I saw a career counselor last Friday and she was really helpful. I'm going to see her again in a week or so to work on my resume and learn how to create a cover letter (sadly, I've never learned how to do a cover letter).

I've been looking into internship opportunies in order to gain experience before I actually get my degree. I'm also looking ( Read more... )

"We would rather be ruined than changed,
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die."

- W. H. Auden

"We are all deep in a hell each moment of which is a miracle."

-E.M. Corian

Makes me feel loads better. Oh, for sure. I'm dripping with happiness.

They always seem to get me into trouble. It's always the thoughts that bring me down. The thoughts that cause all these ridiculous fears. These thoughts that run around in my brain, over and over again. So many obsessions and "what ifs ( Read more... )

Dear Sunshine ( Read more... )

Dark Huntre posted the following quote from The Zahir by Paulo Coelho a while ago in her journal. I finished the book a few weeks ago and it touched me on such a deep level. I want to post this in my journal as well, as my own reminder about love.

"Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison in, it ( Read more... )

Tonight was my Thursday night meditation group. I've been going to the Thursday night sit for about a year now. The teacher is really such a compassionate, wise man and the group ranges from 8-20 people. Lots of us are regulars and it's always nice to be surrounded by brothers and sisters of the Dharma ( Read more... )

I'm feeling more level-headed today. And not so wrapped up in the obsessive mind. SO thankful for that ( Read more... )

Yeah, this past weekend was horrible. In fact, yesterday was pretty shitty too... so it was a long extended weekend of hell. I don't feel like writing any specifics. It's enough to just say I was caught up in a tornado of different spirals throughout the weekend and yesterday ( Read more... )

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