12.31.2014

TO DO, 2015:

• invest time and energy wisely. (frivolous people, places, and pastimes don't ever return.)
• when you invest poorly, learn your lesson. (move on gracefully.)
• when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. (- maya angelou.)
• think critically, but not hypercritically.
• insist on living out your dreams. (dedicate yourself.)
• simplify your life. (if it doesn't matter, get rid of it.)
• clarify your language. (if it doesn't matter, don't say it.)
• demand happiness now via painting, gardening, traveling, riding, writing, singing, playing, dancing, dining, diving, gardening, laughing, loving. (note that thinking doesn't belong here.)
• take more photos. 
• create more art. 
• smell more roses. 
• be thankful. for everything.
• be willing to change at any time in the name of happiness.
• don't be afraid. (remember... it's all working out perfectly.)

i'm so excited to welcome 2015. i think it's going to be the very best one yet.

and in honor of 2014, here's a toast to my old family, my new family, my blood family, the memories we made and the lessons we learned together along the way.

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xx.