Dear Sweet Soul,
We are all hopelessly flawed. We are all perfect luminous beings inside vulnerable hearts and bodies. We are doing our best, sometimes fumbling through near dark trying to make our way. This applies to you too. It’s ok to love yourself anyways.
Love the brilliant light of your heart. Love the dark places. Love what’s cracked and parched. What’s bruised and still bleeding. Take this magnificent whole and be as kind and as gentle with it as you are the sweet souls around you.
Take off your armor. Put down your fists. This is not a war. With grace and humility willingly receive all the love, happiness, kindness, connection, money, travel, opportunity, privilege, praise, and acceptance that this sweet life bestows upon you. Use these incredible gifts to help others.
Keep growing. Keep learning. Keep opening your heart wider. Be sweet. Work hard. But in this moment please remember: You are good. You are enough.
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i just placed my first order with stickygrams. it’s super easy and lets you select 9 of your instagram photos and have them made into magnets. i can’t wait to get mine!!
it’s already pretty cheap, but you can get $2 off if you use this promo code: FRIEND57UP
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#stickygram
creativity block.
yesterday i spent 7 hours designing, coding, writing. the other 2 hours of my day were spent in meetings or doing boring monday reports. my 7 hours of creativity yesterday were brilliant. i had a vision, and i executed. i saw the images in my head, the wire frames in my notebook, come alive on my screen. yesterday is a fun kind of day. productivity is a beautiful and necessary thing. i knocked out several projects yesterday.
today is another story. i very much need to create today. i need to write content. i need to create imagary to support said content. and, i have nothing. none of my colors are coming together. my words are all bad. today is not a fun kind of day.
none the less, a deadline has to be made, and the approval process has to start soon. designing with lack of inspiration is hard for me. i’m creating content all about spain. i love spain. i think it is beautiful, and wonderful, and inspiring. but, i have nothing.
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they run up to you shouting, “teacha, teacha” and immediately latch on to a leg, an arm, a neck, where ever they can get their sweet hands. you get pulled in every which direction. everyone wants to play. right now. you push swings, you roll tires, you hold hands and play patty-cake. you break up a fight, and receive sweet hugs. you read a book and no one listens, you pass out snacks, and stop a food fight. as they lay down for nap they ask you to sing them a lullaby. you do, and they all drift asleep with a full belly and a sweet smile. when they awake it’s time for you to go. they cry and ask you to stay. you say, “see you tomorrow!” but you know you won’t. this is your last day with them. you’ll never seen any of these sweet babies again. as you walk away they are still fighting for a spot to hold on to. you give hugs, and kisses, and so many goodbyes. as you drive away you try to hold onto the sweet laughter, not the pain of knowing they’ll go to sleep hungry, and that there’s nothing you can do.
today, my heart yearns for my africa babies. i want to be back in masiphumelele with them laughing, and singing, and wiping too many noses.
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#africa
#has my heart
paired with obnoxiously tall nude wedges
+ sunglasses that cover your entire facethis makes for the perfect look for some summer day-drinking al fresco,
don’t ya think?(mmmmmm…mojitos)
le sigh, this is the perfect summer outfit. if that shirt ever goes on sale it will be mine!
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U.S. Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ proposal to cover the cost of a one-year freeze in government student loan interest rates by requiring some professional services firms to pay withholding taxes on their income.
The Senate, in a 52-45 vote with 60 required, didn’t advance the plan to avert a July 1 increase in college-loan interest rates to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent. No Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the measure.
Republicans Block Student-Loan Rate Freeze
Let your GOP senators know exactly what you think about this.
(via barackobama)
repaying student loans for the rest of my life. eff you senate.
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i like to laugh. a lot.
i am a twenty something in dallas pretending to be an adult in this very grown up world.
