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Happy New Year!

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i've been thinking about this impending new year a lot in the last few weeks.


i love new years, birthdays--any time the calendar gives us a chance to begin again.

i make long lists. carefully note all the things i'd like to change about myself.

i suppose it goes back to all those after-school-specials where the geeky kid comes back from summer vacation transformed. i've been waiting for that all my life. the day i suddenly wake up and have it... together (for lack of a better word).

but, i'm laughing as i write this, because i'm realizing it probably happens that way for very few (if at all).

and while i have goals for this year, and wishes and great aspirations, i'll write them down next week. because for today i resolve to accept that where i am right now, is just fine. perfect in fact. and there is nothing to change. only bits and pieces to add.

today i resolve to resolve nothing.

that being said, below are some words and images i'm pocketing away to take with me into this new year.

may 2010 bring you all that you've ever wished for. i cannot thank you all enough for your kind words, support, and continued encouragement. your presence and friendships have brought me so much more that i'll ever be able to convey to you.

see you in the new year!


with all the love i have to give,

meg









"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times a little hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

Marilyn Monroe


let's go said he
not too far said she
what's too far said he
where you are said she

e.e. cummings


"People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love."

Claude Monet








images 1 (quote picture), 2, 4, and 5 via sabino
3, 6, 7, and 8 via tweexcore

just a reminder.

in



cool autumnal air is pouring in through the the open windows, battling with the radiator (over which i have no control).


the candles are lit.

and the room is clean.

john legend is playing on the stereo. john legend is best played in the winter months.

the vase is clean, waiting for the flowers i'll pick up on my way home from work.

my parents arrive tonight.

i'm hoping we'll go to dinner at the new leaf cafe which by it's own description serves "seasonal modern American drawing inspiration from local green markets, upstate New York farms and New York City's community gardens" and the proceeds go to support Fort Tryon Park, the surrounding community, the 55 NYC community gardens, and four sponsored city parks. i'm realizing that what we eat, on a daily basis, affects everyone--the choices we make are important. it's not just about what we want in any given moment, it's about what's best for our health as well as the environment (but more about that later).

the whole point of this post was to re-post this:

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Buddha

i began repeating these words to myself yesterday, and each time i did it was like hitting the re-set button. it made me stop, breathe, and send a little love my own way. and because of this...the room is clean and the candles are lit and john legend is playing on the stereo and i can feel love in all its many forms as i sit on the my stool and type this.

happy tuesday. enjoy this day.


image of new leaf via google search.

this too shall pass. and it is. it's passing.

in

i'm feeling really lovely today. 

so much better. 

maybe its because when i get home from work tonight i get to begin reassembling my room. 

and i get to put a blanket back on my bed. 

and this will inevitably organize my mind. 

and maybe it's because i'm thinking tomorrow night, with pettitte at the helm (he's a pitcher), the yanks will win the alcs title. 

and maybe it's because i have you all with your lovely and supportive comments.



so feast your eyes on these thoughts and images which i'll carry with me today and through the weekend.



a truce to your volumes, your studies, give o'er: for books cannot teach you of love's marvelous lore.
hafiz


remember just for one minute of the day, it would be best to try looking upon yourself more as God does, for She knows your true royal nature.
hafiz


the sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.
hafiz


i wish i could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.
hafiz


when no one is looking i swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! when no one is looking and i want to kiss God, i just lift my own hand to my mouth.
hafiz


exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.
kahil gibran


i prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.
kahil gibran


much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self. 
kahil gibran


love and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
kahil gibran


out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.
kahil gibran


keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does now bow before children.
kahil gibran


ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
hafiz


an eye for an eye and the whole world would be blind.
kahil gibran


image 2 thru 6: sabino
image 7: tweexcore
image 8 thru 12: audrey hepburn complex

enjoy this weekend mon cheris

in

it takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure to embrace the new. but there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. there is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life and in change there is power.

alan cohen



photo via sabino

just because.

in



All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door. 
Albert Camus



Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.
Albert Camus


One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving. 
Paulo Coelho


Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back--she will hear her heart.
Paulo Coelho


The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.
Anais Nin



My ideas usually come not at my desk but in the midst of living.
Anais Nin



The moment of that kiss contained every happy moment I had ever lived.
Paulo Coelho




It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.
George Eliot

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. 
George Eliot



I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear. 
George Eliot



all photos
via the magnificent
tumbler, sabino.

and this idea of quotes
and pictures, but i find this blog
does it better than most.

oh and the lovely natalie post
the most perfect quote of all time
on her blog this morning.