"Any fool can know. The point is to understand."
"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself."
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious."
- Albert Einstein
Interesting snapshot of how a genius thinks. I wonder what we could be capable of, if we follow our passion and curiosity? Just sayin' :)
Blesssings,
Chatgirl
Friday, June 2, 2017
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Be what they are meant...
when you meet that person. a person.
one of your soulmates. let the
connection. relationship. be what it
is. it may be five mins. five hours. five
days. five months. five years. a
lifetime. five lifetimes. let it manifest
itself the way it is meant to. it has an
organic destiny. this way if it stays or
if it leaves. you will be softer. from
having been loved this authentically.
souls come into. return. open. and
sweep through your life for a myriad
of reasons. let them be who. and what
they are meant.
nayyirah washed
Not so easy to do though. We want to know, don't we. Just sayin' ;) Hugs.
Blessings,
Chatgirl
one of your soulmates. let the
connection. relationship. be what it
is. it may be five mins. five hours. five
days. five months. five years. a
lifetime. five lifetimes. let it manifest
itself the way it is meant to. it has an
organic destiny. this way if it stays or
if it leaves. you will be softer. from
having been loved this authentically.
souls come into. return. open. and
sweep through your life for a myriad
of reasons. let them be who. and what
they are meant.
nayyirah washed
Not so easy to do though. We want to know, don't we. Just sayin' ;) Hugs.
Blessings,
Chatgirl
Monday, May 29, 2017
Endings...
Just because something ends doesn't mean it never should've been. Remember, you lived, you learned, you grew and you moved on.
- Unknown
'Tis the question of regrets. The saying "hindsight is 20-20" comes to mind. I suppose we can only do our best with what we know and feel at the time... and cut ourselves a break every now and again. Just sayin' :) Hugs.
Blessings,
Chatgirl
- Unknown
'Tis the question of regrets. The saying "hindsight is 20-20" comes to mind. I suppose we can only do our best with what we know and feel at the time... and cut ourselves a break every now and again. Just sayin' :) Hugs.
Blessings,
Chatgirl
Sunday, May 28, 2017
Loving people...
I feel there is nothing more artistic than loving people.
- Vincent Van Gogh
This is very interesting, considering Van Gogh's tragic life story, which includes heart-wrenching mental health issues.Van Gogh was a Dutch impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. He was unsuccessful during his lifetime and was considered a failure and a madman. Van Gogh exists in the Public imagination as the quintessential misunderstood genius. He attained widespread critical, commercial and popular success over the ensuing decades, and is now remembered as an important but tragic painter, whose troubled personality typifies the romantic ideal of the tortured artist. Makes you wonder what exactly plagued the man. Just sayin' :)
Blessings,
Chatgirl
- Vincent Van Gogh
This is very interesting, considering Van Gogh's tragic life story, which includes heart-wrenching mental health issues.Van Gogh was a Dutch impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. He was unsuccessful during his lifetime and was considered a failure and a madman. Van Gogh exists in the Public imagination as the quintessential misunderstood genius. He attained widespread critical, commercial and popular success over the ensuing decades, and is now remembered as an important but tragic painter, whose troubled personality typifies the romantic ideal of the tortured artist. Makes you wonder what exactly plagued the man. Just sayin' :)
Blessings,
Chatgirl
Friday, May 26, 2017
The "truth"...
The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.
- Gloria Steinem
A couple of other quotes come to mind as well...
"You can't handle the truth"
"Truth hurts"
Why is it so hard to face up to and accept our more negative qualities and limitations? According to Jungian philosophy, our unconscious mind (or shadow self) tends to consist of some very primitive impulses such as sexual lust, power strivings, selfishness, greed, envy, anger or rage, and because of its unenlightened nature, is completely obscured from our conscious mind. On a positive note, the unconscious mind is supposedly comprised of some good qualities as well, such as appropriate reactions, insights and creative impulses. If we are able to consciously accept and relate to the shadow self, we can summon much creativity and spirituality. This does however require total accountability by the individual and unfortunately, we see much repression, projection and acting out instead. Just sayin' :) Hugs.
Blessings,
Chatgirl
- Gloria Steinem
A couple of other quotes come to mind as well...
"You can't handle the truth"
"Truth hurts"
Why is it so hard to face up to and accept our more negative qualities and limitations? According to Jungian philosophy, our unconscious mind (or shadow self) tends to consist of some very primitive impulses such as sexual lust, power strivings, selfishness, greed, envy, anger or rage, and because of its unenlightened nature, is completely obscured from our conscious mind. On a positive note, the unconscious mind is supposedly comprised of some good qualities as well, such as appropriate reactions, insights and creative impulses. If we are able to consciously accept and relate to the shadow self, we can summon much creativity and spirituality. This does however require total accountability by the individual and unfortunately, we see much repression, projection and acting out instead. Just sayin' :) Hugs.
Blessings,
Chatgirl
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Failure...
Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
- Charlie Chaplin
But we take it to heart though, don't we. Just sayin' :)
Blessings,
Chatgirl
- Charlie Chaplin
But we take it to heart though, don't we. Just sayin' :)
Blessings,
Chatgirl
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
To persist...
We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.
- Tobias Wolff, author of In Pharaoh's Army, memoir of his personal experiences in the Vietnam War. Wolf spent a year in Washington, D.C. learning the Vietnamese language and was a trained paratrooper. Wolff writes about the carnage of war, the dramatics of his fellow Americans and the profound effect on his own illusions.
We hit many a speed bump in life, that's for sure. Seems like this is very much a part of the human experience. We may want to give up on things at times. I don't think there's any shame in it and we should give ourselves the choice. If we can summon the energy and courage, however, there's often a silver lining. We may realize we're more capable than we thought and this builds confidence and self-esteem. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. Just sayin' ;) Hugs.
Blessings,
Chatgirl
- Tobias Wolff, author of In Pharaoh's Army, memoir of his personal experiences in the Vietnam War. Wolf spent a year in Washington, D.C. learning the Vietnamese language and was a trained paratrooper. Wolff writes about the carnage of war, the dramatics of his fellow Americans and the profound effect on his own illusions.
We hit many a speed bump in life, that's for sure. Seems like this is very much a part of the human experience. We may want to give up on things at times. I don't think there's any shame in it and we should give ourselves the choice. If we can summon the energy and courage, however, there's often a silver lining. We may realize we're more capable than we thought and this builds confidence and self-esteem. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. Just sayin' ;) Hugs.
Blessings,
Chatgirl
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