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day 283: mara's quest for sick-nasty kicks.

she didn't go with either of these...

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day 282: glad the holiday spirit hasn't died yet...

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day 281: i always bite off more than i can chew at target...

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day 280: day-after christmas at baked and wired.

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day 279: merry christmas on park road.

change

"Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix."

- Christina Baldwin, author

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."

- Lao-Tzu, Father of Taoism

"Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and polymath

"Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken."

- Frank Herbert, science-fiction writer.

via The Daily Love

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become."

- Carl Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of Jungian psychology via the Daily Love

abundance

you cannot live abundantly unless you acknowledge the good that is already in your life. this is the foundation for all abundance (as described by eckhart tolle in a new earth.)

i could not be more grateful for all of the goodness in my life at this moment. joy, love, happiness and gratitude are all seeping through my pores and spilling out of my ears. the most amazing, beautiful family anyone could ask for that continues to grow, the kindest and best of friends, and falling head over for the south.

i am living abundantly.

thank you for being a part of it all.

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day 278: screaming with his baby cousin.

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day 277: two of my favorite things - the java house and christmas music.

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day 276: one of my favorite things about iowa city.

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day 275: happy birthday, baby cousin nugget declan wiggles rocket ide nuggs!

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day 274: reason-enough for the city to shutdown - 18 inches of snow in 24 hours.

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day 273: the district is a winter wonderland...

a few thoughts on whole living

+ allow yourself the chance to really savor each moment.

+ optimism isn't just a shift in perspective. it's an act of bravery.

+ only you can decide the path worth taking.

+ don't wait for your mood to change; take action despite it.

+ you can't grow without pushing your limits.

+ stop worrying about getting sick; focus on your health instead.

+ don't believe what you hear. life is good.

+ no one knows what the future will bring. put your energy into the now.

(via body+soul magazine)

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day 272: some new pieces of the little bonbons* collection...

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day 271: christmas shopping...

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day 270: i am fascinated by these guys...

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day 269: cinnamon-scented pinecones spread throughout my apartment. i love the holiday season.

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day 268: in the middle of a 26-hour flight delay/missed connection/u.s. airways absurdities.