

it recently struck me that the consistency of (and my ability to appreciate) all the good that has come to me, directly correlates with my diligence and motivation to go out and get them.

the power of attraction is powerful.

the last few months have consistently been good for me both personally and professionally. everything’s going so good! even when the universe threw me curveballs and things got stressful. life has been very good to me.

i’d wake up at 5:45a, and i’d shower with my fancy body wash and the scrub that smells like figs. then i’d make myself a breakfast of fresh fruit and crepes the way my mom used to make them. and i’d sit at the breakfast table, facing the yard and i’d eat and be thankful. then i’d ride stella over the brooklyn bridge and up the greenway. i’d lay in the grass and name the clouds. i’d go to the dance school and i’d take my last dance classes. then, i’d have a jamaican beef patty on warm coco bread with an ice cold pink ting for lunch. i’d call all my close friends and family members and i’d tell them how much they meant to me and how much i love them. i’d ride to the beach and watch the ocean and then the sunset. i’d watch people playing and sitting and walking and laughing and i’d quietly wish them happy lives. i’d wait for the stars and i’d count them all and be thankful.

and i’d pass over in peace and gratitude.

ahnka replied to your photo: stella’s home! all fixed up and back on the road….

woohoo!

:)

feeling like i redeemed myself after [this happened] last week.

there’s a client (not mine) i’m always cordial with at work. she has a friendly face and a sweet smile. we exchange greetings every day and when i ask how her morning’s going, she always screws her face a little, shrugs her shoulders and kind of sighs. i smile in understanding and then we go our separate ways.

today, i waited a bit and she kept talking. she let it all out. and i think i may have turned her morning around. she just needed a pair of ears with no judgement. she told me her name. that she uses exercise as therapy. she told me about the recently discovered source of her health problems and the procedure she’s having next week to correct it. and she hopes her mood and energy will get better soon after. i just listened and encouraged her. then i wished her luck and a great day. she thanked me for listening. and walked a away with a bit more bounce in her step and a huge smile. she has a really great smile :)

silentlydrawn replied to your post: 2) Write about the best friends you’ve had over the years.

That’s lovely. I hope that consistency is always present and you guys always remain that close. There’s nothing worse than losing a friend over something and a group of friends becoming incomplete :/

thank you! i hope so as well! i think i’m very lucky in that respect. i have the most sincere, most supportive, most drama-free group of homies a girl could ask for. we just all fit! we have so much love for one another and we respect each other. 

i think i would be heartbroken if there was ever a falling out between any of us. even when there was a splinter between a pair of the girls, there was no picking sides, no breakup, just a little time and distance, and then an mature, healthy reunion. yea, i’m really lucky in that sense.