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Love this quote
“You send me all these roses.
Every time I think the last bouquet has arrived, finally, another turns up.
Iâm running out of vases.
I didnât know roses came in so many colors.
You say theyâre the perfect symbols of love because they have thorns and love is pain.
I say life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
And you donât get it.
You say you love me, but you donât speak my language.
You donât even realize Iâm an orchid girl.”
I know you love me, it’s just not the way I understand & that’s ok…
âYour task isnât to seek a lover, but to become a lover of life.â
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Donât you think itâs so attractive when you meet someone who just seems to be high on their life? Someone who is just kind of jamming out to their own tune..Itâs fun to meet people who are all lit up like that.
When youâre in love with what youâve got going on in your life, people canât help but feel magnetized towards you. I really like this concept because people always think they need to change who they are or become somehow perfect before they can attract more love in their life. But if youâre feeling good in your own life, then when you meet someone you have chemistry with, it will be (as my best friend says), âthe icing on the already awesome cake.â
Plus, energetically, if youâre feeling good about your life, youâre more likely to attract someone whoâs in vibrational alignment with that. Same goes if youâre not feeling good.
So if you find yourself always feeling the need to change, manipulate things, become perfect, chase âunattainableâ partners, or whatever, it might be time to focus more on getting snuggled up and cozy with the love you can experience just through being happy with your own life, first.
âIâm in love with a girl whoâs in love with the worldâŚI canât help but follow.â -Amos lee
This quote I have saved for awhile now & I go back to read it every so often.. I passed it on to a number of friends… And that’s exactly why I’m sharing. I was done posting for today when a friend emailed me and said “Hey just wanted to say congrats on the blog!! I think u should DEF put that quote up there u live by n sent me a while back.. Best of luck”
And so here it is……
I describe quiet desperation as something that happens when you âlose your edgeâ â meaning, you lose any uncertainty about your life, you have the next 10-20 years mapped out and you know exactly what itâs gonna look like. Youâve played it âsafeâ, you do things the way you have been expected to do things, and youâve found âstability.â Sometimes, when that happens, some people drop into the state of quiet desperation. Meaning everything is âfineâ on the outside, you have everything you thought would bring happiness, but you have a longing inside to feel more alive, to dance along the edge of uncertainty, to follow your heart, to take a risk, to live more passionately, to leave room for the unknown.
Someone else described quiet desperation as âwhat happens when youâre doing whatâs expected of you, without ever exploring what it is you truly want out of life. You know thereâs something wrong, but youâre too polite to complain and too busy to think about it much.â
The whole concept feels a little suffocating, right?
Iâm not saying that everyone who chooses to take a stable, mapped-out, society-approved way of life feels this quiet desperation. Iâm also not saying that wanting stability in your life is a bad thing at all…
Don’t extinguish the intuitive voice inside urging me to play bigger. Now, I know that being âedgyâ can mean something so much cooler. It can mean taking radically good care of myself, not settling for status quo, and pushing my own boundaries of whatâs truly possible in life. Being edgy can mean taking risks in the name of feeling fully alive, and dipping my toes into the unknown.
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I think the feeling of quiet desperation comes from knowing thereâs a passion and purpose for your life, hearing a voice urging you to step into somethingâŚbut not listening to that voice.
I actually think realizing youâre living in quiet desperation is a good thing. It means thereâs something beautiful inside of you just waiting to be sharedâŚsomething incredible waiting to be born.
âDonât ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.â â Howard Thurman
I donât know, I feel like there is so much more to say on this topic, but all I can say is that if you feel like youâre living in some semblance of quiet desperation, you can take that as a sign that itâs time to give yourself a really important giftâŚthe gift of allowing yourself to be who you truly want to be. You donât have to revamp your entire life, leave your job/relationship/home/town in order to do it (although, some may want to). All you have to do is listen, for a moment, to the desire inside of you and take a small step towards living the life you really want to live.
