Surprise Yourself This Year...

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you are wonderful. And don't forget to make some art, to write or draw,  to build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you will surprise yourself."

Neil Gaiman

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The Little Prince...

One of the most beautiful books ever written...

One of the most beautiful books ever read.

The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Much Loves,

Angela.

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A Return to Love...

How many of you have read the book, "A Return to Love", by Marianne Williamson?

I believe this is the most powerful, and the most passionate book I have ever read. And I could possibly write you a novel myself of books that have inspired my life and also influenced my life. But this book I believe, would be a chapter in that novel itself.

And it is a book I dearly recommend to all of you that have not yet read it. And it is a book I dearly recommend to all of you that have once upon a time ago read it, to take it in your hand and take it in your heart and read it again.

Sometimes I lovingly consider this book to be a dear friend. It so dearly embraced me.

I have this book on by bedside table. Often enough I find myself, simply opening a page. Intuitively. Instinctively. And it's never a coincidence that I find the words and read the words that I most needed to read again, to be reminded again.

And it is not just a book to read if you're in a hardship or suffering from a loss or an illness. Rather it is also a book to read when everything feels like it is just perfectly in place, this is a book that can strengthen you all the more.

So Marianne... This is me saying thank you. For a gift you've given the world. This is me saying thank you. For the lives you have touched. This is me saying thank you. For the inspiration you have given me. And the beautiful difference you have made.

This is a return to love.

And that's what I'm giving each of you... Right here. Right now.

Love.

Angela.

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Happiness of the Pursuit...

"We should concern ourselves not so much with the pursuit of happiness, 

but with the happiness of the pursuit."

François Lelord

Excerpt from the book
"Hector and the Search for Happiness"

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You are the Author...

"If you want your life to be a magnificent story, 

then begin by realizing that you are the author."

Mark Houlahan

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What We Do Not Know...

"The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning. If you knew when you began a book what you would say at the end, do you think that you would have the courage to write it? What is true for writing and for love is also true for life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we do not know what will be the end."

Michel Foucault

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Saying Hello... And Goodbye...

"You get a strange feeling when you are about to leave a place. You will not only miss the people you love, but you will miss the person you are now, at this time and this place, because you will never be this way ever again. But you are excited for the person you are swimming towards and look forward to the new you that awaits in the distance."

Azar Nafisi
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For all those wandering hearts and souls...

All those discovering hearts and souls, on their journeys.

Either from place to place, city to city, country to country.

Or simply, on a journey within. To your own dear self.

Much Loves,

Angela.


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Learn To Do the Same...

‘Well, child, you may do whatever you like with your suffering,’ Hanneke said mildly.

‘It belongs to you. But I shall tell you what I do with mine. I grasp it by the small hairs, I cast it to the ground, and I grind it under the heel of my boot. I suggest you learn to do the same.’

Elizabeth Gilbert
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Dreams are Illustrations...

"Dreams are illustrations... 

From the book your soul is writing about you."

Marsha Norman

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Wonders of Life...

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see."

John Burroughs

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Surprise Yourself...

"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you are wonderful. And don't forget to make some art, to write or draw,  to build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you will surprise yourself."

Neil Gaiman

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How to Really Love a Child...

How to Really Love a Child

"Be there. Say yes as often as possible. Let them bang on pots. If they are crabby, put them in water. If they are unlovable, love yourself. Realize how important it is to be a child. Go to a movie theatre in your Pajamas. Read books out loud with joy. Invent pleasures together. Remember how small they are. Giggle a lot. Surprise them. Say no when necessary. Teach feelings. Heal your own inner child. Learn about parenting. Hug trees together. Make loving safe. Bake a cake and eat it with your hands. Go find elephants and kiss them. Plan to build a rocket ship. Imagine yourself magic. Make lots of forts with blankets. Let your angel fly. Reveal your own dreams. Search out the positive. Keep the gleam in your eye. Mail letters to God. Encourage silly. Plant licorice in your garden. Open up. Stop yelling. Express your love. A lot. Speak kindly. Paint their tennis shoes. Handle with caring."

SARK

How to really love a child...

And this I believe, means not only our children, but our little, beautiful inner child.

Much Loves,

Angela.

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This Sweet Life...

"All I really want to do is spend my life travelling the world and reading books that take my breath away, drinking all kinds of tea and occasionally write something."

Unknown

I'll consider this my manifesting of the day...

Much Loves,

Angela.

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The Simple Things in Life...

"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not
be happy?"

Oscar Wilde

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This is My Dream...

"This is my dream. And I decide where it goes from here."

Alice in Wonderland

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Live Juicy...

"Live juicy. Stamp Out conformity. Stay in bed all day. Dream of gypsy wagons. Find snails making love. Develop an astounding appetite for books. Drink sunsets. Draw out your feelings. Amaze yourself. Be ridiculous. Stop worrying. Now. If not now, then when? Make yes your favorite word. Marry yourself. Dry your clothes in the sun. Eat mangos naked. Keep toys in the bathtub. Spin yourself dizzy. Hang upside down. Follow a child. Celebrate an old person. Send a love letter to yourself. Be advanced. Try endearing. Invent new ways to love. Transform negatives. Delight someone. Wear pajamas to a drive in movie. Allow yourself to feel rich without money. Be who you truly are and the money will follow. Believe in everything. You are always on your way to a miracle. The miracle is you."

SARK
Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy

Inspiration for the Weekend.

Inspiration for Life.

Much Loves,

Angela

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Teachings of My Heart...

"I have been and still remain to be a seeker. 

But I have ceased to question the stars and the books 

and I have begun to listen to the teaching my heart whispers to me."

Hermann Hesse

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Swimming Forward...

"You get a strange feeling when you are about to leave a place. You will not only miss the people you love, but you will miss the person you are now, at this time and this place, because you will never be this way ever again. But you are excited for the person you are swimming towards and look forward to the new you that awaits in the distance."

Azar Nafisi
Excerpts of "Reading Lolita in Tehran"

Be Grateful.

These words speak dearly to me today. This so describes the moments we arrive, the moments we leave from a travel to a distant country, maybe from a visit home again. But somedays, it is simply that moment you are leaving behind, a special moment within yourself. And you embrace, swim forward to all it is you are right now, and all it is, you are on your way to becoming.

Yes, for moments like this, I believe we can be grateful too.

Much Loves,

Angela

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