Peace & Love
My name is Angelina. I’m 24 years old, I was born and raised in California, and I have a beautiful, rambunctious, and intelligent daughter named Gneilana. I’m a self-proclaimed bookworm and aspiring writer who endeavors to one day publish a beautifully crafted piece of work. I blog to express and delineate emotions, thoughts, and rants. I post photos that take my breath away, quotes that speak volumes, and videos/gifs that make me laugh. To my followers new, old, and prospective…thanks for taking an interest in my life. I hope I don’t bore you.
I’ve come to realize that no matter what life throws our way or the obstacles God strategically places in our path, we’ll always be side-by-side.
Mark’s music video/song for our beautiful and (at times) boisterous 4yr old. Happy birthday baby girl!
People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.
A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master…
- (via wtfitspriscilla)
I’d like to repeat the advice that I gave you before, in that I think you really should make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt.
So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.
The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.
The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
- Christopher McCandless | “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer (via julie911)
(via quote-book)
”God is blessing you constantly, but by your doubts you close yourself to His grace, which would dispel your delusions.
- Paramhansa Yogananda (via yogaprivatelessons)
We as humans perpetually strive to progress in some aspect in our lives. Whether physically, mentally, or spiritually there is undoubtedly something in some area we want to improve, eradicate, or nurture.
Change is always a good thing. However, the funny yet sobering outcome about change is when you no longer have anything in common with the company you keep. It’s a sad, but common reality when you begin to take new undiscovered paths while your friends venture towards different ones without you.
As you slowly evolve you inevitably begin to slowly disengage yourself from those who stifle and impede on your goals. You notice that your interests greatly differ from a few around you and, despite your attempts at salvaging a friendship you soon realize that eventually your efforts will deem futile. Where do you draw the line? Or better yet, how do you mediate a balance in a friendship that has through time began to unravel at the seams?
Cutting ties is not only unnecessary, but immature and impulsively drastic. I’ve learned through experience that burning bridges is all together too harsh and irreversible. Regardless, I see no reason not to lend a helping hand, a listening ear, or offer advice if asked of me. Just because our lives are no longer parallel to each other that doesn’t mean we still can’t be gracious and courteous. There just comes a time when we need to reflect, reevaluate, and surround ourselves with people who will strengthen who we are and create distance with those who don’t.
At the end of the day just because people grow apart, they were at some point a vital part of your life, and who knows, who’s to say your paths won’t somehow, some way, merge into one again.
