Many people don’t know that the human eye has a blind spot in its field of vision. There’s a part of the world that we are literally blind to. The problem is, sometimes our blind spots shield us from things that really shouldn’t be ignored. Sometimes our blind spots keep our life bright and shiny.
When it comes to our blind spots maybe our brains aren’t compensating, maybe they’re protecting us.
- Meredith Grey (Season3, Ep.8-Staring At The Sun)
22.5.13
To everything life has offered her, she has said yes!
I just read an interview by Oprah with Maya Angelou. She is an inspiration! I love her energy:) I thought I'd share my favourite parts of the interview. If you' d like to read it for yourself, which I encourage, go here:
http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Maya-Angelou-Interviewed-by-Oprah-in-2013/5#ixzz2U4rUNHAZ
Oprah: That's one of my favorite lessons you taught me. Will you share that? What does it mean that we've already been paid for?
Maya: You've been paid for by people who never even saw your face. Your mother's mother, your father's father. And so it behooves you to prepare yourself so you can pay for someone else yet to come. Whose name you'll never know. You just keep the good thing going.
Oprah: What would you say, sitting here where you are now, to that young calypso singer who appeared in the movie Calypso Heat Wave in 1957?
Maya: I would encourage her to forgive. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. I mean, we ask the Creator to forgive our stupidest actions. The cruelest mean-hearted things.
Oprah: We say, God forgive me.
Maya: Yes. So then you forgive. It relieves you. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter.
Oprah: I know you often say that love liberates us, but actually, forgiveness does.
Maya: But you can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, "I forgive. I'm finished with it."
Oprah: I've tried to let people know, as you have taught me over the years, that when you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
Maya: Indeed not. No, no, no. I don't even want you around me. It just means I'm finished with you.
http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Maya-Angelou-Interviewed-by-Oprah-in-2013/5#ixzz2U4rUNHAZ
Oprah: That's one of my favorite lessons you taught me. Will you share that? What does it mean that we've already been paid for?
Maya: You've been paid for by people who never even saw your face. Your mother's mother, your father's father. And so it behooves you to prepare yourself so you can pay for someone else yet to come. Whose name you'll never know. You just keep the good thing going.
Oprah: What would you say, sitting here where you are now, to that young calypso singer who appeared in the movie Calypso Heat Wave in 1957?
Maya: I would encourage her to forgive. It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. I mean, we ask the Creator to forgive our stupidest actions. The cruelest mean-hearted things.
Oprah: We say, God forgive me.
Maya: Yes. So then you forgive. It relieves you. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter.
Oprah: I know you often say that love liberates us, but actually, forgiveness does.
Maya: But you can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, "I forgive. I'm finished with it."
Oprah: I've tried to let people know, as you have taught me over the years, that when you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
Maya: Indeed not. No, no, no. I don't even want you around me. It just means I'm finished with you.
21.5.13
Inside
I have some exciting news! I found a fiction novel that I couldn't put down! I got it on Thursday and finished it on the bus ride home today. It's called Inside, by Alix Ohlin. I stumbled upon it while looking at the fiction section at the library. Normally I just look and don't touch because I don't see anything that sparks my interest, or I'll get a book, sign it out and never look at it again. (This was after I looked at the Jane Austen section and decided I wasn't ready for Austen just yet) But this book really sparked my interest. I liked the idea that it was written by a Canadian. I've discovered I like fiction that takes place in places that I've actually been, this novel takes place mostly in Montreal. I think it's because It's easy for me to put myself in the novel if I can recognize place names, streets, and land marks.
Inside explores how we try to help each other and ultimately ourselves in the process.
This is what Alixohlin.com says about her book:
When Grace, an exceedingly competent and devoted therapist in Montreal, stumbles across a man who has just failed to hang himself, her instinct to help kicks in immediately. Before long, however, she realizes that her feelings for this charismatic, extremely guarded stranger are far from straightforward. In the meantime, her troubled teenage patient, Annie, runs away from home, and soon will reinvent herself in New York as an aspiring and ruthless actress, as unencumbered as humanly possible by any personal attachments. And Mitch, Grace's ex-husband, a therapist as well, leaves the woman he's desperately in love with to attend to a struggling native community in the bleak Arctic. We follow these four compelling, complex characters from Montreal and New York to Hollywood and Rwanda, each of them with a consciousness that is utterly distinct and urgently convincing. With a razor-sharp emotional intelligence, Inside poignantly explores the many dangers as well as the imperative of making ourselves available to—and responsible for—those dearest to us.
If you get a chance please read it and tell me what you think! I'm hoping this has started a whole summer fiction reading festival for me:) If you have any suggestions of fiction books you think I might like, please let me know. I would love any help;)
Inside explores how we try to help each other and ultimately ourselves in the process.
This is what Alixohlin.com says about her book:
When Grace, an exceedingly competent and devoted therapist in Montreal, stumbles across a man who has just failed to hang himself, her instinct to help kicks in immediately. Before long, however, she realizes that her feelings for this charismatic, extremely guarded stranger are far from straightforward. In the meantime, her troubled teenage patient, Annie, runs away from home, and soon will reinvent herself in New York as an aspiring and ruthless actress, as unencumbered as humanly possible by any personal attachments. And Mitch, Grace's ex-husband, a therapist as well, leaves the woman he's desperately in love with to attend to a struggling native community in the bleak Arctic. We follow these four compelling, complex characters from Montreal and New York to Hollywood and Rwanda, each of them with a consciousness that is utterly distinct and urgently convincing. With a razor-sharp emotional intelligence, Inside poignantly explores the many dangers as well as the imperative of making ourselves available to—and responsible for—those dearest to us.
