Fleeting short posts.
Is it just me or is GIPHY becoming useless? I used to be able to find GIFs for any expression, especially anime.
But now, the search results are lackluster, and it seems like the anime GIFs are disappearing.
I find myself using Tenor more and more. Not quite like GIPHY used to be, but so much better than what GIPHY is now.
This month I’m turning 43 and entering year 7 of being single.
In the last 7 years I intentionally decentered dating and romantic relationships.
Doing so helped me realize I’d been on the «dating and relationship» treadmill.
My focus shifted from «looking for the one» to «looking to my Self». That led to healing, inner peace, and radical acceptance of Self.
I’m still a romantic at heart and hope for a beautiful love story. But my happiness is independent of the realization of that hope.
An embrace can calm your heart, soothe your mind, and heal your spirit.
An embrace creates the safe space to melt your worries away and ease your pain.
An embrace is an exchange of energy, a recharge of batteries, a mutual love giving.
An embrace is where you find a home, a refuge, a friend.
Was reminded of the Meet Joe Black soundtrack tonight, and now I’m listening to it.
Such beautiful music. Composed by Thomas Newman. One of my favorite film composers.
I heard my heart call my name,
and invite me to meet myself.
Afraid to know what I might find,
I hid myself with busyness.
Again my heart invited me in
to the presence of I am,
and still I would not know me
for fear I’d be disappointing.
Another gentle entreaty came
from my heart so patient.
This time I was willing to face myself and see what needed seeing.
At first I looked with judgment in my eyes, and didn’t like me.
My heart reminded me to look with Love, and then I met the real me.
Accept your flaws and imperfections. You are a work in progress. Always.
My Mexican immigrant experience means visiting relatives in México and being told “habla español bien”, and being called gringo. 😒
Primo, hablo tres idiomas y tú apenas puedes con uno.
This is my least favorite part of visiting relatives in México. 😒
Gratitude becomes Glorification when you selectively remember the past.
This is the nature of Thanksgiving.
A glorification of colonization, ethnic cleansing, and genocide of the Native peoples.
A whitewashed myth that pretends history on this land began when the colonizer arrived.
Gratitude becomes Genuine when it acknowledges and honors the past in full.
Genuine Gratitude listens to the pain of the past, centers the harmed, and seeks to repair.
May we practice Genuine Gratitude.
When they tell me to smile for the photo.
The way I’m invested in some of you and your lives…parasocial much? 😅
But also, I’m rooting for you, sad with you, angry for you, and wishing you all the good things.
My life and world are better just knowing you exist. Thank you for being you! 🙏🏽💛🙏🏽