Excess Baggage

"How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack. I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life... you start with the little things. The shelves, the drawers, the knickknacks, then you start adding larger stuff. Clothes, tabletop appliances, lamps, your TV... the backpack should be getting pretty heavy now. You go bigger. Your couch, your car, your home... I want you to stuff it all into that backpack. Now I want you to fill it with people. Start with casual acquaintances, friends of friends, folks around the office... and then you move into the people you trust with your most intimate secrets. Your brothers, your sisters, your children, your parents and finally your husband, your wife, your boyfriend, your girlfriend. You get them into that backpack, feel the weight of that bag. Make no mistake your relationships are the heaviest components in your life. All those negotiations and arguments and secrets, the compromises. The slower we move the faster we die. Make no mistake, moving is living. Some animals were meant to carry each other to live symbiotically over a lifetime. Star crossed lovers, monogamous swans. We are not swans. We are sharks."- Ryan Bingham, Up in the Air.

So let go.

A dedication to Up in the Air, and to all the people, places, and things I've let go of over the years. 

Perspective

Some things are clear. Some things are not so clear. So focus, and look at things the way they're meant to be looked at. Hang on in there, and fight it out.

I believe that with some things, not giving up is all that matters.

A dedication to the Sar Pass trek, for all the wonderful clicks, and to Lance Armstrong, for telling us his awe-inspiring story.

One Tree Hill

I'm not the next of them, I am the first of me.

I exist, like a single tree

I plant my roots

I stand my ground.

I do my things

Things profound

I need no one,

I'm good this way

I have my fun

So, yeah...

You've got something to say?

Picture Perfect

Some things are open to interpretation. When you can't figure out what something is the first time you see it your first reaction is to play around a bit. Tilt your head this way, look at it upside down, close one eye and stare at it for a while... Different perspectives- They often help you see the obvious (although it's easier said than done :P). Patience, my friend. Things will fall into place... eventually.

Don't rush to conclusions though. Misinterpretations galore!

Mehhhh.

A tuft of hair on the chin. That calm, friendly look. Menacing horns. A guaranteed presence in any petting zoo!

Where do you think a Goatee gets its name from?

Go ahead! Sport that new look =)

Froot Loops

"Follow my nose! It always knows!

The flavor of fruit! Wherever it grows!"

-Toucan Sam

Thank you for wonderful, colorful breakfasts. 

A dedication to Kellogg's =)