here we go again...

So... school starts tomorrow.
I dont know how smart it was to start my blog simultaneously with school but, oh well!
My first class starts earlier than I like it to -- everyone knows I try not to do [ a n y t h i n g ] before 12.

I've spent my winter break well though. This was the first winter I didn't take classes and actually got to take a break!  Thank God for my wonderful trip to Freeport, Grand Bahamas. Finally got a chance to breathe!

In the mix of my school, work, and whatever else schedule I have, sometimes it gets hard to simply breathe.  So that's my biggest goal for myself ... just breathe!! Most things just aren't THAT serious. If it happens, it happens and if it doesn't ... eff it. On to the next one!

I've been reading this book Happiness by Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk who once was a VERY successful cellular genetics doctor in France, but moved to the Himalayas to study Buddhism. It's crazy inspirational and just speaks a LOT of common sense. I think from now on I'll start my blogs off with a motivating quote or excerpt from it.  But anyways, yeah ... thats the second goal ... to be genuinely happy.

There's so many people that claim happiness, but #wholetime have no CLUE what it is. Ha. "Let's talk about it." Hmm.. maybe I should enlighten. Earlier than I thought with the excerpt...

...and I will leave you with this, until next time:

"Authentic happiness is not linked to an activity; it is a state of being, a profound emotional balance struck by a subtle understand of how the mind functions. While ordinary pleasures are produced by contact with pleasant objects and end when that contact is broken, sukha -- lasting well-being -- is felt so long as we remain in harmony with our inner nature... One who is at peace with herself will contribute spontaneously to establishing peace within her family, her neighborhood, and, circumstances permitting society at large."

Ricard, p.42

"you ain't gotta listen to me... just my little 6¢"