Site Meter ANCORA IMPARO
I believe in simplicity. I believe in feelings and family, friendship and fidelity, forgiveness and fortitude. I believe in motherhood and make believe. I believe in concocting and consuming colorful cocktails and fussing over and feasting on fabulous food. I believe in living out loud. I believe in laughing until your face hurts and loving until your heart breaks. I believe in behaving boldly and when warranted, badly, taking bubble baths and being barefoot. I believe in poetry, puppies and playing in the park. I believe in scheduled working on weekdays and sleeping in on Sundays. I believe in dancing in the rain and digging in the dirt. I believe in honest expression and the golden rule. I believe in nature and naps and that naïveté is sometimes necessary. I believe in goodness and gratitude and grace. I believe in unity and the power of the universe. I believe in being authentically awesome. I believe in being better today than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow. I believe in challenges and change and growing pains. I believe in the inherent worth of every creature on this planet. I believe in honoring the individual journeys and paths of people whether I understand them or not. I believe in letting people live their truth and trusting that it’s right for them. I believe in lifting up and letting go. I believe that death is just as sacred an experience as birth and that it is never, ever an end.

Mostly, I just believe that I’m never going to stop learning what it is I believe.


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“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”

—Carl Jung

“The further within myself I go, the farther out to the world I can reach.”

—Chaiwat Thirapantu

Truth.

Truth.

Having 14 work husbands is making me FAT!

Having 14 work husbands is making me FAT!

“People don’t want to talk about poverty in America. We talk more about poverty in Africa than we do about poverty in America.”

—Mark Shriver (via azspot)

(via azspot)

thedailyshow: Extended Interview: Openly gay bishop Gene Robinson examines changing Christian attitudes toward same-sex marriage. http://on.cc.com/TRSyoI I will always and forever love Gene Robinson.

thedailyshow:

Extended Interview: Openly gay bishop Gene Robinson examines changing Christian attitudes toward same-sex marriage. http://on.cc.com/TRSyoI

I will always and forever love Gene Robinson.

“When you feel a peaceful joy, that’s when you are near truth.”

—Rumi

“Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission, to be of service to them wherever they require it.”

—St. Francis of Assisi

I like a little splash of coffee with my cream.

I like a little splash of coffee with my cream.

Through EVERY thing.

Through EVERY thing.

Here we go….

Here we go….

positive-press-daily: Andre Johnson, Houston Texans Player, Takes Abused Kids On $19,521 Toys ‘R’ Us Shopping Spree Andre Johnson of the Houston Texans is scoring a lot of points today — for kids. The NFL wide receiver brought 12 children chosen by Child Protective Services to a Houston Toys “R” Us for a holiday shopping spree. He gave them 80 seconds to fill their baskets with anything from Barbie dream houses to digital cameras, and by the end Johnson’s foundation footed a $19,521 bill, he told houstontexans.com. An image of Johnson holding three lengthy store receipts in the store surfaced on Reddit and has accumulated more than 1,450 comments as of press time. “Every day when I wake up, I ask myself, ‘Who can I add value to today,’ because it’s not about me. It’s all about helping someone else. And at this time of the year there are many opportunities to help less fortunate children have a great Christmas,” Johnson told ABC13.com. The children, ages eight to 16, have been exposed to some form of parental abuse and now live with their extended families, according to houstontexans.com. Johnson can relate to a difficult home life. “A lot of these kids get discouraged because of where they grew up and things like that. I grew up in a single-parent home and I was fortunate to achieve my goals,” he told houstontexans.com. Afterward the shopping spree Johnson had one more stop to make. After picking up the five-figure bill, Johnson helped the Houston Police Department surprise 800 Bastian Elementary School students with Christmas toys, ABC13.com reports. The pro-bowler’s foundation partnered with the police department’s Blue Santa program to raise awareness for underprivileged children, according to the news outlet. Founded in 2003, the Andre Johnson Charitable Foundation is dedicated to empowering children from single-parent homes. The foundation hosts several children’s charity events in Houston and Miami throughout the year but the Christmas shopping spree is one of his favorites, he told houstontexans.com. “That’s what this season is about. It’s something I look forward to. The kids are happy, they get what they want for Christmas, and that’s all that matters, “ he told the news outlet. In my next life (or in this one if fate would have it) I would LOVE to have the means to do something like this. What an incredible gift of joy for the kids AND for Andre. Fabulous!

positive-press-daily:

Andre Johnson, Houston Texans Player, Takes Abused Kids On $19,521 Toys ‘R’ Us Shopping Spree

Andre Johnson of the Houston Texans is scoring a lot of points today — for kids.

The NFL wide receiver brought 12 children chosen by Child Protective Services to a Houston Toys “R” Us for a holiday shopping spree.

He gave them 80 seconds to fill their baskets with anything from Barbie dream houses to digital cameras, and by the end Johnson’s foundation footed a $19,521 bill, he told houstontexans.com.

An image of Johnson holding three lengthy store receipts in the store surfaced on Reddit and has accumulated more than 1,450 comments as of press time.

“Every day when I wake up, I ask myself, ‘Who can I add value to today,’ because it’s not about me. It’s all about helping someone else. And at this time of the year there are many opportunities to help less fortunate children have a great Christmas,” Johnson told ABC13.com.

The children, ages eight to 16, have been exposed to some form of parental abuse and now live with their extended families, according to houstontexans.com. Johnson can relate to a difficult home life.

“A lot of these kids get discouraged because of where they grew up and things like that. I grew up in a single-parent home and I was fortunate to achieve my goals,” he told houstontexans.com.

Afterward the shopping spree Johnson had one more stop to make.

After picking up the five-figure bill, Johnson helped the Houston Police Department surprise 800 Bastian Elementary School students with Christmas toys, ABC13.com reports. The pro-bowler’s foundation partnered with the police department’s Blue Santa program to raise awareness for underprivileged children, according to the news outlet.

Founded in 2003, the Andre Johnson Charitable Foundation is dedicated to empowering children from single-parent homes. The foundation hosts several children’s charity events in Houston and Miami throughout the year but the Christmas shopping spree is one of his favorites, he told houstontexans.com.

“That’s what this season is about. It’s something I look forward to. The kids are happy, they get what they want for Christmas, and that’s all that matters, “ he told the news outlet.

In my next life (or in this one if fate would have it) I would LOVE to have the means to do something like this. What an incredible gift of joy for the kids AND for Andre.

Fabulous!

“My advice for people is to love the world they are in, in whatever way makes sense to them. It may be a devotional practice, it may be song or poetry, it may be by gardening, it may be as an activist, scientist, or community leader. The path to restoration extends from our heart to the heart of sentient beings, and that path will be different for every person.”

—Paul Hawken

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