Anna Patrick's Blog, page 177
March 15, 2016
"My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn’t that enough for a whole lifetime?"
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can..."
- Helen Keller
March 14, 2016
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Free Soul
Bernardo Steinmacher
This is...
Bernardo Steinmacher
This is especially relevant for me today, because I’m currently packing for my trip to LA this week!
I’m leaving on Thursday, coming back next week, to visit my longtime love @dressed-in-daydream! I’m so excited to reconnect with her and go on some adventures.
The farthest out I’ve been is Vegas so this is my first time in California, let alone LA, so I can’t wait to soak up all the vibes. Spoiler alert, being a vegetarian means no In and Out, and I’ve heard the fries suck anyway.
Inbox me with your favorite must-sees!
25K FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY, OFFICIAL POST! Opens 3/9, Winners Chosen 3/23
It’s giveaway time! This giveaway has been in the works a few months, but what has been longterm is your dedication and the mindful, creative, unique energies you all have brought to this little space over the years. I wanted to do this giveaway after hitting 25k followers as a thanks to all of you - I want to pay the energy forward!
Here are the deets…
ENTER HERE: http://goo.gl/forms/kpgF7ouYQs.
This entry form will be open until 3/22, winners announced here on 3/23. Winners will be chosen randomly via this Google form.
Prize #1 is the grand prize, and includes: a meditation adult coloring book, a personalized signed copy of my book, a journal (says “In the midst of our lives we must find the magic that makes our souls soar”), a customized mandala I had made with authentic wooden prayer beads, an infinite meditation stone, and three books that informed my meditation and mindfulness practices very deeply: Eckhart Tolle’s selections from A New Earth, Whole Health, and Meditation: On The Nature of the Mind.
Prize #2 is the “mandala” prize, and includes: a personalized signed copy of my book, a Moleskine journal (I couldn’t have written my book without these, I filled up two when writing the novel), and two volumes on the flower of life/sacred geometry.
Prize #3 can be won over on my Instagram (@loveannapatrick): like the black and white photo of me at my book signing I posted today (3/9) to enter - you must be following me on Instagram for your entry to count! You can win a personalized signed copy of my book and a $25 Barnes&Noble gift card.Good luck everyone, and thanks again for believing in me, my book, and this space we’ve cultivated together,
Anna
ICYMI, the giveaway is open as of last night! Good luck!!
Have you entered the giveaway yet?
"Fall in love with the darkness.
With the piss and the shit of life.
The shadows, the hidden..."
With the piss and the shit of life.
The shadows, the hidden parts.
The bits we hide out of shame.
Fall in love with the innocence.
Our childhood fears of the dark.
Of being exposed. Of showing ourselves,
being seen, coming into the light.
The doubts, the secret pains,
our strange fantasies, feelings we
just don’t know what to do with.
Terrors of the night-time.
The rage that bubbles just under the surface.
The fear that we are not loveable.
The feelings and thoughts we conceal
to maintain the image of ‘me’.
To be good, to be nice, to be spiritual.
To be ‘the one who can hold it all together’.
Fall in love with this secret humanity.
Know that darkness is NOT darkness,
only scared fragments longing to come into the light,
beings who want love, and attention,
and breath, and inclusion in the larger picture of Self.
Do not seek the light, friend.
Simply be the light. Be what you are.
The light of life.
And have the courage to shine fully
on the sore places, the tender places.
Illuminate. Radiate.
Make it safe for the little monsters
to come out of hiding.
Let them know they are beautiful.
And worthy.
And not monsters at all.”
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THERE IS NO MONSTER INSIDE YOU
Jeff Foster
March 13, 2016
"live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign..."
- henry david thoreau: “walden”
