Showing posts with label adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adventure. Show all posts

10.05.2011

We love because...

We love because it is the only true adventure.
--- Nikki Giovanni ---

Wow!!!! It's just days before what they call the 'big day' for me and my significant other, and I am overwhelmed with excitement, love, admiration, hope, and happiness.  Today kicks off the festivities with family coming into town for dinner, and I can't help but feeling blessed about everything.  While I'm not going to sensationalize and say that every step of the planning was picture perfect (although it was pretty close :), the little blips are just that - blips - in comparison to the fact that I found someone who I am SO thrilled to share life's ups/downs, hopes, and dreams with.  We recently completed a big adventure in life earlier this year, by circumnagivating the globe together on a floating university program called, Semester at Sea, and this quote sings to me not only for the reference to adventure - but for the connection and feeling of love - between friends, family, lovers, strangers in a foreign land, and all others - that really provides us with life's most treasured moments.  I am bursting with excitement, and cannot wait for the big day.  Let the countdown begin!

5.28.2010

If you approach each new person...

If you approach each new person in a spirit of adventure, you will find yourself endlessly fascinated by the new channels of thought and personality and experience that you encounter.

This was one of my favorite quotes, especially in college and as embarked on grad school.  It was a reminder to approach each person I met in a 'spirit of adventure.'  It was a reminder to recognize all that others have to offer, and I think leads us to respect one another a little more.  One of my former bosses in Boston used to say, 'You never know, the next person you meet could be the most important person in your life,' which definitely aligns with Eleanor's sentiments in this quote.  Just a friendly reminder to recognize and honor yourself and others.

5.14.2010

The only true adventure...

We love because it's the only true adventure.
--- Nikki Giovanni (wikipedia) ---

I posted this quote on this day (May 14) for my friends Michelle and Paul who got married in Palm Springs.  It was a beautiful wedding, with heartfelt sentiments, and friends and family glowing with love.  Congratulations to you both!