February 2012
27 posts
Genuinely...
“Do not miss a single chance — not one single opportunity — to tell someone how wonderful they are, how special they are, how important to you they are, how incredible as a person they are, how beautiful they are inside and out. Do not miss a single opening in which to insert such a comment, genuinely felt and genuinely meant.”
Drop Everything...
This morning the rabbi said, “We all make time when there is tragedy. We drop what we are doing and go running to help. Let’s make time and not find excuses because of our busy schedules when there are joyous occasions. Drop everything and go running towards THOSE in the same way and you’ll find that the bad does NOT outweigh the good.”
“She had a way of seeing the beauty in others, even, and perhaps most especially, when that person couldn’t see it in themselves.”
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never,...
NYC's BigApps Competition →
My brother entered NYC’s BigApps competition and the app is amazing! It will be a MAJOR help to anyone trying to find parking in the city and reduce carbon emission, decrease congestion, and increase efficiency of public transportation. Please take a moment to watch this video. (Bonus: IT’S ADORABLE! I know, I’m partial) And above all, PLEASE VOTE!!! XO B
Life Lessons in Spin: 2
“The more powerful you become the more intense the resistance.”
“Life lives, life dies. Life laughs, life cries. Life gives up and life tries. But life looks different through everyone’s eyes.”
Life Lessons In Spin
“Do not look at the person to the left of you. Do not look at the person to the right of you. Their speed is inconsequential. You are only in competition with yourself.”
I am 5’1, my legs are probably as long as your arms, I have boobs, a butt, a waist… And it’s beautiful. I will wear what I want. You can judge, gossip and criticize all you want…. Just ask yourself if you would say the same things about a girl in the same outfit who is a foot taller with no boobs, butt or waist. #SickAndTiredOfContemporaryBeautyStandards
January 2012
57 posts
History said it, I just repeated it...
Rachel Speght, A muzzle For Melastomus (1617)
“For shame and disgrace (saith Aristotle) is the end of them that shoote such poisoned shafts. Worthy therefore of imitation is that example of Seneca, who when he was told that a certaine man did explain and raile against him, made this milde answere; Some dogs barke more upon custome then curtnesse; and some speake evill of others, not that...
YUP, I found the recipe... →
Although, MY pie-crust will not be the frozen kind. :) It’ll be the homemade pie-crust I make over the holidays that leaves me (and anyone in a 5ft radius) covered in flour. If you want THAT recipe I’ll post at a later time. XO B
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
Reading for class tomorrow and came across one of my favorite speeches of all time; Speech to the Troops at Tilbury, by Elizabeth I.
My loving people,
We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear,...
2012 Annual Letter From Bill Gates →
“My annual letter this year is an argument for making the choice to keep on helping extremely poor people build self-suffieciency.” -Bill Gates
“More than 6.6 MILLION people are alive today because they are taking ARV drugs. Ten years ago it looked as if almost all of these people would die because the drugs were only available in rich countries.” -Bill Gates
Please take...
