Challenge: The lost pathway to growth

Challenge: •a demanding or stimulating situation. There it is, the first definition Google lists for "challenge." It is essential to growth, as growth is to happiness. The desire to be held to expectations must be generated from within. One must work as their own life coach. No excuses, no shortcuts, but forgiveness when necessary. Without forgiveness one simply cannot find the strength to start over.

Today I find myself needing a challenge, needing to be in the trenches, but not being able to muster the motivation within. I have taken a brief intermission to write this blog in hopes that it will inspire me to push through the difficult initial twenty minutes into the place where I find my flow.

And here I go....

Metaphysics Challenge

My brief brush with metaphysics and my challenge to you.

Static

Finally, peace. I have leveled to the place where your nervous energy does not interrupt the flow of my calm and focused essence. I am strong in my core, and you are silenced. I call you "friend," but I often wonder if my mind has mistaken that term for "master." I dance around with my bells and whistles to please your desire for distraction and laughter. I have forgotten myself in the chaos of you, and you're not even a lover. Why can you not share the space I occupy when I am not bent to your comfort zone? I am quiet, I like a heavy bass in my soul. I am not stone. I am not unfeeling if my head isn't physically reeling. The falsehood that when my conversation flows with yours is a preview into the real me is a thought you have fabricated to ease your mind for not embracing its full potential. The error in my ways is allowing myself to get caught in your web of misunderstanding. Let me be.

Andrew Allen - Loving You Tonight

Romance - nailed it!

2011 Fall Make-up Trends

Talk about Christmas in July...I received an e-mail today with photos of FALL 2011 make-up trends, and I won't hesitate to state it frightens me to have the future planned that far in advance. It begs to ask the question: how much of life around me is predetermined? Where is the look of the present? Fashion ought to be a form of expression. You can certainly infer my mood from the clothes I put on. Fashion ought to be a work of art, it ought to be a hobby and even a passion. I cannot, however, wrap my mind around the idea of fashion as competition, as elitest, and as stressful. How utterly foolish to ostracise others because of patches of fabric.

You'll be wanting to see this by now:

http://www.realbeauty.com/makeup/how-to/fall-2011-makeup-trends?src=nl&mag=bea&list=nl_bew_bot_non_022011_2011-makeup-trends&kw=ist

Turning "Overwhelmed" into excitement

"The internet is the world shrinking." - Scott Schumann

I am not of a generation that should have trouble adapting to technology. I am 24. I am intelligent (sometimes) and open-minded, but I often find myself overwhelmed with the grandeur of this world. When I find people who put my existence within reach I am extremely grateful. Thank you Scott Schumann.