A present (mind)

“Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).” – James Baraz

Letting Go

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another."

All the things I left behind, I don't regret it. All the things I have to let go, it may be for the better.

Birth & Death continuously.
What is Nirvana?

A Best Friend

Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.

Wonderment

Wonderment..and I think to myself

What a wonderful world by KOKIA

To be void, to feel void, you become nothing, without a purpose to go on living. Does the absence of happiness cancels out sadness? Rather it would make that sadness deeper because the heart couldn't or didn't experience the thing it wants most.

single mother by KOKIA

Prayers

I didn't understand the meaning of saying a prayer.
What good would it do to make a wish?
I don't think the higher beings have time to grant every one of them.
Because...
It's an attitude.
When you say a well-intentioned prayer for someone or something, it reflects an attitude.
When you curse or wish ill on someone, it also reflects an attitude.
Two kinds of attitudes, two different results.
So which one, a prayer or a curse, should we be leading?

Real Life

“For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin–real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”

As long as

But it's not over as long as I'm alive.

Victory

I seem to have lost.

Cultivate

Cultivate your hunger
before you idealize.
Motivate your anger to
make them all realize.
Climbing the mountain,
never coming down.
Break into the contents,
never falling down.

My knee is still shaking,
like I was twelve,
Sneaking out of the classroom,
by the back door.
A man railed at me twice
though, but I didn't care.
Waiting is wasting for
people like me.

Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate
yourself in the end.

Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate
yourself in the end.

You say, "Dreams are dreams.
"I ain't gonna play the fool anymore."
You say, "'Cause I still got my soul."

Take your time, baby,
your blood needs slowing down.
Breach your soul to reach
yourself before you gloom.
Reflection of fear makes
shadows of nothing,
shadows of nothing.

You still are blind,
if you see a winding road,
'Cause there's always
a straight way to the point you see.

Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate
yourself in the end.

Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate
yourself in the end.

Don't try to live so wise.
Don't cry 'cause you're so right.
Don't dry with fakes or fears,
'Cause you will hate
yourself in the end.

'Cause you will hate
yourself in the end.

'Cause you will hate
yourself in the end.

'Cause you will hate
yourself in the end.

'Cause you will hate
yourself in the end.

Never

Learn Learn & Learn

It's tough to learn, but I can't go back, I don't want to go back.
Go foward. No matter how slowly I progress, just don't stop
and give up.
Accept myself, but don't be complacent and always improve
on areas that I'm lacking.
Cease looking elsewhere to acquire, it's right here with me all the time. But don't be complacent and take the good things for granted.
Learn learn and learn.
This year I have a different focus.

Let Yourself Feel

let yourself feel. from Esteban Diácono on Vimeo.

Become That Change You Wish To See In This World.

Become that change you wish to see in this world.
What do you want to see happen in this world?

Susan Boyle: I Dreamed A Dream

She's an inspiration.
She's not just a singer, she's a character we all wish we were.

Standing Up For Myself

I have to stand up for myself and for what I want, live my own life, not the expectations of others.
I've had enough. Don't you dare hold me back.
Stop it now. We should be living our own dreams, stop busying yourself with my life.
Stand up for the life you want. You won't regret it.