I Want to Celebrate You: An Open Letter to Young Beautiful Women.
I want you to reach past your own experience and tap into mine. I want to funnel it into you, to expedite your journey in a way that I couldn’t my own.
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A Gift in Every Experience: The Wake-Up Call That Changed My Life.
I like to see each experience as an initiation that will bring us closer to our purpose. This is a hard truth to swallow.
There’s a Little Zipper Under Your Chin. {poetry}
Let me pull that zipper down
Let me unzip your skin
Let me unzip mine too and you can step in
Let’s spend the day in each other’s skin tones
You Don’t Need Experience to Make Something of Yourself.
I would stay until I doubled my salary... and then I would move on -- knowing there was so much more of the world to see and experience.
Whatever Transforms You is True: Finding Your Spiritual Rock.
However much we, or someone else, might recommend a path or perspective, we have to make our own spiritual experiments, and become our own scientists of the soul.
Early Consent and the Lifelong Pursuit of Pleasure as Self-Care.
I did not have low self-esteem for engaging in sexual activity. I had nerve endings. Thousands of nerve endings that enjoy and respond to pleasure just like any other person.
Say ‘Fuck It’ to Naysayers, and Make Your Own Decisions.
Earlier in life, I didn't even realize that other people totally influenced my decisions. As you can imagine, they weren't always optimal for me. I suffered. I don't blame them, as back then I didn't realize my own power and subconsciously gave the power over my life to others. I didn't believe ...
You Are Safe in This Wilderness.
I cannot connect with the idea of a calling that can be translated perfectly into a paycheck, a position, or a fixed identity associated with something I do. If I have one, my vocation is to be alive, to listen quite literally to my body and its rhythms: Every. Single. Moment. And to honor and ...
When the Dots Connect and My Past Makes Sense.
And as I stand here, daydreaming and staring at my future, there’s something in the distance that catches my eye. There is more to see than just these outlines. Every image that I spot on this skyline is made up of tiny separate parts. And when I focus and look more carefully, I recognize these ...
30 Life-Changing Lessons Adventure Has Taught Me.
You can get all the knowledge you want from books, but there is no better way to learn than by doing. Has someone ever given you advice about love? Odds are, you didn't listen. You had to go through that experience yourself to truly learn the lesson. By adventuring, you are setting yourself on ...