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"There are no ordinary moments." ~Way of the Peaceful Warrior
{this moment} - a Friday ritual. A photo (or few) capturing moments from the week. Simple, special, extraordinary moments. Moments I want to pause, savor and remember.
Served up with the weekly {Smile-Up} - gratitude practices to love and appreciate your life.
If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' and 'smile up' in the comments for all to find and see.
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my moments are entirely from my Portland trip with my wifey! :)
{Smile Up}:
☺ First Downtown Summer Market!
☺ Portland road trip with my bestie!
☺ Amazing Vegan restaurants and food!
☺ Vegan chocolate candy bars!
☺ Getting to watch the Pride Parade in Portland!
☺ New tattoos! (first one in over 2 years--been much too long! And getting it done at a Vegan Tattoo Shop!!)
☺ Singing badly in the car!
☺ Girly road trips!
☺ Laughing and smiling and being silly with friends.
☺ Finding new music to listen to.
☺ Coming home to my loveable kitties and loving husband.
☺ Internet that works (after terrible internet in our hotel that took ten minutes just to load a page I am very grateful!).
☺ The sound of rain and the coziness of our home.
☺ Writing and Drawing more of my book!
Loving: Summer Markets • Creating • Portland • Tattooed people everywhere • Kitty cuddles • Good Laughs • Rain • Our Garden • Living in Nelson • Dancing in the rain • Balance • Tattoos • • Writing and Drawing again •
Interests for the week:
✯ Reading "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman
✯ Watched the new Star Trek movie--on our movie theatre we finally have back!
✯ Watching Anime shows! Woot! Currently still watching D.Gray Man.
✯ Finished Game of Thrones! New True Blood episodes back!
♫ Music Playlist: Brand New, Breaking Benjamin, Red, Paradise Lost. And 90s grunge hits on our road trip! ♫
✯ Food Faves: Kale and Spinach in my smoothies every morning ♥ Go Max Go Foods chocolate bars ♥ Portland's restaurants ♥ Sjaak's Hazelnut chocolate bites ♥ Vegan Pizza! ♥
Lessons of the week:
Don't judge and don't take it personally when people judge you--it says more about them than you. ☀ Balance, balance, balance! ☀ I'm a woman, I have tattoos and piercings, I've had dreadlocks, but the thing I'm discriminated most for is being Vegan. It doesn't matter, again, it's a reflection of the discriminators and not you. ☀ Remember the spiral: bad mood=bad events; good mood=good events! ☀ When you get stressed you resist the current, but when you go with the flow, things turn out much quicker and perfectly. ☀ Smiling turns your mood around! ☀ Take time every day for the hobbies you love. ☀ Everything is going to be alright! ☀
Hope you're all having a beautiful wonderful blissful week! Tell me about your lovely weeks! Tell me about your 'Smile Up' and 'this moment!' Pretty please? :)
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