The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.
– Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (via thatkindofwoman)
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took a road trip to lake louise, alberta on the first day of 2012 with my family. such a poetic, hauntingly beautiful place…
The Best of 2011
It’s been another great year for music and what better way to pay our respects to 2011 by compiling a best of list. The Best of 2011 list is the 100 top songs of 2011 compiled by The Binge and MikeyLikey. Enjoy and Happy New Years!
Best of 2011: http://themusicbinge.com/bestof2011
LITERARY GENRE TRANSLATIONS.
How do you say “I ate a sandwich and looked out the window” in Russian Classic? Click to find out!
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goal-setting
thanksgiving weekend with my family was a wonderful way to step out of my daily routine, gain some perspective and think about my life from a big picture perspective. i’d like to keep assessing my life on a more regular basis and i think setting concrete personal, professional and health goals will help me do so.
my goals for this week:
PERSONAL: get back in touch with college friends. pick up the phone, video chat, email, etc. invest a few hours in communicating with them.
PROFESSIONAL: i’ll keep this to myself, but i’m happy to say that i’ve already accomplished my professional goal for this week.
HEALTH: sign up for a gym membership instead of dropping in for classes (CHECK!), go swimming over the weekend and attend one good life class. also, this is an ongoing struggle given my professional commitments, but i really would like to find a way to bring back dance into my life. i never want to lose sight of my passions.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
– Steve Jobs
beauties of girl, interrupted.
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powerful choreography from an otherwise disappointing finale of SYTYCD. as nigel said so eloquently in an earlier episode, sasha dances by exposing her soul. mark is terrifyingly brilliant, deadmau5’s music gave me goosebumps and sonya tayeh is simply a genius. enjoy.
watch the throne.
still have LOTS of listening to do, but so far my favorite track is ‘gotta have it’…may have something to do with its indian-sounding background tune. excited to discover the rest of this album!
coldplay covering amy winehouse, followed by ‘fix you’ at lolla. can’t wait for the new album; still my dream to see them live at some point.
the sanjeevani project
excited to follow the adventures of my friend, fellow dancer and visionary abhita reddy. i respect her immensely, for following her dreams at such a young age to build a school in the village her father grew up in. so proud of you, abhita. you inspire me in so many ways.
