Peace, Love and Storytelling

Spending christmas alone this year has given me a lot of time to really reflect and look at the holiday season from a different perspective. So as I sit here balling my eyes out because I'm sad and alone let me tell you a couple of the things that are going on in my mind. 2017 has been a pretty weird year for me altogether but this christmas season has got to be the weirdest for me. While most college students are going home, traveling, or just away from school celebrating these joyous times... I'm here in Gainesville... alone . Before having to make the executive decision to stay here due to insufficient funds and the need to work the day before and after Christmas, I didn't think about how hard it would be to be away from my family. I mean holidays are meant to be spent with your loved ones. Sometimes thats family, sometimes thats friends. Either way these days are meant for you to be surrounded by people who love and care for you the way you wished people were all y...

Quiet the mind and the soul will speak. -Buddha Picture captured while soul searching in nature with Kaileb [Photocred:  @atlienpoet ] I've been putting a lot of thought in the person I am and the person I want to be. Ya know.. soul searching. And what I've come to find is that more than anything, no matter where I'm going, or where i've been I want to be happy. Genuinely happy not that fake happiness I have to tell someone about when I'm going having a hard time. What i've realized though is that being a good person and doing kind, genuine things for others really brings me that sense of satisfaction that I've long been craving. Supporting people is something that I've done for a minute now but have come to find that it is an important part of who i am. It's what makes me feel good. I don't really know what soul searching means exactly but from what I've read on it its basically when someone takes deep consideration into their ...

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.  - Dr. Suess I listened to a couple podcasts by the Brilliant Idiots and another podcast by Joe Rogan the other day and really got inspired to write about honesty. Now there is a lot I can say about this topic but i'm going to try and break it down into two categories: honesty with yourself and honesty with others.  There's something about comparing ourselves to others and "fitting in," that just seems like the most comfortable thing to do. But when it comes to understanding who it is that you truly are, the most important question you should be asking is are you being honest with yourself? It's easy to say "yeah, of course I'm being honest," but really think about that for a second. When is the last time you've done something that you've been completely sure of about doing or saying? Now hopefully you said  today ...

"This is the recipe of life said my mother as she held me in her arms as i wept think of those flowers you plant  in the garden each year they will teach you  that people too must wilt fall root rise  in order to bloom " -Rupi Kaur The things that happen in your life are specific to you and just because you don't want them to happen does not mean they won't.  Something I've come to find with time is that every circumstance in your life is to make you the person you are meant to be. That is to say that all the bullshit you go through in life is there to make you some kind of better person. And though at times life feels impossible to conquer, your life is nothing short of a miracle. The life you are living is a work of art and if you know art, you know it is always a work in process. Now I could just tell you that in hopes that you'd understand what the universe is doing to make the best possible y...

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Get rid of anything in your life that brings about negativity. "Trust the vibes you get, energy doesn't lie" -Unknown  There is really no excuse for you to keep people, objects, or ideas around if they bring you bad vibes. Get rid of it! If you are trying to make your life something to be proud of and something worth bragging about, lose the baggage . Nobody wants to be around people or things that constantly bring them down. And trust me, it's not worth it to waste your time in an environment that is not benefiting your life. You've probably heard this a thousand times from memes and stuff you see all over the internet but how many of you actually take the advice you're given? I'd like to believe that after seeing these little messages around you that you'll start listening to them. I mean thats kinda how it was for me. For a long time, I was one of those people. I always saw little quotes and messages that told me to get rid of the...

"Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you." -Marsha Norman There are two definitions of the word dream. One is dream as a noun, that is ideas or stories that happen while you are unconscious. The other definition is dream as a verb which means to contemplate. The big thing to note about dreaming is that dreams are formed from your subconscious mind meaning you dont't always have control over what is happening or why you have them. But I'm going to tell you why you should dream. A few years ago I had this reoccurring dream about getting pregnant, having a baby and the baby evolving into a panda. Uh what?! The fact that I had this strange dream multiple times really had me thinking "what the heck?" So I had to read into what dreams mean to get to the bottom of this strange one. I did a little research into dream theory and found that dreams aren't necessarily in direct correlation with what is going on in your l...