gorgeous ...

words to live by ...

Light from within ...

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

inspiration from the rain ...

Merry Christmas ...

I love the simplicity and the clean classy look of this living room ...

White just makes everything look so clean and crisp!

Christmas is my favorite time of year ... I love being around the people you truly love and care about whether it be family or close friends.

 I hope that everyone's Christmas is full of joy, happiness, and love. 

Merry Christmas!

Bea

true beauty ...



Audrey’s beauty tips:


1) For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

2) For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

3) For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

4) For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

5) For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.

6) People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

7) Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

8) The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

9) The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode, but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows.

10) The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.

reminder to self ...

Live to make the child you were, proud of the person you are.

-Taro Gold



gift of teachings ...

People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all. The idea of karma is that you continually get the teachings that you need to open your heart. To the degree that you didn't understand in the past how to stop protecting your soft spot, how to stop armoring your heart, you're given the gift of teachings in the form of life, to give you everything you need to open further. "

-Pema Chodron

Love Actually

One of my favorite scenes from the movie "Love Actually"

"just because it's christmas - and at christmas you tell the truth...."  :)

Maybe you're just making excuses???

Michael Jordan's response to Lebron James ... What should I do?