a to-do list for a to-do list

CHARACTER BUILDING

demands made upon other people

for too much attention, protection, and love

can only invite domination or revulsion..

***

Today I still enjoy getting the approval of others,

but I am not willing to pay the price I used to 

pay to get it.

I will not bend myself into a pretzel to get

others to like me.

If I get your approval, that's fine,

but if I don't, I will survive without it.

I am responsible for speaking what

I perceive to be the truth, 

not what I think others may want to hear.

Similarly, my false pride always kept me 

overly concerned about my reputation.

Since being enlightened in the A.A. program,

my aim is to improve my character.

                                             ~Reflections, April 2nd

brainerd

Filled out my fafsa.

that's step one.

feel much better now that i did that.

second step will be figuring out if

Foreign Languages major is

included in tuition reimbursement program at work.

gotta contact hr.

DO BOJU !

One word helps me describe the last 2 days, as i see it.. CAMARADERIE on my mind. 

I've observed a couple o' instances where it's simply an act of reacting to each other, as members of the same species. We have something in common, no?

"we are all connected" - that cliche doesn't help me feel anything... But really feeling it? Hmm....let's be nice to each other.

I'm going to start practicing some principles in all my affairs

Just as suggested.

I got myself an organic calendula & chamomile soap bar, and it is positively delightful. Makes me feel so warm and fuzzy in the shower. I also need to get in the habit of moisturizing. I like illuminating body products, I should work on being more diligent about it. I'm inspired by fresh faces. I like brisk walks in the morning, it feels cleansing. I forgive myself. 

Vincent, my apollo.

Happy Dec 1st!

A Day off!!

finish step 4!

Otherwise ill be trapped in this tender web of complacency. Move it! Motivation!

Dear God: Let me please exercise restraint of tongue and pen. Please grant me the grace to understand my true motives. <-- from Dodged Bullet

Another good movie quote

Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. 

 Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. 

    All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. 

           There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. 

                     Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it.

 And that is an encouraging thought. 

I am

in a funk i guess, but thankful.

Feliz Dia del Pavo

Home for the Holidays - a classic, bittersweet take on thanksgiving

made green beans with butter, garlic and breadcrumbs

“Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.” 
― Charles Bukowski

Things get bad for all of us, almost continually, and what we do under the constant stress reveals who/what we are

Ill come back to write on this day. But not today.

Maria Callas -- how much more fabulous can one be?

One of my favorite movie quotes

Bruce Wayne: I'm not afraid of you. 

Carmine Falcone: Because you think you got nothing to lose.
But you haven't thought it through.
Now, you think because your mommy and your daddy got shot, you know about the ugly side of life, but you don't. 
You've never tasted desperate.
So, don't-don't come down here with your anger, trying to prove something to yourself. 
This is a world you'll never understand. 
And you always fear what you don't understand. 

Nastassja Kinski

Inspired Pig --> xoxo

Garance"s drawings inspire me

stop the inflammation

there's too much irritation

as is.

be it a blank canvas

but without its grain

silky smooth complexion

wins you little strain

fathering^^

girly evening

 

i've got bravo tv on, 

 

bowl of popcorn beside me, 

kombucha tingling in an iced glass

catching up on Refinery 29 

 

*vanilla*tickled*saturday

 The mark of a moderate man

is freedom from his own ideas.

Tolerant like the sky,

all-pervading like sunlight,

firm like a mountain,

supple like a tree in the wind,

he has no destination in view

and makes use of anything 

life happens to bring his way.

***

the basis

the result of putting bear in charge of cooking

vanilla locks - Alec Thorsen

Alec's take on light

got myself a zara sweater dress like this at Crossroads Trading

a friday to waste

herby

Yesterday a rosemary smelling woman help me restore my faith in everything.
That led me to think of all the delicious dishes with rosemary, especially during the colder months. I love to be bundled up nowadays, don't mind the cold weather,  it builds character i think. Things are back to normal .

rosemary fries ? - yum

sunday

This week's been definitely something else. Having my own space, my alone time, was always a big priority for me. My man is coming back today and I couldn't be happier! I've felt a little disheveled this past 7 days and I'm ready now to get back to reality. Come home baby!

fri

greetings!

snacking on sunflower seeds, sipping on a sparkling lemon water
i am making a list of things to do before Bear comes home,
I want to welcome him properly

the bed seems oversized while he's gone

staying in touch

good~*~ new pig guilty pleasure