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Random Questions <3

May11

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Sonali nominated me to answer these fun questions! Please check out her wonderful blog!

https://howlingwiththewolf.wordpress.com/2016/04/23/random-questions-tag/comment-page-1/#comment-346

1) Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. Type the sentence down below

“Follow the awakened

And from among the blind

The light of your wisdom

Will shine out purely.”

These are the only four lines on page 18.

2) Stretch your left arm out as far as you can, What can you touch?
My cup of coffee and my dogs

3) Before you started this survey, what were you doing?
Watching Pitch Perfect two

4) What is the last thing you watched on TV?
That movie I just mentioned

5) What are on the walls of the room you are in?
Some artistic pictures

6) Tell me something about you that most people don’t know.
I have a few frequently recurring dreams that I believe have a meaning to me but I don’t know what

7) Who made the last incoming call on your phone?
This probably seems weird but I don’t have phone service! Lol I just use my phone for the Internet, pics, and music

8) What is the last thing you downloaded onto your computer?
Pictures off my camera

9) Last time you swam in a pool?
Last Summer on vacation

10) Choice of clothes, branded or local?
Any, it doesn’t matter, just if I like it. I don’t have much money so don’t get much name brands unless they are like at outlet stores

11) Your last massage? What type?
Full body massage a couple years ago with my friend. It was funny and weird. There was three people and they kept hitting me hard on my back and head.

The memory makes me giggle out loud.

12) What was the last thing you bought?
A couple Kindle books n movies

13) What is the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?
I can see! Lol

14) If you were to spend a day with a famous person, who would it be?
The Buddha! ❤

15) Who sent the last text message you received?
My therapist texted my mom’s phone for me

16) Is the glass half empty or half full?

Half full of water or whatever liquid, half full of air, so completely full!

;-D ❤

17) Would you go all out with PDA’s? (Public Display’s of Affection)

Sure, why not!? Lol! 😀

18) How are you feeling right now?
Happy!

19) Would you consider going further on your first date, if everything goes well?
On a first date I wouldn’t do anything other than go out and get to know each other better.

20) What is the last movie that you saw at the cinema?
Krampus I think

21) Do you sing in the shower?
No!

22) Which came first the chicken or the egg?
Hmmm…the chicken? Aww ❤

23) How many keys on your key ring?

Just one

24) What are your best physical features?
I like my hair, eyes, and my boobs lol My heart, I love to feel it pulsate in my chest. But I love my whole body, it does so much to keep me alive.

25) What are your best characteristics?
Compassion for others, self confidence, empathy, and optimism, also I’m very easily amused and easy going

26) What is your favorite time of the day?

Early morning and late night

27) Would you say is your ‘dress’ code right now? Formal, casual, comfortable, minimal?

Comfortable I’m in my pj’s! Lol

28) How many rings before you answer the phone?
Usually two

29) What is most important in life?
Universal Love and attitude

30) What are the places people are least likely to find you?
Bars & clubs

31) An unforgettable moment(s)
Watching the sun rise in the mornings is one, drinking hot tea, watching the rain at work, belly laughs…I’m a simple girl

32) If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
Make it so everyone all around the world has enough food. I read there’s no shortage of food in the world but people are dying of starvation because the “extra” food is thrown away instead of given to those who are dying. It’s so heartbreaking.

33) Do you like to dance?
Yes! But I have no idea how to! Lol It’s still fun though! I love to dance around my room at night blasting happy songs through my earphones!

34) Would you ever consider living abroad?
No but I wouldn’t mind visiting some places

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I want to invite everyone who wants to answer the questions above and let me know so I can check it out! I love reading facts about people!

Thank you, Sonali!! ❤

Much love & light,

xoxo Kim

Compassion <3

May8

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“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”~Leo Buscaglia

This is my sweet girl, Boobie! She’s a lil mommy! Isn’t she adorable?! She has boy/girl twins!

They are the cutest things! ❤

Here is a beautiful quote, one of my favorites! Dr. Leo Buscaglia is one of the most inspiring, beautiful people who ever lived. ❤

I haven't been putting too much into blogging because I have been working frequently and still haven't grasped time management well. So I have been not responding much to messages(which I will get to), not usually reading blogs I love to read(I will soon catch up!), and just mostly posting very brief posts and usually late at night. But it's still good because at least once a day, even on very busy days, I do post something inspiring that can apply to most people. I still love to inspire people and my goal is to share at least one beautiful thing each day. And I succeed with that goal each day.

