While this may not be a blog post per se it is something that is important enough to share: Jennifer Aniston‘s response to the speculations about her personal life, published this Tuesday by the Huffington Post. This goes beyond one celebrity being fed up with the media – it speaks about how society in general values and objectifies women.
Take a moment and listen to what she has to say:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/for-the-record_us_57855586e4b03fc3ee4e626f
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“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”
―Alexander Theroux
Sleeping is nice, isn’t it Dear Reader?
Lying there all wrapped up in your warm comfy blankets, wrapped up in yourself and your own world, wrapped up in your dreams and thoughts as you drift in and out of slumber. The sounds of the world is filtered through your subconscious – distant and hazy, not mattering. Not relevantr. I love sleeping, don’t you?
But it is time to wake up.
Nothing can be accomplished when you are asleep; dreams will remain just that as long as you allow yourself to slumber. Only when we are awake and aware can we make things happen, take control, create change in the world. And trust me:
The world needs changing.
The time for complacency and contentment is at an end, at least for me. We all have different starting points, different qualifications, different opportunities – what we make of them is up to us.
And every one of us has the power to change the world.
But we have to be awake to do it. The question is, will we remain asleep and let others shape the world for us or will we step up and change it ourselves?
So wake up, get out of bed, go outside.
Use your dreams and your skills and your abilities to change something for the better – for one person or for many, even if it is just in your local neighborhood.
Even if it is just for yourself.
It’s been a while Dear Reader.
Time marches ever on and as always I get caught up in the day to day. This time around I have tried to be at least somewhat productive amidst it all, with mixed results.
Pain, preparation and procrastination are the main reasons for my absence.
Preparations for what, you may wonder? Well, several things actually; everything from life changes to the upcoming blogging challenge. My ’30 Days to a Clean and Organized House’ degenerated into ’28 Days Later’, my daily writing routine became a nightly ‘why-didn’t-I’ and my art projects are still safely contained in their tubes, crayons and pencil tips – unreleased and unrealized. All of it is waiting for me as deadlines and other tasks approach rapidly.
But first thing’s first!
Tomorrow sees the first day of April and the first of my A to Z blog posts.
I’ve tried to keep the format simple – a hand drawn letter and an obscure or archaic word for each day – with a loose theme of language and writing. In accordance with the challenge I will be posting Monday through Saturday, and instead of adding my regular posts to an already full schedule I aim to add to the above format and will try to stick to whatever the letter of the day is. My main focus will be fulfilling the second part of the challenge, though: visiting the other participating blogs.
So tune in tomorrow, Dear Reader – no April Fools here. Well…except myself, of course.
This week’s reblog comes from Kristen Lamb and deals with writing Point-of-View stories, but not just any POV – Deep POV:
My reblog this week cones from Sally G. Cronin over at Smorgasbord, and it is all about making a difference – so go on, throw a starfish today:
This week’s reblog is an article written by Karen Eng for Ideas.TED.com about the restoration of the al-Qarawiyyin Library:
Just a quick note to say that I have just signed up for the A to Z April Challenge!
This means that, during the month of April, I will do a blog post on each letter from A to Z! I have yet to decide exactly what form and theme this will take, but I have a month left to decide.
So stay tuned, Dear Reader!
This week’s reblog comes from Jack Eason, and the title should be quite self-explanatory – http://wp.me/p38k63-4cW
“He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.”
―Sherman Alexie
Happy Valentine’s Day, Dear Reader!
I hope you have someone to celebrate the day with, be it a friend, lover, spouse or perhaps a new interest.
Valentine’s day can be full of pressure and expectation, but it doesn’t have to be that way – we can celebrate our love for each other with just a short message of appreciation.
Two years ago I was single and not really dating anyone, so instead I wrote a Valentine’s letter each to three friends who had meant a lot to me during the past year, telling them how much I appreciated having them in my life and how they had improved things for me.
Today I encourage all of you out there to write to a friend or loved one and tell them what they mean to you.
One of those friends has since become so much more to me.
What started out as a deep and intimate platonic friendship slowly grew to something more, and since about a month we are living together.
Every twist and turn along the way has strengthened our bond, and I can not even imagine a future without her in my life.
She means the world to me, and I fall in love all over again every time I see her smile.
I choose her, always – moment after moment, day after day.
I Love You, T-!