Maybe itâs time to listen to that inner voice thatâs asking you to step into something great. Maybe it means taking a class in something youâre interested in. Getting started on that creative project youâve always dreamed of. Taking a risk. Taking a trip. Changing something you know you need to change. Having a conversation with someone. Allowing yourself to be vulnerable. Doing something crazy in the name of love. I donât know, itâs different for everyone.
When it comes to living passionately and keeping your edge, it looks different for everyone. Thereâs nothing I can say to tell you exactly what it looks like for you. Chances are, you already have at least a small spark of an ideaâŚ
âWe ask ourselves, âWho am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?â Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people wonât feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shineâŚitâs not just in some of us; itâs in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.â – Marianne Williamson
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Love this!
Insanely colorful world ..
Everything moves me…
I feel things so deeply…and that’s ok…
The way a stray dog follows a stranger , the way certain people look at me with an ache that I can see in their eyes..a person at the corner with a sign “cold & hungry”.. To hear the personal journey thus far of people I meet, the good and the bad, heartache & struggles…to see someone do a good deed not for anything other than just that.. a good deed, to help another… How fiercely I love people even if the end result is painful or disappointing ..how im always see untapped potential in people and so badly I want to help them…how hopelessly romantic I feel about love…the ecstatic bliss and the deep sadness that can envelop me and pierce me to the core.
That following my intuition feels like a physical need as much as breathing. The way people are drawn to me because of the “light” I possess ..that all my long time friends and even some I have met recently share their stories and ask for advice or direction, even though at times extremely draining, very rewarding. I especially love when someone just wants to share because they trust in me enough to just listen.
I wouldnât give up that sometimes when Iâm walking around outside or driving in my car I cry because everything is so beautiful and awful and so extreme ..
I would never give up any of this .. The intensity makes my inner world insanely colorful.
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Sarah Elizabeth
Perspective ..
To live life being “stable” & “content”
OR
To live with “fire” & “passion”
Can you have both???
This seems to be a big question between a few of my friends…
I recently had a friend tell me about “The 5 love Languages” book & how in this book ( and don’t quote me) it says we all go through stages in a relationship. The first year or two you would die to be together all the time .. It then settling later on into “real life & forever” where the excitement of the new becomes a reality of two people living everyday life with its ups and downs and all it’s craziness. Then it’s not that you “need” to be with them..it changes .. Do you “want” to be with them? If you can transition from the crazy intense passion into the next stage you may start to feel the flame dulling and maybe even start to think “is this it?” ” is this what forever will feel like?” Even though you have learned a lot about each other, learned to live together with all your differences, everything now seems content and alittle routine.
This is about the time you start searching.. For something, maybe soul purpose, maybe a new career, a change of address, a vacation, an adrenaline rush of some sort, new friends or relationships..
Whyyyy can some of us not stand when everything is just “ok”
Can you be “ok” and still “high on life”?
Can you have everything you have ever wanted at the point your life and still crave so much more… Why not be grateful, happy & blessed.
We are all forever growing and learning. The high you get when you first meet someone is something beautiful to experience but not something to long for, you will be temporary satisfied if so.
On a different note love should be insanely beautiful and amazing.. So never settle đ
Live in the NOW & don’t take anyone or anything for granted!
Remember tomorrow is never promised & temporary happiness (the high) is just that..temporary.
Think on this… đ
just remember life is all about perspective, how we view situations and circumstances.
Change your perspective to see the glass half full!
It is in your silence & observation that we make crucial decisions that can affect our whole life…
Thoughts for today
Love you all
XoXo
Sarah Elizabeth
Hi! I’m Sarah Elizabeth,the publisher of this blog..
Anything and everything that moves me is regurgitated here, in the dearest wish that what I feel & write will move you, too. To know my words is to know me….
My life is an intoxicating love affair with the journey..nutrition,intuition,personal development,connections,perception,family,soulfulness,love and general high vibe awesomeness. “Natural highs 33” is my way of sharing that love and spreading the high vibes! â¤
My first blog entry will be February 19,2014 (my birthday)
I’ve been working very hard on this & am super excited to share!
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