It's 2014, people. Cheers! I love a new year... maybe because it feels like something new; fresh; abundant possibilities. It's never happened before. It's an invitation to something more. None of us have any idea what it holds; its mysterious and intriguing. A full year is ahead of us - it's January 9th. I love January for that very reason... the whole year is still ahead of us.
I can't help but feel like twenty-fourteen holds something special for me - its the end of an era, and the beginning of another. I will graduate from college in May, and then I'm off to Thailand for a couple months. I have no earthly idea what will happen on the streets of Chiang Mai, Thailand, but I do know that I'm going for a reason.
I'm big on words, and I love books and quotes and lyrics and poems. I think certain words echo throughout our lives; they have the ability to shape us. Maybe for you its the letter your mom left you before she passed away, or maybe its the teacher who told you that you have what it takes. Maybe it's your dad saying "I'm proud of you," or maybe its your favorite writer who taught you to embrace "whimsy." Maybe its the person who told you that your story is important. I hope the words that you remember have pushed you to keep going... to move for something that matters. One of my all time favorite quotes is by Joan of Arc...
"I'm not afraid... I was born to do this."
I hope to embody those words throughout my life. I hope that to be my legacy. I hope I have the courage to look fear in the eyes, and say "I was born to do this." Those words echo throughout my life, because they mean something.
I came across a few words the other day, and they felt familiar...
"She's mad, but she's magic. There is no lie in her fire." - Charles Bukowski
I want to live a life set ablaze... where it cannot be denied that my life was indeed on fire. There may be people who think I'm a little nutty, maybe even mad; but magic all the same. We must believe that we can be those things. That we can be mad, but magical. fearless. intense. driven. The world needs us to be those things. Our decision to allow ourselves to be fully alive affects everything - we have influence; we inadvertently allow others to do the same. My fire is of little worth, unless I spread it to others, and when we team up and work together we set the world ablaze - we cannot be stopped.
Our passions and our desires and our goals don't have to be the same. Life would be so boring if they were. We don't have to have the same approach, or even agree on the minor details, we just have to keep the fire ablaze. We have to risk our reputation of comfort, and step out into the wild.
We don't know what the road looks like yet... it's all a secret, waiting to be revealed.
Will you join me? It's a new year - two thousand fourteen... it's new and pure and blank. Will you hold tight to the words that matter, and allow them to resound throughout your days? You belong. You matter. Your story is important. You were born to do this.
You're mad, but you're magic... let's start the fire.
I can't help but feel like twenty-fourteen holds something special for me - its the end of an era, and the beginning of another. I will graduate from college in May, and then I'm off to Thailand for a couple months. I have no earthly idea what will happen on the streets of Chiang Mai, Thailand, but I do know that I'm going for a reason.
I'm big on words, and I love books and quotes and lyrics and poems. I think certain words echo throughout our lives; they have the ability to shape us. Maybe for you its the letter your mom left you before she passed away, or maybe its the teacher who told you that you have what it takes. Maybe it's your dad saying "I'm proud of you," or maybe its your favorite writer who taught you to embrace "whimsy." Maybe its the person who told you that your story is important. I hope the words that you remember have pushed you to keep going... to move for something that matters. One of my all time favorite quotes is by Joan of Arc...
"I'm not afraid... I was born to do this."
I hope to embody those words throughout my life. I hope that to be my legacy. I hope I have the courage to look fear in the eyes, and say "I was born to do this." Those words echo throughout my life, because they mean something.
I came across a few words the other day, and they felt familiar...
"She's mad, but she's magic. There is no lie in her fire." - Charles Bukowski
I want to live a life set ablaze... where it cannot be denied that my life was indeed on fire. There may be people who think I'm a little nutty, maybe even mad; but magic all the same. We must believe that we can be those things. That we can be mad, but magical. fearless. intense. driven. The world needs us to be those things. Our decision to allow ourselves to be fully alive affects everything - we have influence; we inadvertently allow others to do the same. My fire is of little worth, unless I spread it to others, and when we team up and work together we set the world ablaze - we cannot be stopped.
Our passions and our desires and our goals don't have to be the same. Life would be so boring if they were. We don't have to have the same approach, or even agree on the minor details, we just have to keep the fire ablaze. We have to risk our reputation of comfort, and step out into the wild.
We don't know what the road looks like yet... it's all a secret, waiting to be revealed.
Will you join me? It's a new year - two thousand fourteen... it's new and pure and blank. Will you hold tight to the words that matter, and allow them to resound throughout your days? You belong. You matter. Your story is important. You were born to do this.
You're mad, but you're magic... let's start the fire.
