Joy
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Set The Table
Set the table. Use the fancy plates. Make a drink. Celebrate. Cheers. Invite others. What are we waiting for?
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Thank You, Sadness
Revelation: I feel the most connected to myself when I feel sad. After I’ve gone through a really hard time. I realized this last night when I was thinking back to 2022 & 2023 and why I was so content with myself and life. It’s because 2022 was such a hard & sad year for…
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It’s All Stories
We can’t control anything besides what we tell ourselves (aka the story we tell ourselves). We are always creating stories, whether we know it or not. It’s what makes us homo sapiens. And since we are always telling ourselves something, we have some sort of autonomy in the story in a way. Think of it…
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Take Pictures of Little Beauties
My soul just wants to be here. To taste. Sense. Feel. Love. Hug. Cry. Experience life. Breathe. See it all. Shower people with love. Discover. Try. Learn. Why else does life come to earth?
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A Day Where I Felt Really Happy
I was at the ranch in Patagonia, walking in the mountains with only my backpack, some water, and the sun on my face. It was windy but the sun made me feel hot beneath my thermal shirt. I was walking fast up the mountain, listening to Andean music play in the background from my iPhone…
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Evolution Just Wants To Play
What made the first organisms come out of the water onto land? Curiosity. Play. Exploration. What made the first organisms grow legs and eyes? Curiosity. Play. Exploration. Today, we think of play as frivolous. Unnecessary. When actually, it’s everything. It’s the foundation of life. It’s what got us here. It’s the connection between us, life,…
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It Should Feel Like Dancing
To work with “God” means to be in a dance with the universe. They give you an opportunity, you take it and dance with it. Make it something even more beautiful. We must create with our own minds and hands, but share the creation with the one who made the materials in the first place.…
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Beauty
Plants didn’t need to be beautiful as they grow taller and send their seeds down and feed the animals and clean the air. They didn’t all need to be beautifully different shapes and colors to attract the pollinators. They didn’t need to be as beautiful as they are to function in the cycles of nature…
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Wise Selfishness
When we enjoy, others enjoy. When we enjoy a conversation, those we are talking to do as well. When we are enjoying sex, the other person gets more aroused. Not only does more enjoyment bring us more joy but it brings others more joy, too. We must serve ourself to serve others. Enjoyment isn’t selfish,…
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Why Not?
Either everything is sacred or nothing is sacred. So why not make it all sacred?
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Both the Last and the First
do as if life is short, but nurture as if life is long. act as if today were your last day on earth, but trust that your days are meant to add up to a hundred years. love as if you’re witnessing a sunrise for the first time but take gratitude in the sunrises you’ve…
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Nothing Can Be Changed
There will always be little annoyances in life. and we can either spend our days being angry that they’re there wasting time trying to get rid of them, or we can practice ignoring them living with them. Sometimes knowing that some things will never go away makes it easier for us to live with them.…
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Lovers
I can’t help but think that when lovers meet for the first time the universe is watching down excitedly, waiting for them to connect, hoping that everything will go as planned, knowing the future they will have together, and smiling while the lovers are just meeting another person for the first time, unaware of those…
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Cups of Coffee
cups of coffee in the morning stretching the muscles in your body hearing birds chirp looking out into the world through a window feeling the sun on your face feeling the wind tickle your skin wearing clothes that make you feel good a hot shower with deliciously smelling soap a warm breakfast with your favorite…
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Friends
friends are so warm; they make you feel as if you’re drinking a hot, cozy drink on a cold day; they make you feel like you feel understood by another soul without them ever being able to hear what’s inside your head; they make you feel like you were meant to be together, meant to…
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A Love To Live For
the corners of my mouth can’t help but curl up at the sound of your sweet, joyous laugh that sounds like heaven your eyes that curve downwards at the ends that stare into my heart and melt all that is cold in my body the feeling of your lips and of your arms around my…
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Houses with Paint Chips
The sensation of your pink cheeks hitting the heated air after stepping inside from a cold morning walk The itchiness of a wool hat on your scalp and ears and the smell of coffee in the morning is appreciable as you settle into the kitchen Your skin is soft and warm underneath your cable sweater…
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Meaning
Life isn’t about always trying to find joy in every moment. It’s about always trying to find meaning in every moment. Life is tragic, and often times things will happen that will cause pain rather than joy. And it seems almost more hurtful to try to find joy in those moments than to sit in…
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Delusion, The Anecdote to Madness
Is delusion an anecdote to madness? We, humans, like to overthink, reason, deduce, search, discover, problem-solve, find solutions; when in reality, there is no solution to anything. There is no purpose to life, there is no use of life being on earth, and this unsolvable question of why we are here, this endless quest, can…
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Watching Fish
Do you ever smile so hard it hurts? So hard that your cheeks ache and you forget what you were even smiling about? Maybe our idea of smiling isn’t what we do when a camera is pointed at us. Maybe we aren’t supposed to be smiling so hard. Maybe we shouldn’t be working so hard,…
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Oceans
The world is like an ocean and the universe is pushing and pulling us in different directions. Although some of the waves may be large, or small, or seem like they are pulling us away from where we are supposed to be going, the ocean is just using her water to always guide us in…
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…Good Enough
Maybe we shouldn’t try to get the most out of life – out of our outfit, our hair, our career… Maybe we should just be searching for satisfaction – for “good enough.” Because both pursuits, one for maximization and the other for satisfaction, give us the same results, except one seems disappointing in the end…
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Joy
Do, not for the fear of losing joy, or in the search for joy, but simply out of joy.
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Mornings (Dancing Bees)
Morning sun warms you up as the moon quiets itself from a night of teaching. Lemon with yerba mate awaken the stomach. Stretches slowly pull on the body. Cats or children climb on you to wake you up. The insects are hard at work finding their food and doing their daily rituals, and I want…
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What Is True?
What is true? True is the warmth I feel when I hear a beautiful song. The intuition I feel when I’m in a bad situation. The quickness of breathe I get when I stand close to someone I love. Every. Single. Laugh. The look of pure love in a mother’s eye when she looks at…
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Homes
Home. I get it now. I get why people love their homes so much. As young kids, we don’t often get to choose our homes. We don’t get to chose a lot of things in life, really. My childhood self was just living, and going, and doing whatever seemed “best” for me. I never asked…
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Grandmas Giving Up
We waste so much time trying to live lies because we are so afraid to feel and live the truths we have within us. We are so afraid of being honest with ourselves. I see so many grandmas saying, “I just don’t care anymore.” “I’ve finally given up trying.” “Now, I’m doing whatever the fuck…
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Terrible Dancers
We should relish the terrible dancers. The people who sing out of tune, those who write incorrectly, our friends who confess embarrassing secrets. They are creating something in this world. Perfection is not creation. Mistakes, trying, failing, embarrassing – those are all part of us adding something to this world. And those who judge the…
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She’s New In Town
I’ve just arrived at the airport in New York. I’ve been traveling solo for five months, and, believe it or not, I’ve noticed that I’ve changed. No way! As I look at myself in the airport mirror, I say, Who’s that hot lil’ cutie?! As I look at the sea of books in the store,…
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Finding Beauty
I vouch to myself to find beauty everywhere I’m at. Even if it wasn’t exactly where I wanted to be, I know there will be beauty there.
Ali Walks Around 