Let me not live in oblivion or ever see so much pain and hurt that I become immune to it, let me be affected and shattered only to be moved enough to keep fighting for what I believe to be good and real. Let me never become hardened by the injustice but let it fuel my love and passion for teaching the next generation in such a way that their lives may be altered in some small way as to change our world.
Let me not live a life that leaves pain and hurt in my wake but one that exemplies my belief in love over fear even when that is a difficult thing to ensure. Let me not become complacent when it comes to actively loving my friends and family and neighbors, let me not descriminate with whom I show kindness to, or forget to be grateful for all that I have lest I spend too long focused on what I don't have.
Let me not be too scared of loving deeply and unconditionally, or too self indulgent that I lose sight of myself and all that I strive to be. Let me not assume that something that needs to be said or done will be done by someone else, let me not put off till tomorrow what I can do today. Let me not forgot all the reasons I became a teacher in the first place, let me not forgot that I know the system fails our students but that doesn't mean I have to.
Instead, let me make art and pour my soul onto paper, let me spread kindness and empathy wherever I go, let me love boldly and bravely, let me be raw and honest and true in my actions, intentions and decisions. Let me never hold a grudge or forget the importance of forgiveness. Let me believe in myself and my own capacities to look at life in such a way that I smile with joy in my heart in the face of tribulations and know that come what may I will be okay. Let me do what I can do show how deeply I care and love those in my life knowing that actions speak louder than words. Let me hug knowing it heals and never miss an opportunity to risk it all for love.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Thoughts on a Sunday
"Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night"
When we awake in the morning, the sun streaming through the window and gently kissing our face let us make sure to take time for ourselves and start the day off right. It's easier said than done but I'm learning the importance of living in a such a way that I do not worry about that which I have no control. Sometimes people live like life is guaranteed. It can end any minute, so we need to slow down, and breathe, and most importantly love. I am taking time to contemplate life. To learn and explore magnificent truths. I believe if you truly seek with your heart answers and truths, you will find it. It might not be as you expected, or as you had hoped, but you will find what it is your searching for, that road though can be scary. Finding time to seek peace and solitude is vital, but that also means confronting ourself, our thoughts and hearts. Which isn't easy, but nothing worth persuing ever is. I am aiming to stand firm in what I want and need, growing and developing my sense of self and will and using awareness to not allow other energies and negativities to affect me.
I believe there are only two true human emotions; Love and Fear. And I choose love over fear, always. Every decision and action comes from these emotions, we respond to this world with love and fear. And it's always a choice. It is one thing to be scared, it's another to not act, to not choose, to live frozen for the fear of the choice. That's not living. Do not let fear swindle your mind and leave you consumed, forgetting to live and be in awe of the mystery and beauty still left in this place. Open yourself up to experience life in all that it is offering you. Do not be seduced however by the illusion on offer that you'll miss out if you take a risk on what's in front of you, for in doing so you'll risk losing what is already here.
Take care of yourself, feed your body well, and your mind with books that challenge and enrich you. Surround yourself with people who are true, and evolving, who love you and confront you, who make you think and feel and laugh. Hold out for a love that it friendship set on fire, and don't be affraid to jump in, there will never be a moment where you are 100 percent ready and sure. Life is too delicate and unsure to wait for the perfect time to take a risk, it won't ever come and if it did, it wouldn't be a risk. But wow, oh wow the power and freedom that comes with vulnerability and the hope of something real when you let go in the hopes of flying.
Let us not become lost in our phones and screens, and let life pass on by. There is so much fakeness in this world, fake relationships, and fake faces, that are covered in plastered paints and make up, put forward in the hopes of covering up our humanity and flaws. I want rawness because I find there is something profoundly beautiful in someone being unapologetically them-self, aware of the messiness of life and the parts of themselves they don't like and the parts they do, with rawness comes honesty and vulnerability but an attitude that says I don't give a shit, I am not going to apologise for what and who I am, and what and who I am not.
