Dear Friends,
It has been a year since I remembered my password to this account. Hello. I AM ALIVE and I say that with love and a spiritual awakening. I’m happy you’re all still here and still visiting, thank you and I have facebook/gmail/phone if I don’t update this enough so please say HELLO.
Love you!
Because I love Lady Gaga and I love the person who I sent this too :)
Although my Family stopped passing out the red envelopes to the “older” folks and when I say “older,” I mean when you’re old enough to talk back to them. I like to acknowledge my Chinese ancestors (specifically from my mother’s side of the family) and welcome everyone into the new year.
Happy Lunar New Year, I hope we can support and lead in ways that will promote peace and tranquility.
HUGS, HIGH FIVES, and HORRAY to my fellow rabbits/cats this is our year!
[Photo taken by me, yours truly. The bunny use to be Tim’s roommate’s pet bunny. He called her Bell but whenever I was there I called her Bugs Bunny cause she looked and was incredibly intelligent as Bugs Bunny.]
I was meditating one morning and really dived into myself. I slowly stopped everything and let go. It was then when I made time for myself and asked, “am I where I should be?”
My ancestors answered, “Yes, you are.”
I trust in my journey. I believe in myself to overcome the challenges. To never give up. To continue my journey while embracing the path I chose to guide me.
I felt still. I felt light. I felt present.
[Photo taken by yours truly at the Santa Monica Beach in SoCal, 2010]
BaBAM! I’ve been reading books by a Vietnamese Progressive Buddhist named Thich Nhat Hanh, who discusses inter-being in one of his chapters. It’s the state of recognizing that several particles can make one thing and that thing can be linked to another; we are all interconnected; a fruit isn’t just a fruit but rather a makeup of water, soil, and in return becomes a resource to us. If we do not have water then the fruit will not grow. If we do not have water then we will not have the resource in which the fruit will provide us with.
He continues to mention a tree isn’t just a tree; it gives us shade (among other things). We would want the tree to be 100% healthy otherwise; it cannot grow or provide us with shade.
As I look at a tree I’m reminded of the inter-being in myself. If I am not 100% and healthy I will not be able to grow, support my family, community and organizations. We must make sure we are the best we can be in order to benefit our society and environment. We are all interconnected and affected by each other. This is inter-being.
[Photo taken by yours truly in Washington D.C., 2010]
Get carried away and move to the rhythm of the beat =)
Hello Friends,
It has certainly been awhile and I’ve missed you all. I’m on a journey in reclaiming and empowering myself to live deeply. I want to re-enter my community and the work I believe in with Mindfulness, Diligence, Compassion, and Concentration. I want to passionately make love to my life. I’m in a relationship with myself, to care, to respect, to accept, to love, and understand the depths of my soul. It’s the year of the rabbit…my year. It’s our year to create.
Happy New Year.
All the best,
Laura
Today is my close friend Michael Nguyen’s Birthday, he would of turned 24. He recently passed away a couple weeks ago; murdered, in front of his house, in front of his brother. We were suppose to celebrate our Birthdays in New Orleans with his family.
When I did a project in New Orleans he was my right hand man; housed me, fed me, drove me everywhere, and most importantly he never let me feel alone.
I’ve been having a hard time grieving, releasing the truth that he’s not here, and most importantly expressing to his family that I loved him soo much. I still struggle with the heavy waves especially when I’ve been hustlin with everything else but I’m healing. Progress is slow but none the less it always takes time to heal wounds…
![I was meditating one morning and really dived into myself. I slowly stopped everything and let go. It was then when I made time for myself and asked, “am I where I should be?”
My ancestors answered, “Yes, you are.”
I trust in my journey. I believe in myself to overcome the challenges. To never give up. To continue my journey while embracing the path I chose to guide me.
I felt still. I felt light. I felt present.
[Photo taken by yours truly at the Santa Monica Beach in SoCal, 2010]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfdbbcgcdi1qbpzu1o1_1280.jpg)
![BaBAM! I’ve been reading books by a Vietnamese Progressive Buddhist named Thich Nhat Hanh, who discusses inter-being in one of his chapters. It’s the state of recognizing that several particles can make one thing and that thing can be linked to another; we are all interconnected; a fruit isn’t just a fruit but rather a makeup of water, soil, and in return becomes a resource to us. If we do not have water then the fruit will not grow. If we do not have water then we will not have the resource in which the fruit will provide us with.
He continues to mention a tree isn’t just a tree; it gives us shade (among other things). We would want the tree to be 100% healthy otherwise; it cannot grow or provide us with shade.
As I look at a tree I’m reminded of the inter-being in myself. If I am not 100% and healthy I will not be able to grow, support my family, community and organizations. We must make sure we are the best we can be in order to benefit our society and environment. We are all interconnected and affected by each other. This is inter-being.
[Photo taken by yours truly in Washington D.C., 2010]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfbfxytFFX1qbpzu1o1_1280.jpg)
