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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Jason Mraz: A Beautiful Mess


This song spoke to me in ways I can't even explain.

If there's one thing I cherish about being a grown-up it's the way that I can now honestly say that I love being imperfect. Perfection is boring. Imperfect people are, for me, the most interesting and captivating. I like my imperfections, I like my quirks, I like my moments of insanity. I think, I am a beautiful mess.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Rainbows and Storms and Original Thoughts

A friend of mine was going through tough times. I wanted to say something that would comfort him and so I said:

"The most beautiful rainbows come out of the worst storms"
-Liv R.

I guess I was inspired by rainbows for two reasons, first I saw a rainbow about a week ago and I was so thrilled at the fact that my Sabrina will now get the chance to see a real live rainbow and of course it's also because Lea Salonga talked about seeing a rainbow in one of her tweets. So yes, rainbows were on my mind.

Someone loved the quote so much and asked me where I heard it. That was the point when I got so confused. Did I just make that up or did I hear it somewhere? It was so scary not knowing the difference between my original thought and someone else's. It makes me wonder if we ever really have original thoughts or if everything we are, everything we think is just an amalgamation of everything around us.

So I did what a rational human being would do...I google-d it. And I'm happy to announce, that I actually have one original thought.

My Pulchritudinous Mind

If there's one thing I love about myself it has got to be my mind. It's the way I can process things, the way I'm smart enough to understand a lot of things but not too smart to let my mind overpower my heart. I like the way I can understand what a person is feeling just by looking at her. I especially like the way I can listen to someone and understand what that person is coming from and what that person is feeling. I like my mind, my pulchritudinous mind.