Weekends are very busy at work but if I really try, I can be even better with keeping up with the blogging world. It's all about time management! 😀

Today, I have two shifts to work since it's Mother's Day and I'm the only one at work who isn't a mamma!
But I love working & would still love to help even if I did not love working so it's all good!

Happy, Happy Mother's Day beautiful mammas! ❤ 😀

I hope you are having a beautiful day/night wherever in the world you are! ❤

xoxo Kim

A thousand reflections

May4

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(meee at work last night <3)

“The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.” ~Ammachi

❤ 😀

After putting this heartwarming quote here with this mirrored effect on a photo of me, I started to truly wonder how mirrors and reflections work. I looked it up and can only mostly find info on how mirrors themselves work. But I’m sure it’s not all about the mirror, our eyes and the way they operate must play a part as well. The cones, rods, retinas, the lens in them, the pupil… I want to know how it all works together but it’s hard to find much information on it.
I was wracking my brain trying to understand then my brain started philosophizing and my intention to post a sweet, simple universal love post got diverted.

Here are some fun facts about mirrors:

” Basically, anything with a smooth surface that reflects almost all of the light that hits it — with only very little light absorbed or scattered — can be a mirror. The key factor is a smooth surface, because rough surfaces scatter light instead of reflecting it.

When photons — rays of light — coming from an object (your smiling face, for example) strike the smooth surface of a mirror, they bounce back at the same angle. Your eyes see these reflected photons as a mirror image. The mirror image is reversed, which you can easily see if you stand in front of a mirror with a shirt with words on it. The words on the shirt appear backwards in the mirror.

Of course, not all smooth surfaces act as mirrors. If a smooth surface absorbs the photons, they can’t bounce back and there will be no reflection.

Although calm, dark water has been used as a mirror since the beginning of time, people started making mirrors thousands of years ago. The first mirrors were likely polished stones, such as obsidian (a type of volcanic glass). Large pieces of polished metal, such as brass, were also used as mirrors, although these were very expensive.”

source:
http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-mirrors-work/

Also there’s a rare condition or phenomenon called Mirrored self-misidentification that can result as a symptom of dementia but also can show up in young people without dementia for whatever reason, I don’t know.

A person afflicted with this cannot recognize her/his own self in a mirror. The person thinks the reflection isn’t a reflection at all but a whole other person.

And because our brains are designed to make sense of things, the person makes up a story for who the person in the mirror is.

I read about a man who came down with this condition (maybe after an injury?) and when he looked into a mirror, he did not know it was a mirror and thought it was a window into an apartment next door and that his reflection was his neighbor and they became good friends.

It must be heartbreaking to realize the truth. It’s like losing a friend. Delusions and hallucinations can be so real.

This is not a hallucination and the people with it are healthy in every other way. They can function like anyone else, go to work, hold intelligent conversations, it’s just something wrong in that part of the brain. They can identify the reflections of other people, just not their own.

So here is a sweet reminder to look for ourself in each other and look for others in ourself. Oneness.

And some interesting facts.

I love reflections & shadows. They are some of my favorite things to take pictures of. ❤

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Much love & light,

xoxo Kim

As long as the sky exists…

May2

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“As long as the sky exists and as long as there are sentient beings, may I remain to help relieve them of all their pain.”

One of the best things about Spring & Summer is the life that blossoms and appears all around. Life in the form of sentient beings like insects and dogs and people and other life forms, plants, flowers, trees…<3

Everything is so beautiful.

I saw this little kritter walking home today, outside of a bar on the street where I live. S/he can't or won't fly but can walk. S/he walked right onto my hand when I put it on the ground to pick her up.

S/he was walking towards the traffic and was also in danger of being stepped on by someone walking. I don't always stare at the ground when I'm walking but I look all around and happened to see this beauty. Cute little bumblebee! ❤ 😀

I put her/him in my backyard but not before losing her in my house! lol Luckily I found her again and got her safely outside.

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She found this flower and got onto it then walked off again. It’s so cute!

