i read this poem recently, and it's theme is quite prevalent for me right now.
by which i mean, there is so much possibility swirling around these days and i am filled with anticipation in the witnessing and acknowledging of it
so i meant to post this the same day i announced the new website being up, but wouldn't you know it i blinked and it's already over a week later...
but then i ended up wanting to share my New Perspective post first anyway. which i'd love for you to read, if you haven't already, to grasp a better understanding of where A Girl Named Leney is heading and what my heart for it is.
love breathes in two places.
sometimes more.
it is not a just here thing.
but an also-over-there thing.
gif by Meagan Abell
the definition of a beatnik is:
a usually young and artistic person who participated in a social movement of the 1950s and early 1960s which stressed artistic self-expression and the rejection of the mores of conventional society.
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this is me. this is so me.
i visited one of my favorite places last weekend— the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
this place has been witness to so many moments in my life.
both with others and alone.
it's a place that feels like home to me.
(feel free to search the VMFA in the search box at the bottom of the site to see some of my other visits there from over the years)
today i read Martin Luther King Jr.’s thoughts in Letter From Birmingham Jail and was struck by their immense wisdom and meaning. i wanted to share some of my favorite lines and statements from it. there were some much larger passages which i especially loved but i refrained from stating larger ones as i want to encourage you to read it for yourself as a whole if you haven't.
it is such an incredibly applicable and relevant piece for our world's present struggles.
i wrote the following on January 1st 2016.
they were words i never ended up sharing. i think because i was still figuring out what they meant for me and what it would tangibly mean to live them out. looking back, i realize now that this is what most of my 2016 was about.
that discovery.
let morning dust the bridge of your nose with it’s greeting
notice the pieces of the atmosphere floating in the rays of aurum
be.
present.
in this only-here-and-now moment of irreplaceable time
luxuriate in the feeling of rightness within you
watch rays and reflections of asymmetry easing across the bare canvas of your wall
wave to the day
it’s gold filled
Read Moreso remember that project i mentioned a few days ago?
well i'm ready to share it!
i talk about slow living on here a lot. it's a thought process and lifestyle that has honestly changed my health and well being in countless ways as it's become engrained into my daily life.
what is slow living?
in short: it's living your life with intention and mindfulness. it's taking the time to enjoy life's gifts in the various, often overlooked, forms they take. even when it requires extra steps and time-maybe even especially when.
i am an avid reader.
books often win out over groceries in the way of my budget sometimes....
last year i had a goal of reading 50 books and while i didn't quite make it, due to a bit of sidetracking in the middle of the year, i did read 32.
i'm resetting the goal again for 2017 (already 4 books in!) and i'm also trying to make a point to use the library more again, as well as read what's already unread on my shelves as opposed to buying new books.
here are a few from last year that i especially enjoyed.
