Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
Joseph Campbell

(Sorry, I seem to have lost the source for this photo)

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Click here to see more pieces from the artist Dalton Ghetti who creates sculptures from pencils.

Spring has returned.  The Earth is like a child that knows poems.  ~Rainer Maria Rilke

our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.

— Harold Kushner (via Zen Habits: Becoming Minimalist)

“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.” – Mel Brooks 

animation via dvdp

(via ffffound)

Instead of having one New Year’s resolution for 2009, I jotted down goals as I thought of them throughout the year. Here they are, listed by date I wrote them down

1.5.09:

• Stop waiting (for happiness)
• Stop participating in negativity
• Don’t assume (based off a lesson in this book)
• Be present in the moment

These were not so much accomplishable (is that a word?) goals as daily reminders.

1.06.09:

• Create a blog – I did it, it might have taken me the whole year, but I did it!

1.12.09:

• Pay off all remaining balance on my CC’s and stop using them! – I did this once, racked up a balance and recently paid them off again!

3.27.09:

• Wake up at 6:00am to have time to prepare a lunch for work - I’ve been pretty good about bringing my lunch, but I made this goal before we got Raleigh and now wake up early to walk him anyway!

4.8.09:

• Make X amount of $/per year by 4.8.12 - working on it!

 6.8.09:

• Travel for one year sometime during my life

10.12.09:

• Complete 3 5ks or other races within the next year

10.21.09:

• Paredown everything I own to only what I truly use and love - working on it, I feel like I am constantly giving things to goodwill, but still have too much (maybe because I keep buying things too? duh…)

• Organize sock and underwear drawer – check! Sometimes you just need a super attainable goal, haha

And in regards to goals, I really hate this quote: 

Because I’m pretty sure stars are waaaay further away than the moon, so you would probably just land back in earth’s atmosphere.

So, in order not to be a total downer, here is a better one:

(via quoteablecards.com)

Sometimes I think motivational quotes are too cheesy, which is why I like this:

(via veronicalovesarchie; via graphiceverywhere)

Which reminded me of this:
 

If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you’ll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.

“Destiny is a bridge you build to the one you love”

- My Sassy Girl

Rented this movie randomly from Netflix sometime last year and was pleasantly surprised. It’s a quirky romantic comedy with a cute story. Lots of New York winter scenes, perfect for a cozy night on the couch. For some reason this quote stuck with me, it’s so true! Love isn’t always easy, but for the right person, it’s worth it :)