Let us leave behind us a legacy of love, of rawness and wisdom. Let us breath in deep, jump and take risks. Let us try the things that scare us and choose love over fear. Always. Life is too precious and short to live in such a way that reveals a heart that is too affraid of the what ifs, fight for what you want till there is nothing left to fight for. Hold your head up high and do not let anyone treat you as if you are not worthy of joy and love. Do not let the people in your life walk away without having explored the uncharted territories of friendship and deep encompassing love that comes only when we throw our fear to the side and hope that the risk of bearing our souls will be worth it. If you find that it's not, don't let it make you cold and bitter, be grateful for the courage to have tried and know then that you'll not have to look back in regret for having given love a fighting chance.
Hug your friends and family, tell them you love them, and love yourself.
Enjoy your Sunday.
When we awake in the morning, the sun streaming through the window and gently kissing our face let us make sure to take time for ourselves and start the day off right. It's easier said than done but I'm learning the importance of living in a such a way that I do not worry about that which I have no control. Sometimes people live like life is guaranteed. It can end any minute, so we need to slow down, and breathe, and most importantly love. I am taking time to contemplate life. To learn and explore magnificent truths. I believe if you truly seek with your heart answers and truths, you will find it. It might not be as you expected, or as you had hoped, but you will find what it is your searching for, that road though can be scary. Finding time to seek peace and solitude is vital, but that also means confronting ourself, our thoughts and hearts. Which isn't easy, but nothing worth persuing ever is. I am aiming to stand firm in what I want and need, growing and developing my sense of self and will and using awareness to not allow other energies and negativities to affect me.
I believe there are only two true human emotions; Love and Fear. And I choose love over fear, always. Every decision and action comes from these emotions, we respond to this world with love and fear. And it's always a choice. It is one thing to be scared, it's another to not act, to not choose, to live frozen for the fear of the choice. That's not living. Do not let fear swindle your mind and leave you consumed, forgetting to live and be in awe of the mystery and beauty still left in this place. Open yourself up to experience life in all that it is offering you. Do not be seduced however by the illusion on offer that you'll miss out if you take a risk on what's in front of you, for in doing so you'll risk losing what is already here.
Take care of yourself, feed your body well, and your mind with books that challenge and enrich you. Surround yourself with people who are true, and evolving, who love you and confront you, who make you think and feel and laugh. Hold out for a love that it friendship set on fire, and don't be affraid to jump in, there will never be a moment where you are 100 percent ready and sure. Life is too delicate and unsure to wait for the perfect time to take a risk, it won't ever come and if it did, it wouldn't be a risk. But wow, oh wow the power and freedom that comes with vulnerability and the hope of something real when you let go in the hopes of flying.
Let us not become lost in our phones and screens, and let life pass on by. There is so much fakeness in this world, fake relationships, and fake faces, that are covered in plastered paints and make up, put forward in the hopes of covering up our humanity and flaws. I want rawness because I find there is something profoundly beautiful in someone being unapologetically them-self, aware of the messiness of life and the parts of themselves they don't like and the parts they do, with rawness comes honesty and vulnerability but an attitude that says I don't give a shit, I am not going to apologise for what and who I am, and what and who I am not.
Let us leave behind us a legacy of love, of rawness and wisdom. Let us breath in deep, jump and take risks. Let us try the things that scare us and choose love over fear. Always. Life is too precious and short to live in such a way that reveals a heart that is too affraid of the what ifs, fight for what you want till there is nothing left to fight for. Hold your head up high and do not let anyone treat you as if you are not worthy of joy and love. Do not let the people in your life walk away without having explored the uncharted territories of friendship and deep encompassing love that comes only when we throw our fear to the side and hope that the risk of bearing our souls will be worth it. If you find that it's not, don't let it make you cold and bitter, be grateful for the courage to have tried and know then that you'll not have to look back in regret for having given love a fighting chance.
Hug your friends and family, tell them you love them, and love yourself.
Enjoy your Sunday.
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