Connect and Re-connect

This is dedicated to my dear friend Gizel who is the inspiration behind this post.

I know I'm blessed with amazing, positive people in my life. I KNOW this. But today was one of those days where a connection with a great friend led me to FEEL incredibly blessed, and that feeling is so empowering.

I truly believe that people embody different and specific energies that relate to their soul. When you find people whose energy compliments yours and acts as a positive influence on your life, build on it and CHERISH it. Don't ever let it go. That's something I've been trying to come to terms with in this post-undergraduate part of life. Relationships with people become harder to maintain, especially when you're physically removed from the place where those relationships developed. Priorities change along with people's life paths, so it takes a more conscious effort to keep connected.

Luckily it's an effort that I gladly make. If you're reading this right now, I want you to know that I appreciate you being a part of my life (past, present, or future) and the influence you've had on me as a person. AND, I hope we can re-connect, continue to connect, and build on our connection as life pushes and pulls us in different places.

I will be making some serious life decisions soon that will direct what path I'll be taking for the next 3 years. It's good to know that wherever I go, that same power and energy will always be there whenever we reconnect.

daaaaaaaaamn

Caught this while I was creepin on Ray Ricafort's blog and had to repost! THE BEAT DROP IS SICK-

recognize, realize, release, receive

I was sitting by myself on a reclining chair watching the visualizer on the wall; meditating. I was breathing in all the energy, all the love; breathing out all the negativity and all the pain I keep locked up in my imaginary world. Every breath was a release and I felt my soul reaching reaching reaching to my highest potential. Connection with myself - my highest potential. Placing all my attention on what this feels like not just in my mind; but in my chest, in my shoulders, in my neck, on my feet. I kept sitting there, by myself, in the most comfortable state of contentment.

I went to the bathroom to pee. I washed my hands (water is such a gift of life) and I dryed them off (how lucky I am to be able to FEEL). I looked in the mirror and was hit with a wave of emotions. I love what I see. How could I be so blind? I love me. And I love you because I love me. I went back to lay on the floor, to breathe again, to share this feeling in the presence of great people.

They say that once you reach peace in aloneness you can never be lonely. You can stop reaching for connection with [attention from] others when the connection with [attention from] yourself is enough. This is a powerful idea and feeling that I challenge everyone to explore for themselves.

Radiohead! I will love you forever