If you get a chance please read it and tell me what you think! I'm hoping this has started a whole summer fiction reading festival for me:) If you have any suggestions of fiction books you think I might like, please let me know. I would love any help;)
Thank you
I take the bus to work Tuesdays and Thursdays because parking is nearly impossible in Dartmouth where I work. I do have my own car and haven't used the bus in years before this because I never had to. There's something I've noticed that's unique to Halifax about riding the bus, most people, not all, but most say thank you when they get off the bus. It's something that through all my travels around the world seems unique to here.:)
Sometimes people will yell it at the bus driver, sometimes say it so softly you have to listen carefully, perhaps it's because it's a small city. I don't know. But it's nice to hear! People using their manners and respecting to person who drove them to their destination. A wee bit of gratitude before my crazy workday:)
Sometimes people will yell it at the bus driver, sometimes say it so softly you have to listen carefully, perhaps it's because it's a small city. I don't know. But it's nice to hear! People using their manners and respecting to person who drove them to their destination. A wee bit of gratitude before my crazy workday:)
20.5.13
You're bananas!
This was my supper this evening:) Bbq portobello mushroom pizza and sweet potato fries. It's exciting to eat fresh food from the bbq. I was hoping to get fiddleheads this weekend, but I didn't make it to the market. Perhaps next.
We watched Silver Lining Playbook last night. It was much better than I thought it would be. I'm a big fan of Bradley Cooper, mostly because he is easy on the eyes, but also because he is a great actor. The film inspired me to take dance lessons, when, I don't know, but perhaps in the future. I've never wanted to do this in my life, so it's kinda exciting:)
Some inspiration for the week:
You are the creator of your world. The pessimist sees problems, the dreamer see opportunities...
We watched Silver Lining Playbook last night. It was much better than I thought it would be. I'm a big fan of Bradley Cooper, mostly because he is easy on the eyes, but also because he is a great actor. The film inspired me to take dance lessons, when, I don't know, but perhaps in the future. I've never wanted to do this in my life, so it's kinda exciting:)
Some inspiration for the week:
You are the creator of your world. The pessimist sees problems, the dreamer see opportunities...
Open eyes
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers by day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dreams with open eyes to make them possible.
T.E. Lawrence
T.E. Lawrence
19.5.13
Fits together
I had this memory game when I was a kid. A bunch of cards face down, in rows. Each card has a picture. You turn one over, look at it then you turn it back over. Then you have to try and remember where its matching card was. Sometimes you have no idea and other times it shows us exactly what we need to see. The cards seem completely out of order and random but you keep turning them over and the more cards you see, you get a sense of how everything fits together.
- Meredith Grey (Season9, Ep.2- Remember the Time)
- Meredith Grey (Season9, Ep.2- Remember the Time)
My nose is Blue
Just finished the Blue Nose 10k. A 10k is a good distance when the course is pretty much 100% hills! I wanted to finish in under an hour, but my gps told me it was 1h 1min ish. The site is down right now that gives the official results, so I'll trust imapmyrun today;) it was a beautiful day for the races!
3 of my friends ran their first race today, doing the 5k at 8:10 am! It was super chilly! Great job Nat, Erin and Diane!!!
3 of my friends ran their first race today, doing the 5k at 8:10 am! It was super chilly! Great job Nat, Erin and Diane!!!
17.5.13
Graduated
I officially graduated today! I haven't attended any of my university graduations, and thought I shouldn't break that record today. Ian tried to convince me to go, but I don't know anyone I am graduating with. This made me think it might be very long and quite boring! As a side note, I did attend my Yoga Teacher Training graduation... what does that say about me?
It's exciting to be 100% officially finished, none the less:)
So now I have three designations after my name, BA, BEd, and MEd.
What's next?!?!
It's exciting to be 100% officially finished, none the less:)
So now I have three designations after my name, BA, BEd, and MEd.
What's next?!?!
16.5.13
The Storm is Coming
Grey's Season Finale.
Tonight.
Can't wait...
It can be scary to find out you’ve been wrong about something but we can’t be afraid to change our minds, to accept that things are different, that they’ll never be the same, for better or for worse. We have to be willing to give up what we used to believe. The more we’re willing to accept what is and not what we thought, we’ll find ourselves exactly where we belong.
- Meredith Grey (Season9, Ep.6-Second Opinion)
Tonight.
Can't wait...
It can be scary to find out you’ve been wrong about something but we can’t be afraid to change our minds, to accept that things are different, that they’ll never be the same, for better or for worse. We have to be willing to give up what we used to believe. The more we’re willing to accept what is and not what we thought, we’ll find ourselves exactly where we belong.
- Meredith Grey (Season9, Ep.6-Second Opinion)
Letting Go
Why is it always about letting go?!
I'm seriously thinking about starting a Mysore practice; so I got a Biography of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois to see if I could learn more about the meaning of the practice. It's a pretty thick book so I'm just skimming to see if there is anything of interest. So far it's pretty good:) I'll let you know what I decide...
Excerpt from Guruji, A portrait of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, By Guy Donahaye.
I'm seriously thinking about starting a Mysore practice; so I got a Biography of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois to see if I could learn more about the meaning of the practice. It's a pretty thick book so I'm just skimming to see if there is anything of interest. So far it's pretty good:) I'll let you know what I decide...
Excerpt from Guruji, A portrait of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, By Guy Donahaye.
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