100 Days of Beauty

A woman who is completely and fully — exactly and unapologetically — who she is. She is aligned, mind, heart, body, and universe. Embodied higher wisdom. She intuitively follows the nudges of her curiosity with deep focus She is a master manifestor who engages in daily rituals, plays, and dances. A goddess is able to reach the highest of highs and then bring them into the world. A creator, a nurturer, a beautiful, powerful force of expansion and bountiful abundance. She hears and communes with mother earth and all her creatures. A goddess is alive and fully present. She is embodied wisdom. She inspires and expands.

Figuring, Maria Popova

I woke up one day saying your name. The yellow and blue feathers felt important. It starts with one, and then more come along. Connection. You are not loud, just speak they said. No more hiding. Unique in an environment of chaos and scarcity. Your wings can take you anywhere. Connected to nature, beauty is ever present. Come back, everytime.

I didn’t really plan this one. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Who is saying what is good and bad anyways? Who is setting all of these “rules”? If you complete a thing and the goal of the thing is to have fun and explore, Then where does all this other pressure come from? “Break free” the fairy said, and half of the bones in my body quivered with deep knowing, The other half is still absorbing what it really means in practice. Should I be serious? Should I be poetic? Should I be eloquent? Should I be funny? Should. What a limiting thing. Just be whoever you want. Don’t try to fit your soul into a box. It doesn’t do well in confined, predetermined spaces. Dance knowing that not every song is the same. Surrender.

This post was inspired by a beautiful Pride of Madeira plant that I saw while walking in Golden Gate Park here in San Francisco, California. A plant being who is native to the island where my ancestors are from. An island that my grandfather wrote and sang songs to, that my family celebrated and honored by way of folkloric dancing. Madeira, known as La Perla del Atlantico (Pearl of the Atlantic), the name of my grandfathers beloved traveling folkloric dancing group. The island that nourished generations before me. A connection to my past right here in my present — transcendence. The text came from notes while listening to the book “The Surrender Experiment” by Michael Singer (same guy that wrote Untethered Soul). The Audiobook is read by the author and is amazing. Very inspiring to listen to a person who has dedicated his life to go deeper into the unknown and has chosen surrender to the flow of life in order to live a life built FOR him and not BY him. A much richer way to live.