inconvenient yet true.

this past week, i've committed myself to daily morning meditations. i wake up, use the bathroom and then, immediately meditate for 10 minutes. it's been a great process in mindfulness and today, i sat down to mediate and within 30 seconds, i heard banging and clanging and drilling and thought to myself, "how in the hell am i going to meditate through this?!?"

and then, i had a sudden AHA moment!

this IS meditation!

meditating through the noise, the annoyances and all the inconveniences is such a fitting analogy for life, because you know what? you can't always can't what you want. so deal. and by deal, i mean accept it, then continue forward, onward and meditate.

POST SCRIPT:
i shared the idea of not being able to always get what you want with my friend and she disagreed with me, explaining that you do actually always get what you want, but not necessarily in the ways or at the time that you want it. and i admit, i have to agree! the universe works in strange and mysterious ways...RESPECT.

fun yoga!

my photographer friend, jun and i spent one lovely october morning walking around my neighborhood. while i had fun doing yoga, he had fun documenting the yoga in action. here are some of my favorites!

 

 

 

lacking the heart connection.

it's super draining to be on a date and realize that the person you're getting to know resembles very little of the person you once loved.

it's at that moment when you can hear yourself talking that you'd rather stay silent, would rather be home alone or with friends who already know, accept, love you, and be in a safe place where you don't have to explain anything about who you are and how you've arrived here.

i am going to accept this as a sign that i'm not yet ready to date. my heart is still healing.

my first "published" article.

my neighborhood is experiencing a growth spurt of awesomeness. this is great news for the livelihood of the shops and business owners, yet not so secretly, i'm hoping that the corporate monsters don't smell this gaining popularity and try to put their grubby nasty paws on any empty spaces and make this, yet another version of so many previously-sweet-turned-same-lame spots.

i wanted to share some of my favorite local spots and put my energies, time and creativity into something that i enjoy, but haven't made very public:  writing.

publishing my first online article was such an informative process on penning with intention, understanding tone, and succinctness. my friend and food editor of seoulist magazine, jacqui, was paramount in the editing process and i have her to thank for inspiring me to expand my writing vocabulary. her own writing is genuine and lovely--she's a natural storyteller! and her photos are gorgeous as well! read and see here.

and then, have a lookie lookie here, for my first published article. any critical comments and feedback are welcomed. and i do mean that! seriously.