I just noticed that a bunch of photos have been tagged of me recently on Facebook where I am smiling...







go figure.

I like my brain sometimes.

I have learned that the moment(s) between meeting someone and knowing them well can be the most magical.
The suspense...

instinct

Last night I watched fireworks explode above us and gave into the feeling of romanticism that I anticipated the whole day. This moment passed and I kept a little piece of it in a tiny compartment somewhere deep inside of me to revisit later.
"It's so easy," I thought, "to give into this feeling, because it feels good. Trying again... trying to build something together, although you know you will always be working twice as hard"

Then myself responded to myself,

 "Let go."

Sometimes when Claire and I correspond ovia e-mail, I can hear exactly what we are saying as if we are having a real conversation and it involves a lot of exclaimations(!) and a lot of laughing.

Virtues

The Seven Heavenly Virtues are as follows:

1. chastity
2. temperance
3. charity
4. diligence
5. patience
6. kindness
7. humility

I'm learning this for the very first time (thank you, Wiki) but knew that patience was definitely a virtue...because everyone says so all the time.... And I've been thinking about patience a lot lately and agreeing that it should indeed be a virtue because sometimes it's fucking HARD. I also happen to HIGHLY agree that charity, diligence, kindness and humility should be virtues because they RULE as personal practices and I have been thinking about those a lot lately too.


But hold the phone...

being chaste and temperate?!...(uh)...


those will never be a part of my M.O...


Ever.