Random Acts of Kindness

My grandmother used to have this hanging up in her bedroom. How it rings true to me now.

I have to live with myself, and so
I want to be fit for myself to know.
I don't want to stand at the setting sun,
And hate myself for the things I've done.
I shall pass through this world but once.
Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness
that I can show to any human being, let me do it now.
Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this
way again.

Author: Stephen Grellet, Quaker missionary

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Song Lyrics for my Soul

from On the Radio - Regina Spektor

This is how it works
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't
You try until you can't
You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath

No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took
And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else's heart
Pumping someone else's blood
And walking arm in arm
You hope it don't get harmed
But even if it does
You'll just do it all again

MUSIC YOU MUST OWN!

Sunrise Over Sea - John Butler Trio
We Were Here - Joshua Radin
Songs We Sing - Matt Costa
In Between Dreams - Jack Johnson
Garden State Soundtrack - Zach Braff
Last Kiss Soundtrack - Zach Braff
Continuum - John Mayer
Amos Lee - Amos Lee
Odysseynumberfive - Powderfinger
Marc Cohn - Marc Cohn
Tails - Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
Twentysomething - Jamie Cullum
Spirit - Jewel
Twisted - Del Amitri

paths to happiness

this was a comment on a blog I read. I think they wrote it about me.

People tend to criticize others when they don’t make the decisions that they think they should make. This seems to be their way of coping with something they lack in their own lives. The world is full of those who talk and devoid of those who listen. Everyone has a path. That path does not always end in someone else’s version of success or happiness.

This was taken off this entry that won post of the week 15 March 2007. Read it here. It's excellent.
The only way is the wrong way

50 days!

thats all.

Multitasking

Never slept well last night. Woke up in a panic. 7.58. Oh FUCK. Jump up. Put on bra. Rip blouse out of the cupboard. Put blouse on. Oh fuck, turquoise - black shines through. Take blouse off. Put on black t-shirt. Jeans. Brush teeth. Rinse Face. Blowdry hair for 30 seconds into some semblance of order. Grab things. 8.05. Out the door. 8.36. Get to school. Coffee Machine Broken. *Another expletive here* Go to class. Greet Children. All late because of last nights' storm. Bea is off colour. Lucia's shoulder hurts. Maria has the shits. Miguel's mother is obsessed with him. Coffee Break. Still no coffee. 12.30. Lunch. Someone finds a turtle in the playground. Big wrinkly brown one. Sue can't cope with this. Time to take over. Put turtle in box. Walk to park. Release turtle into lake. Walk back to school. Coffee Machine fixed. AAAHHHHHH. 13.40. Back to Class. Ana's loose tooth bleeding. Bea is dying . Lucia's shoulder needs amputation. Ana refuses to go to nurse. Pull tooth. OUT. Blood everywhere. Rinse blood from mouth. Rinse blood on hand. Ignored EVERY health and safety regulation in the book. BUT. I just made the tooth fairy extra busy tonight. Yay me. 19.43 Get home. Shop. Check mail. Breathe.....
21.04 What else can I do for you?