This song once accompanied me on an amazing journey that I will remember forever..
RIP to another pioneer of music. You changed the way I now see the world.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
a way of life
I got the text messages Friday. Dreams realized and shattered within a matter of seconds. Excited, proud - supportive, loving. Consoling a few and congratulating some. One of those rare times in life when so many people are running on extreme highs and lows...when everyone is allowed to feel these uncontrollable emotions and just be human...
After reading the list I was hit with an instant replay of every memory and feeling from the time I opened up that first email until now. The growth, inspiration, friends, knowledge, experiences...there are not enough words in any language to describe the impact of this goddamn orientation program. And I was filled with such an immense amount of JOY and LOVE that could only be understood through shared emotions. These incredible feelings I felt for the people who at this point, can only IMAGINE the ride they’re about to jump on..."whose lives will be changed, and who will change lives." I will rant and rave until I die about my alma mater, UCI, and it’s all because of the crash course on LIFE that UCI is able to give their students.
It just blows my mind what the power of passion and inspiration is capable of producing. It produces great PEOPLE and great COMMUNITIES...and ultimately a community of people who BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES and will take what they’ve learned beyond Campus Dr. and CHANGE THE WORLD. I look forward to creeping on facebook during this time of every year to know that this program will forever continue to positively impact so many lives...
CONGRATULATIONS STOP STAFF 2010! THE LEGACY CONTINUES
After reading the list I was hit with an instant replay of every memory and feeling from the time I opened up that first email until now. The growth, inspiration, friends, knowledge, experiences...there are not enough words in any language to describe the impact of this goddamn orientation program. And I was filled with such an immense amount of JOY and LOVE that could only be understood through shared emotions. These incredible feelings I felt for the people who at this point, can only IMAGINE the ride they’re about to jump on..."whose lives will be changed, and who will change lives." I will rant and rave until I die about my alma mater, UCI, and it’s all because of the crash course on LIFE that UCI is able to give their students.
It just blows my mind what the power of passion and inspiration is capable of producing. It produces great PEOPLE and great COMMUNITIES...and ultimately a community of people who BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES and will take what they’ve learned beyond Campus Dr. and CHANGE THE WORLD. I look forward to creeping on facebook during this time of every year to know that this program will forever continue to positively impact so many lives...
CONGRATULATIONS STOP STAFF 2010! THE LEGACY CONTINUES
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
living in liminality
"How is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light."
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