"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."
~Janis Joplin~
"God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one."
~ Mevlana Rumi
Art...Chai tea...wood floors..religions....intensity..guitar...kissing...fighting.
.dancing...reading...southern accents...inspiration...cats....painting....sex...forests after rain...
moonstones..walking barefoot..fresh flowers..organic...broken in boots...grass...scrabble....
sanskrit...yoga...swimming...destroyed jeans...farmers markets...tatts and piercings..passion...singing in the shower..talking for hours...sincerity...pinot noir...travel...
pedicures...tuberoses....cooking...tan skin...white clothes...sweet green tea...dragonflies...
golden retrievers..motorcycles...insanity...spontaneous decisions....honest raw emotion....astrology...teaching kids....making anything with my hands...natural...humor...risks....gardenias...thrift stores...big ideas...& finally,
making you fucking smile baby.
Not much really, truly matters. Only love is real. So therfore, do your thing, beleive what you want, find your damn JOY during this lifetime, or you'll just have to do it over and over until you finally learn how to shut up, relax, and be yourself. Life is beautiful..I don't care what anyone says to the contrary. We are all blessed to be given the chance to live on this planet with each other, learn from each other, be one with each other. We are all totally free. And the only control you ever need to excercise is control over your own mind.....then anything is possible.
Ya'll know it's true...
"even after all this time
the sun never says
you owe me to the moon
look what happens
with a love like that
it lights the whole sky"
THINKERS! People who don't accept the "norm", or take your word for it...they think for themselves. Truth tellers and risk takers....
Optimists. Musicians. Writers. Artists. Surfers. Travelers. Lovers. Experts. Students.
People who live their real purpose...when they work, they disappear....they are totally engrossed in whatever it is....
People who are 100% authentic and naturally themselves...people who know what they want...people who can open themselves up enough to teach me what they know...people who can trust...
Who do I wanna meet??
Damn I don't know, I 've already met some of the most amazing people....I'd like to meet Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger, Rachel Maddow, Julia Butterfly Hill, Frederick Douglas, Tiesto, Bell Hooks, Angelina Jolie, JFK and Bobby Kennedy, MLK Jr., John Stewart, Oprah, Sheryl Crow, Shakira, Anais Nin, Anthony Bourdain, Einstein, Frida Kahlo, Sean Corn, Shiva Rea, Tupac, Rumi, Barack Obama, Ghandi, anyone who has traveled the world, speaks from their hearts, has an informed opinion, or devoted their life to an art or passion, anyone interesting, honest, flawed, and real. People who don't just talk it they walk it...people who breathe for love..for peace..for truth.
People who don't give two shits what I think of them..disheveled, creative, determined, funny, and optimistic people....oh, and Johnny fucking Depp.
I LOVE being a woman....
BELIEVE we are BEAUTIFUL..
There's something you should know about me..
I'm not perfect...
but I'm damn close..
Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter. Confidence is everything.
....
I am filled with you.
Skin, blood, bone, brain, and soul.
There's no room for lack of trust or trust.
Nothing in this existence but that existence.
-Rumi
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Mark Twain
....100% ORGANIC......
Beautiful things......
A mind that is stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions.
I love music more than I can explain, it captures a feeling, a memory, or an idea better than any other medium. Music makes up our bodies, and our hearts...
I dig it all mostly, if it's good, if it has a groove, I'll listen..local music..
Pinback.
Dylan, Sublime, Stones, Plain White T's, The Killers, Beatles, Chili Peppers, Blunt, Joplin, Tupac, Bob Marley, Fleetwood Mac, Al Green, 2Pac, Hendrix, Mamas and Papas, Green Day, Sheryl Crow, U2, Zeppelin, Tom Petty, Animals, Springsteen, Enya, Joan Baez, Damian Marley, The Stones......
Nada Surf, Muse, Everything but the Girl, Morcheeba, Interpol, Sarah Mclaughlin, Zero 7, iio, BT, Ellis, Moby, Massive Attack, Gorillaz, Martina Topley-Bird, Delerium, Sneaker Pimps, Coldplay, Feist, Hooverphonic, Jem, Big head todd and the monsters, Cat Power, Portishead, Beth Orton, Blue Oyster Cult, Aesop Rock, Deva Premal, Wah!, Krishna Das, Elan....and the list goes on and on and......
BreaK your mind wide OPEN...any way you can....Wake up, and refuse to be what you should...RefUsE what they tell you...Be ONLY what you WanT...and do ONLY what you feel is right..
Stage Beauty!
Some Like it Hot, Dead Poets Society, Atonement, Fear and Loathing, Pans Labyrinth, Narnia, American History X, Crash, Ghandi, The Fountain, Walk the Line, Boondock Saints, Reservoir Dogs, Gattaca, Ratattouille, Office Space, Constantine, Almost Famous, Lord of the Rings, Shawshank Redemption, Blow, Matrix trillogy, Godfather, Alice in Wonderland, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Jane Eyre, Dogma, Stigmata, mafia movies, anything with Audrey Hepburn, and most anything by Terentino.. Goodfellas Super Troopers, , Harry Potter..the list goes on forever....
,
SHANE ♥
Fuck T.V. make something beautiful instead...
Im not a fan of TV...If I watch it, it's a nature, travel, or cooking show, The L word, or something really funny. If George Carlin, or Chappelle is on, Im there..Ok, Im addicted to The Daily Show and Olberman...but that's about it.
Shakespeare, Religious and sacred text from all over the world; The PopulVu, The Saga of the Volsungs, The Buddhist teachings, Native American traditions, The Bible... Anais Nin, Ayn Rand, Amazing theorists such as Bell Hooks, "The way of the peaceful warrior" by Dan Milman, "The Celestine Prophecy" series by James Redfield, Bill Bryson, Plato, J.S. Mill, The Tao, Tupac poetry, Hemmingway, Frost, Edgar Allen Poe, Nitzche, Voltaire, Kant, Habermas, Maya Angelou, The Hidden Messages in Water, Jackson Katz, "What Ive always Known" and "Going Native" by Tom Harmer, Jane Austen, Harry Potter, Noam Chomsky, George Orwell, Dr. Seuss, Barack Obama.....travel writing and poetry too...beautiful writing makes me so happy..
I like to write too....reading and writing have saved my soul many, many times..oh and, I read "the Secret" before it was cool.
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.â€
Dr. Seuss
Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jr..Native Elders, Tribal Leaders and Shamans, Sojourner Truth, Bell Hooks, Frederick Douglas, my mother and grandmothers, Gloria Steinem, Janis Joplin, Plato, Lao Tzu, Albert Einstein, Che Guevera, Joan of Arc, Dr. Seuss, single moms, and anyone alive who can keep faith under the weight of this lifetime. People who can smile and laugh when the rest of us see only reasons to cry. Strong people, just leaders, and people who speak their truth without fear or hesitation. I wish to be these people, and they are all my heroes.
"See all women as mothers,
serve them as your mother.
When you see the entire world as your mother,
the ego falls away."....MAHARAJJI
After a while you learn that that even sunshine burns if you get too much,
so you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong,
and you really do have worth.