Many Hours In My Hammock

What an unbelievably beautiful thing when two separate energies tangle up with one another and have a feeling of the comfort of years and an electrical current running across skin.
laughter, silence, talking, questions, glances, touching hands. 
There is a certain bliss to it.
Enjoy.

The Writing On My Mirror.

Every day I wake up to a writing on my mirror. 
Every night I go to bed to a writing on my mirror.
I have it there so I am forced to look at it. 
I need a reminder from time to time to keep me focused on what it is I need. 
What it is that I want. 


Be Present. Make love. Make Tea. Avoid small talk, embrace conversation. Make your bed, make someone else's bed. Have a smart mouth and quick wit. Run. Make Art. CREATE. Swim in the ocean. Swim in the rain. Take chances. Ask questions. Make mistakes. Love Fiercely. Forgive quickly. Let go of what doesn't make you happy. Grow.  



Every day I look at this and my heart and soul open a little more. Even when the world around me feels like its going to hell this keeps me standing.


Be Present:  So often we are not in the moment that we should be in. We are sucked into the world of technology. Put down your phone and stop worrying about what everyone else is doing and enjoy the moment at hand. You only get these moments once. Enjoy the music, enjoy the laughter, enjoy the sunshine, enjoy the company. Be present with your full self. 

Make Love: Make love with people. Whether it be physical, mental, emotional. Make love, Don't play games. Care. Drop walls and let someone in, let them see the real you. Let yourself be vulnerable, bold, and raw. 

Make Tea: This is a reminder to make time for yourself. The simple things in life are what we need to pause for when we are alone. Like dropping honey in a mug and smelling the sweet scent of spices fill your space. Feeling the warmth soothe your throat while you watch a sunset or a sunrise.

Avoid small talk, embrace conversation: It's pretty self explanatory if I do say so myself. However, somewhere along the way people forgot how to talk. People forgot what it is to have a decent conversation. To talk about more than the weather or what they did for the weekend. Push the limits. Discuss and debate.

Make your bed, make someone else's bed: Give yourself one thing to do everyday that stays the same regardless of what else is going on in the world. A routine. A basis of starting. Whether your bed or someone else's fold the sheets up. Give yourself a well made bed to turn down at night. A cozy space to call your own. 

Have a smart mouth and quick wit: Have a smart mouth in more than one way. Be intelligent. Be a smartass. Be sarcastic. If someone throws a line at you be fast enough to throw something back. Always have a razor on your tongue just in case you need it. Stay mentally alert. 

Run: Run with your legs until you can't feel them, run until your lungs are going to explode. Run to a place that is safe when things are falling apart, get your shit together and run right back to where you started. Let your mind run, wander, escape the confines of your normal consciousness. Imagine everything under the sun and then imagine more.

Make Art: Paint, draw, write, read, sculpt, cook, talk, sing, dance. If it makes you happy do it.

CREATE: Build. Design. Establish. Conceive. Form. Invent. Make. Organize. Plan. Compose. Invest. Perform. Give Life. Dream Up. Cause Something. Discover. Create anything. You just have to start by taking the first step. Create a name for yourself. Work you ass off and know what you want. 

Swim in the ocean; swim in the rain: Get in over your head from time to time. It will only make you stronger by making you kick your feet harder and pushing your arms more to keep the air in your lungs. Let the waves of life crash over you but also let the steady drizzle of life wash you clean. These are the moments that will test you. This is what makes you or breaks you. Don't give up.

Take Chances: If we never take chances where will we be? I'll tell you. In the same place you've always been. Never moving forward. Stuck. Why would you not take a chance? Ask that girl or guy out for coffee or dinner. Ask for a raise at work. Quit your job if you're unhappy. Start a new hobby. Do something that scares you. Try something new.  Move across the country. Move out of the country. Whatever it is you want to do, do it, I dare you.

 Ask Questions: The only dumb question is a question not asked. 

Make Mistakes: You must make mistakes in life and I promise you will make a lot of them. However, don't you ever dare regret a single one. Every single thing in your life is happening to take you to a place your supposed to be. Every lie, every cheat, every heart break, every burned bridge is lining you up to your future, whatever it may be.

Learn: Learn from everything. People, nature, mistakes, books, television. Be a sponge on life. Soak up everything you can. Good and Bad. Don't ever turn away knowledge. Learn dumb facts and bad jokes. Learn how to set a table and how to properly use the one of many forks at a fancy dinner. Learn something to share with someone else. Never stop. 

Know your worth: This is the important one. So often we forget our worth and how important we are to the world around us. We get stepped on and pushed down by those around us. Keep your head high and your feet planted. The world is a gruesome place and if you aren't willing to stand up and take care of yourself then who in the hell will?

Love Fiercely: Don't you ever love with a half heart. I have before and it's the worst feeling in the world. Don't stay with someone because of the hurt you don't want to cause them because in actuality you are hurting yourself more. Half-hearted love is like ripping your soul in two pieces. If you love, you love with every fiber of your being. Don't hold back. If you love someone you tell them and never look back.

Forgive Quickly: If you can't forgive, the poison will stay in your soul, not theirs. Forgive the people that do you wrong so you can move forward in your life. The longer you stay resented towards someone the more bitter you are going to be. Forgive quickly so you can stay happy.

Let go off what doesn't make you happy; This used to be an easy one for me but as the years have passed by I find myself struggling a little bit more with it. If something makes you unhappy don't deal with it or wait for things to improve, let it go. No questions. If something or someone doesn't make you smile or laugh but only brings you a bitter taste in your mouth, spit it out and never try it again. You leave things for a reason, a round two typically won't fix what was wrong to begin with. So move forward and never look back.

Grow: I left this one for the last because it is the one thing I try to do every waking moment of every single day. 

Grow mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

If you stop growing, you stop moving. 

If you stop moving, you stop living.

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