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  • March29th

    ….especially when it’s with yourself.

    It’s a silly little game we play, continuing patterns we know are not good for us. Over-analyzing. Over-eating. Careless thinking. Dating the wrong people. Second guessing ourselves. Smoking. Crazed nit-picking. Over-spending. Obsessive worrying. Disregard for reality. Refusal to take responsibility. The list is long, pick your poison.

    Maybe we continue the cycle because that seems to be easier than breaking [up with] the cycle. Too lazy to put  in the effort. Decidedly ignorant of the benefits of a looming break up.

    Break ups are exhausting both mentally and physically. They’re far from easy, because they take a toll on nearly every single area of your life. I’ve had my share of not so great relationship break ups, but I’ve also been through many personal break ups as well. (some successful, some not so much) I’m convinced those personal break ups might be harder. The intangible, mental ones where deep down inside no one is to blame other than yourself.

    Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. It’s worth it. It’s worth it. Keep reminding yourself that it’s worth it. They say it takes 21 days to break a habit or form a new one. But what about a thought process that has been brooding for the past 27 years? How long does it take to break that? I’ll tell you what, it’s probably a bit longer than 21 days that’s for sure. Oh dear.

    It’s worth it. It’s worth it. It’s worth it.

    So how about it? Anybody else going through or contemplating a mental breakup with yourself?

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  • September6th

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    Posted in: let go

    I want to be
    like the waves on the sea,
    like the clouds in the wind,
    but I’m me.
    One day I’ll jump
    Out of my skin.
    I’ll shake the sky
    like a hundred violins.

    - Esperanza, The House on Mango Street

  • April27th

    Last night, at roughly 11:45 p.m., as I was sending a final rough draft of a presentation off into cyber space, and as the movie in my DVD player was playing for the third time in a row, my attention was diverted when I heard this song in the background of one of the scenes. Within minutes I reached for my phone to download and listen to the whole song. As a big smile spread across my tired, (and at this point) cross-eyed face, I closed my computer, turned out the lights and drifted off for a much needed date with Mr. Sandman. I was worried I would be dragging today but I can’t lie – I’m feelin pretty good. It’s going to be a solid day. And I think I’ll take this song along with me for the ride.

    Sara Bareilles – Many the Miles

    Lyrics to live by:

    I made up my mind when i was a young girl
    I’ve been given this one world
    I won’t worry it away
    But now and again i lose sight of the good life
    I get stuck in a low light
    But then Love comes in

    Perfection. Hope you’re having a lovely week, dolls! xox ~ Jennie B

    *p.s. the movie this song was in (and that I’m slightly obsessed with) is She’s Out of My League. Anybody else seen it?? Hillarious. I laugh so hard watching it & can’t find anyone who’s seen it too!

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    The Music Snack comes out every Wednesday to put a little rhythm in your week. Requests are always welcome, so don’t be shy!

     

  • March7th

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    My ultimate fantasy get-away would be

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    When you need a little more than a smile or a cup of tea to get your week in motion, the Sassy Starter will be here every Monday to get your wheels turnin’ in a classy – sassy – fabulous sort of way

     

  • March5th


    A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost (1915)

    Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
    And give us not to think so far away
    As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
    All simply in the springing of the year.

    Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
    Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
    And make us happy in the happy bees,
    The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

    And make us happy in the darting bird
    That suddenly above the bees is heard,
    The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
    And off a blossom in mid air stands still.

    For this is love and nothing else is love,
    The which it is reserved for God above
    To sanctify to what far ends He will,
    But which it only needs that we fulfil.

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    1. Waiting Patiently, 2. Volvo, 3. pink dreams, 4. i guess this bird is hen. :), 5. Dead Head, 6. ♪♫ I turn to you and i say..♪♫, 7. we see what we want to see, 8. balloons