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What a beautiful day! I’m off to work soon! 😀 ❤ ❤

Much love & light to you, always,

xoxo Kim

Criticism & Empathy

Apr30

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“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

This is an interesting perspective and I agree for the most part. Sometimes criticism is necessary or good. Constructive criticism that is.

But it’s not always necessary. And not always good. Some of us really do have more advantages or experience than others, experience that helps us make better decisions or contributes to us ending up certain ways that others do not.

We may not even realize it. We all have walked  different paths in this life, experienced different things, have different backgrounds and upbringings, biology/genetics, opportunities and things that all contribute to us getting where we are right now. Ultimately it’s our choices (both conscious and unconscious ones, direct & indirect, the choice to do nothing…) that get us where we are, for the most part. But our choices are often influenced by various factors. Let’s try to go easy on the negative judging(not an order/demand, just a friendly suggestion)! This isn’t to justify callous and reckless actions, just to promote more love & understanding. It’s also not to say that some people are victims of circumstance or have no ability to make choices. That’s disempowering. For most of us, no matter what happens beyond our control, we have the power to choose positive things, reactions, attitudes…

 For some, it’s much easier to make positive choices than for some others. Like cigarettes, alcohol and other drugs, for example. It’s usually a choice to consume those in the first place no matter what happened to us. We have the power to say no to drugs or to say yes to them. And some take them and never become addicted while others fall prey to addiction. It doesn’t make one morally better for not becoming addicted. Some are just more susceptible. 
Anyway, some people are more likely to take illicit drugs than others, maybe someone who experiences trauma or depression or other painful experiences or someone exposed to drug use at an early age. 

It’s their choice at first but maybe influenced by experiences that contribute to them giving into temptation. 

I never considered taking illicit drugs or getting drunk or even drinking alcoholic things (with the exception of a few sips many moons ago). It’s not at all my cup of tea. But that doesn’t put me in a position to judge people negatively who make different choices than me, even lousy choices or those with grave consequences.

Homelessness is another example where it is so easy for some to judge. None of us are immune to becoming homeless. Any of us can be struck by some tragedy at any moment.

Many homeless people don’t have the advantages that many of us have. Some are severely mentally ill, some are struggling with addiction, some lost everything they own to a financial crisis, a housefire…, some don’t have families or friends who take them in. 
I have never been in a position to be homeless. I have always lived with my mom and unlike some people’s family, she wouldn’t ever throw me out no matter how much trouble I can ever be. Not everyone has that advantage.

Homeless people do have the power to make choices even though it is probably very difficult and even if for now the choice is to take one simple positive step for the better and some have made choices to contribute to where they are now, either consciously or unconsciously. It’s not being cold to say that. It’s disempowering to say otherwise. We all, as long as we’re alive, have the power to choose. 

Another example is people not having or displaying good grammar skills. I see so many people making fun of them and stuff. Must be great to be so perfect!

Not everyone has access to a good education, some have learning disabilities, some just really don’t care… So what?

We all have the power to make choices if we’re alive.

But not everyone yet realizes that and not everyone has advantages that make certain choices easy. 

So before we judge others in cold ways, how about instead we love & encourage them?  In non condescending ways. 

This quote is a great reminder to connect with our empathy and try to put our own self in someone else’s place as much as we can, and show love, compassion, encouragement instead of cold judgment. This goes for any person in any situation or making choices we disagree with.

Also here is a beautiful Country song! One of my favorites.

“I got rice cookin’ in the microwave
Got a three day beard I don’t plan to shave
And it’s a goofy thing but I just gotta say, hey
I’m doin’ alright
Yeah I think I’ll make me some homemade soup
I’m feelin’ pretty good and that’s the truth
It’s neither drink nor drug induced, no
I’m just doin’ alright
And it’s a great day to be alive
I know the sun’s still shinin’
When I close my eyes
There’s some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can’t everyday be just this good”

(everyday can be! It’s all about that attitude!) 😀 ❤

It’s a great day to be alive – Travis Tritt – desktop

It’s a great day to be alive – mobile

It IS a great day to be alive! Every day is! I feel this way often and it’s great to have reminders like this song! 

I’m at work right now and the wifi is working for once! Lol 

I hope you are having a beautiful day or night wherever in the world you are!

Much love & light to you now & forever!
Always remember, I love you! ❤ ❤

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xoxo Kim