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answered prayers

amyjo — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:43:33 +0000

my favorite story i’ve heard all week.

do you want me to tell you something really subversive? love is everything it is cracked up to be. that is why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. and the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.

amyjo — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:51:52 +0000

by erica jong

thanksgiving

amyjo — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:27:48 +0000

for me, gratitude is mindful recognition of genuine concern and unwavering support gifted to me each and every day. celebrating friendship and love is something i can do tirelessly time and time again. it is those i hold near and dear that consistently lift my spirits with a simple word, caring touch, or knowing glance. for this i am grateful. this year, i wanted to go beyond a generalization and make a specific list of things that keep me satisfied.

my nieces & nephews

heart-to-hearts

honesty

LOVE

adventures in my kitchen

cold nights under warm blankets

solitude

my yoga practice

private memories

sincere understanding

quiet moments

dress-up parties

growing pains

my students

gentleness

self-reflection

sleep

hard-earned lessons

music that moves

breath

deliberate hugs

inspired wonder

and most of all, i am grateful for my health, which allows me to be a sister, a daughter, an aunt, a lover, a friend, a teacher, a student, a woman.

too intricate to understand

amyjo — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:02:46 +0000

“They moved in dance steps too intricate for the noninitiated eye to imitate or understand.

Clearly they were of one soul. Handsome, rangy, wildly various,

they were bound in total loyalty, not by oath, but by the simple,

unquestioning belongingness of part of one organism.”

- Louise Erdrich

grandpa flirting with grandma

amyjo — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:00:53 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

i had decided on a yoga-related video post but could not resist showing this adorable interaction between a couple trying to figure out how to use a webcam. i’m not sure which part is my favorite, but it’s safe to say that grandpa flirting with grandma is absolutely precious.

life is not in vain

amyjo — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:45:34 +0000

Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.

- helen keller

the sweetest silence

amyjo — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:59:44 +0000

(photo via postsecret)

i always will

amyjo — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:49:40 +0000

this may be the most beautiful song ever made.

Click here to view the embedded video.

how will we love?

amyjo — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:30:24 +0000

a few weeks ago my friend, minna, emailed me a link to a documentary we had previously discussed while in talks of love called how will we love. i finally got around to watching the hour and a half heart-warmer last weekend. this film interviews a few couples (including the grandparents of the director) who open their hearts and profess a life-altering love they have experienced. i was moved from beginning to end, observing the divine love these individuals have unearthed with another human being. the couples reveal challenges they have endured and truths they have discovered over time.

you can watch the how will we love? by clicking here.

declarations of love

amyjo — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:37:52 +0000

i spent part of my morning yesterday at the cove in la jolla watching the waves. there is an area of massive boulder i had visited a couple of times before and never realized just how many heartfelt testimonies were engraved in the rock. i took many more photos than i am posting, but chose my favorites to share.