Fair well Lady bugs

Thank you thank you thank you to all of the wonderful ladies at Kaufman workout center. I love you all so much, and the lessons you've taught me will always be remembered. Thanks for giving me a chance, and being my first yoga class ever! You'll always be my lady bugs.

Although letting go
is a great challenge,
giving up the cozy,
the familiar

& heading toward
the uncharted.
A small guarantee
If you've tried all the paths
could be you're
Falling into opportunity.

Xoxo

Darion

#advicetomyself - Week 4

FOUR.

Give attention, don’t pay it.

It has been said,
attention is our currency.
If that's the case
you've given much to waste
2 hours of attention to Facebook
40 minutes spent on how you look
On good days
You might spend
about an hour
two hours tops
on a really good book
Return it to the shelf &
Try your best, remember
to pay enough attention
to your authentic self.
to what breathes for you
what pumps your heart
day in day out
Not in the mirror gazing
Not examining your skin
Pay attention to all the processes
Each process complete magic
& happening within.

#advicetomyself - Week 3

THREE.

Slow down, chew it slow,  chew it ALL really really slow.

"...chew it all so slow..."-Meghan Currie

Anxiety, worry, fear
The tres amigos
all here
present and accounted for
Driving the car
Quick look out the window
Get at least a glimpse of
where you are.
Try to slow them down
The dangerous three musketeers
Its them you must get around

Anxiety, full of haste
Worry, makes you hurry
& fear makes everything unclear

Grab the wheel first chance
& Steer
Wiggle your foot
Onto the brake
Awake,
Breath in deep, relax.
Stop the car
Get out to fully see where you are
Chew slowly on the sights
Leisurely, drink up the air
Take tiny little itty bits
Stay present & aware
Time moves fast enough
No need to increase the speed
Conquer the three
Just breathe slow
& breathe deep.

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Weekly intentions

#advicetomyself - Week 2

TWO.

Love yourself first, so that you can better love others.

“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, 

deserves your love and affection.”

 -the Buddha

"Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye."- Jesus

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Love and accept

All that is

In this moment, the next

& those moments before

The more practice

of total self-acceptance

of light and dark
within you 

the more feasible it is

to become unconditional love.

Love fully, love totally

Passing no judgments,

Not good, not bad

Really it is just

what it is

trust

that it’s perfect & well-crafted for you

Be grateful

Be blue

You'll choose & choose & choose.

Always up to you.

Forgive and live

in love.

Once you’re practiced in

love first with yourself,

you’ll be ready to love another

just as well

Think global

Act local

Love begins with you.

Always respect the soul

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#advicetomyself - Week 1

ONE.

Accept the “bad” part of yourself, and forgive it daily.

It's so easy for you to look down on yourself
To zoom in microscopically on the details of your flaws. 
Dissecting each part with the eyes of a perfectionist.
Never accepting 
that what is now, is perfect.
It's like picking at a scab,
picking and scratching and picking
5 minutes pass 
You're still picking, 
wanting the wound to just heal up already
10 minutes pass
and all you've done is sabotaged 
& side tracked the healing 
process and speed.
Rewind 15 minutes.
Pause 
at the instant 
you remembered the scab.
the moment you noticed it.
This time
Look at it, observe
note it's healing progress
Breathe in and accept it 
where it's at
exactly how it looks 
& exactly how it feels
keep tabs
accept your scabs
& trust their healing process.

Be sure to really look at them
Avoid covering them up too often
Accidentally hiding them from yourself
take off the bandaid
Let air into your wound 
To facilitate the healing process.



#advicetomyself

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