Our culture despises introspection. The more introspective we are, the less dependent we are on the external world.

Bottom line: That’s just not good for business.

A dream:
Pass the vitamins around the table
Everyone take one but you - you take four
vita- = life
-min = mine
It’s my life, and you get more

Translation:
They hate you because I want to share my life with you.

I have been fully feeling the impact of a piece of wisdom that I have been learning lately. I even had the pleasure of hearing someone say the words directly to me today. Our MBA (Master's of Business Administration) class had a Meet & Greet session with our potential future mentors, and as I stumbled awkwardly through the social chaos, I came ( Read more... )

I looked up to the sky, my body surrounded by water, and I asked for nothing more from the moment than the moment itself. For once, I was free: no obligations, no worries, no past, no future. Floating effortlessly with all sounds muted, I lost myself in the sensations of water, sunshine, and my breath. Strange how an eternity can be encapsulated in ( Read more... )

From one of our better conversations:

Him: We are all animals.

Me: I know, but it just seems like men are more so than women.

I have been accepted to the full-time MBA program at West Virginia University.

There's nothing quite like someone naming their baby after you...

My cousin Sarah's Aunt Billy who lives in Michigan had a baby girl recently. She named her Sarah (my cousin's first name) Grace (my middle name.) What a beautiful name! I never dreamed she would name her daughter after us... What a beautiful feeling.

I can't wait to meet her.

I am in love with life again.

Clouds of Menthol-flavored smoke rise through the Spring night
As she hears sounds behind her and she realizes she loves the light
She knows she doesn't need him anymore
But a piece of her has walked out the doorSpring peepers sing the sensual sounds of spring ( Read more... )

"Anonymous commenting: an inferior person's attempt to hide one's identity out of fear while still trying to express one's generally and typically worthless opinion."--Emily Riska ( Read more... )