Relationships
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The Only Rule In Relationships
Respect should be the only “rule” for a relationship. There shouldn’t be any “rules” for what words should be said or what actions should be done for the other. One shouldn’t consult expectations, fantasies, or demands to make decisions in a relationship, especially with your Self. Just use respect, and pure love will always come.
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Clichés
Why do people hate cliches? I just searched the internet for this very question. Apparently, some say that cliches generalize our specific human experiences. Cliches aren’t creative. Cliches swallow uniqueness. And maybe they do, in a way. But maybe we need that in our lives more than ever. Cliches remind us that even though each…
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Meeting New People
Meeting new people is like getting to tell your story over and over again. And when you are asked your story, you get to think about it and constantly question it and recreate it. You are constantly asking yourself: Who am I? What is my story? Meeting new people allows yourself to constantly change and…
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We Can’t Do It On Our Own
Let love in from others and from yourself because the universe, the divine, will make you and this world so incredibly beautiful if you trust that what it wants to give you will in fact make your life more beautiful than you ever could alone. It made sunsets, blue oceans, yellow flowers, moss, singing birds,…
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Let It In
Let more of the Camino in. Let more of the outside world into yourself. Be more present. Let the people give you what they want to give you. Let the world give you the lessons it’s trying to teach you. Because that is the way. That is what the universe wants for you. Let it…
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Brillo
I should give all the shine I give others to myself. If I did, I would enjoy every moment and so would the world.
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Wait For Gold
You miss out on more by moving too quickly. You miss out on good meals by eating whatever is in front of you without thanking the food and becoming numb with pleasure. You miss out on good conversation by walking past people and assuming they have nothing to offer you. You miss out on good…
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Rivers
Love is like a river. It flows through our hearts and into others. It makes a song that forever sings throughout each day and throughout each night. It sweeps us off our feet, carrying all the joys of life and bringing more love with each wave. Rivers provide endless hydration, freshness, and inspiration for all…
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Falling In Love
Falling in love feels like the specific color purple of the clouds during a sunrise. Falling in love looks like the blue stars and red lightning bolts that you see in your eyes during a kiss. Falling in love makes you say hello to the flowers and talk to the spiders hanging on their webs.…
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Giving Love
The times when I am the happiest are the times when I am giving love and receiving love from others. Staring at a lover in the eyes, resting a hand on a friend, playing instruments in a jam session, sitting around a fire together, sharing a secret with someone. I feel complete by myself, but…
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The Right to Forgive
We have the right to forgive ourselves of the things that other people never forgave us for just as much as we have the right to accept the imagined forgiveness that we wish would come from others but never did.
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Ants
Ants are on a pilgrimage, each carrying their own burden for the sake of their future self and to build a world for their family. Ants follow the person in front of them and lead the person behind. Everyone is someone’s teacher. Every day on their route seems the same to them: long, exhausting, mundane.…
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Holding Branches
The trees here on the Camino are planted separately, side by side, but grow into their neighbor’s branches. Their branches wrap around each other like they are holding hands. This reminds us that we have to focus on our own path first and not at each other, so that eventually we are grown enough to…
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Laughter
The times when I think people are impeding my time alone, to “think,” are actually times when I need to listen and take advice from others. You have the rest of your life to be alone. The rest of your life to think. Every moment with someone else is a sacred encounter. You can see…
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Attraction
Why are we often attracted to people who don’t show attraction back to us? Who don’t give us everything we desire and need from a relationship? Is that human nature? Or is that because our younger selves were just praised too much when we won things? When people gave us attention? When we achieved something…
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Parents
Show your parents the peace you wish they found for themselves.
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Extraordinary
Don’t tell your daughter to be extraordinary. Refrain from saying that she can get any job she wants. That now is the time to chase her dreams. To be bold. Because that will teach her that she hasn’t already achieved her dreams. That her dreams are outside of her, running away from her. That she…
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Twenty-Five
Throughout my travels, I’ve met many fellow twenty-five-year-olds who I’ve noticed are all going through the same brain exploding, euphoric, terrifying moment in life just as I am. At age twenty-five, our brains are fully developed. Of course, throughout the rest of our lives we are still learning and unlearning things, but our brains at…
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Forgiveness
Imagine everyone you love in your life telling you they forgive you. Imagine everyone who hurt you telling you they are sorry. Imagine everyone you feel shame around telling you they accept every flaw. Imagine yourself asking for forgiveness for all the negative thoughts and unloving behavior. Imagine your Self telling you that you never…
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Angels
Angels come into your life and light you up and give you support if you let them. I’ve been falling in love with so many people here. They seem like little angels. And I almost get a heartbreak when I have to leave them. Angels are those who offer you yerba mate on a bus…
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Vulnerability
She sits on a wood chair with a small cream cushion underneath. A lively small party commences in an old puesto in Argentina. The room is dark, only lit by a few candles in the center table. Argentinian tango music plays out of a small speaker while the fast paced Spanish voices compete in tangent.…
Ali Walks Around 