(photo via visualize / quote via susanna tamaro)

(quote by rumi / photo via visualize)

going away for a few days to sleep outside, under the stars, is something i always long to do this time of year and i am loving these bohemian-style “shelters” that so seductively call my name.

(photos via visualize / sweet home style)

If you have found your truth within yourself there is nothing more in this whole existence to find. Truth is functioning through you. When you open your eyes, it is truth opening his eyes. When you close your eyes, it is truth who is closing its eyes. This is a tremendous meditation. If you can simply understand the device, you dont have to do anything; whatever you are doing is being done by truth. You are walking, it is truth; you are sleeping, it is truth resting; you are speaking, it is truth speaking; you are silent, it is truth that is silent. This is one of the most simple meditation techniques. Slowly, slowly everything settles by this simple formula, and then there is no need for the technique. When you are cured, you throw away the meditation, you throw away the medicine. Then you live as truth - alive, radiant, contented, blissful, a song unto yourself. Your whole life becomes a prayer without any words, or better to say a prayerfulness, a grace, a beauty which does not belong to our mundane world, a ray of light coming from the beyond into the darkness of our world. - by osho

with earth as her canvas and paintbrush in hand, spring has arrived. could she be more lovely? i captured some of her most stunning works of art yesterday on my walk (all in my sweet little neighborhood).

(photo via visualize / quote by osho)

(photo via visualize / quote by rilke)

do you remember what it is like to hold hands for the very first time with someone you like? the innocence of just wanting to know the person standing in front of you. to REALLY look at someone in their entirety without expectations or judgement. to like someone for who they are. to savor every moment shared. to like what you see without trying to change or shift the very essence of that beautiful being.

all too often, we choose partners for reasons other than love and spend the rest of our lives wanting something else simply because we never took the time to genuinely see our companion or recognize our own individual needs. we escape our own misery or fill our voids with the company of another just so we can forget the unpleasant conditions of our life that need the most attention. after years of watching (and experiencing) romantic relationships, i realize it is only when the expectations are removed that i can look at another and truly understand the person with whom i have chosen to spend my time.

these little notes are reminders of all the beauty in our lives, the people who make us smile and the love that grows from the touch of a hand.

(via found item of the day)

i love the change of season, and spring feels especially exciting this year for some reason. i want to spend my days barefoot in the sun, frequent the farmers market for fresh produce, watch love come about in the form of spring flings, camp out under the stars, gather around the campfire over some music and laughs, road-trip to a beach town i have yet to visit, wear tank tops and flip flops, plan a summer vacation, dance my way into the hot summer nights…

AND climb on the back of a motorcycle on some far away tropical island.

(photos via visualize / quote by goethe)