when I listen my heart tells me....
cuando escucho mi corazón me dice.....

just a moment please, I'm listening.....
un momento por favor, escuchando.....

listening...  aha..   here it is...    aquí....

El deseo de mi corazón es la paz, el amor, la luz, la risa y el asombro para todos en el mundo entero.

y en inglés.....

My heart's desire is peace, love, light, laughter, and wonder for everyone in all the world, all the universe even. 

and joy too.  and music.  and art.  and.....   you get the idea. 

y en español....

todo el universo, incluso.
y la alegría tambien.  y la música.  y el arte.  y....   ¿lo captaste? 

gracias mi amiga, Laurie, por la inspiración.
thank you my friend, Laurie, for the inspiration. 

and thanks to you all, actually, for the daily inspriation.
y gracias a todos ustedes, en realidad, por la inspiración diaria.


my heart loves to sing along to this....   aahhh.....   zing!....



and this.  this one just melts me.  makes me feel floaty and far away and wistful, but peacefully so.  and I do really like this video.  enjoy.  (¿Cómo se dice "enjoy" en español?)



buenas noches a mis compañeros (y mis compañeras tambien!). 

I believe in curiosity and giving attention to the details.  I believe in quantum entanglement and that "meant to be" can change to into "something else" without proper nurturing.  I believe in giving to others what I think I need/want for myself.  I think that luck favors those who come prepared.  I believe in compassion.  I believe in listening and in intention and in looking both ways before I cross the street, but also in jumping in with both feet enthusiastically.  I believe in love, for sure.  as to whether or no I believe in guides or angels---  hmmm.  I think I believe in the concept, but I find the discussion of them, or maybe just the words used to talk about them, rather irritating and off putting.  or maybe just some of the conversations about them.  I tire quickly of talk of what one ought to do, even if it's a mystical guide or angel shoving one in a certain direction.  I prefer exploration - unadulterated by treasure maps, perhaps.  I like thinking about the idea that "the map is not the territory".  I like adventure and I think the best guide I have met is my very own heart and the best way for me to follow that guide is to be quiet and listen inside.  the more I practice that, the more life is a breathtaking journey with surprises at every turn. 

and my favorite angels are the ones from the movie "angels in america" and from the "his dark materials trilogy" by philip pullman and the fallen ones, like these, "los caídos".

the most difficult thing to change about myself might be my preferences. for things like music, food, books, art, sun & clouds in sky... , etc

for instance, I think it might be very difficult for me to stop enjoying music like this........



certain things just make me happy.  how could I stop them from making me happy??  not that I would want to.  :-)  and that's why it would be difficult, isn't it?- because I don't want to change them. 

the things I want to change can be challenging to change, like how often I exercise or what types of food I eat, but it is possible, not that difficult once I really decide to do it. 

on a physical note -- I think changing my eye color or my height would be quite tricky.  lol.

today, some words that made me happy are these...

health
wealth
wisdom
happiness
peace
harmony
beauty
creativity
compassion
kindness

I meditated on these words while doing a 90 minute bikram yoga practice.  I inhaled health, from the earth and the air and the sky, and exhaled wealth, abundance to share with the world.  if I feel healthy, I have more to offer, no?  I inhaled wisdom, up through my feet from the earth and into my lungs from the air and into my head through the sky above me, and I exhaled happiness to share with the world.  if I am wise I will offer a happy moment to another if I can, no?  I inhaled peace through my connection with earth and sky and I exhaled harmony.  when I am at peace with my self I am a harmonious presence in the world, no?  I inhaled the beauty of the earth and the sky and exhaled creativity to share.  how can I not be creative when I have such beauty to inspire me?  I inhaled compassion from the ether and exhaled kindness.  when I offer myself compassion, it is so much easier to be a force of kindness in the world. 

and I thought about the differences in the way we use language.  In some languages, such as Español, one has hunger, thirst, heat or cold, rather than being hungry, thirsty, hot or cold.   so I was thinking about the whether I was healthy or whether I had health.  :-)  whether I would say to someone, may you be healthy, wealthy, wise, happy, peaceful, harmonious, beautiful, creative, compassionate & kind or if I might rather say may you have health, wealth, wisdom, happiness, peace, harmony, beauty, creativity, compassion & kindness.  ;-)

I didn't come to a conclusion, I'm still pondering the question.  and enjoying it. 

now, I have to run for a bus to get to spanish class. 

te quiero a todos.  <3

xox
~d