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1. People can always surprise you. Both in the best way possible and the worst.
2. Aspire to trust yourself so deeply that no one’s manipulations can ever make you second-guess yourself.
3. Live with integrity. Make choices that are true to your ideals and you will live with no guilt or regret.
4. Choose friends and lovers who will be honest with you no matter how painful the truth. A blunt truth is always better than a pleasant lie.
5. You cannot bear a great burden alone. Choose who you share things with carefully, but open up to at least one person.
6. If it’s important to you, do all you can to fight for it. That way, whether it succeeds or fails, you will not have to live with ‘what ifs’.
7. Acting out of anger is never worth it. Speak only when you have calmed down enough that you can come from a place of fairness and compassion.
8. If you are asking for the same treatment that you offer, you are not asking for too much.
9. The right people will be able to make you laugh even in the face of utter devastation.
10. There is magic in the world. It lies in sublime moments – moments that defy all odds and surpass even imagination.
11. Be kind, be generous, even be selfless at times – but ultimately you owe it to yourself and your happiness to put your own needs first.
12. Do not hope to change people. Your only power is in whether or not you choose to associate with them.
13. Nothing is permanent. You will learn this again and again and again.
14. Fight fair. Never go for the low blows.
15. You will be amazed by how quickly you can adapt to change.
16. You can survive that which you previously thought impossible.
17. “Lazy” self-care days are as important and necessary as driven, motivated, “productive” days.
18. Give yourself 24 hours of unadulterated grief when tragedy strikes. Let yourself wallow and fall completely apart. Then, start working on how to improve your situation.
19. Believe in the best of people until they give you reason to believe otherwise. This will hurt, repeatedly, but it’s better than allowing yourself to become cynical.
20. Be a little wary of people who always choose their words carefully.
21. How we act when we’re happy shows who we are. How we act when we’re in great pain does, equally.
22. Don’t take it personally when people try to take advantage of you. People will try. It’s up to you to set boundaries of what treatment you will and will not tolerate.
23. Don’t give any person or any circumstances the power to steal your joy.
24. Be yourself unapologetically. The people who are meant to be in your life will find you, and stay.
24 Things I Learned by 24, by Sara du Jour (via saradujour)
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The Low Roads of Vietnam- Hanoi to Saigon (Part I)
Leaving Hanoi again, the journey moved South, pacing through the spine of the country. Our two wheels mavouvered through terrains of sparse forest still suffering from the war, grand colonial cities and all the fringe towns in between. One month, multiple repairs and 3000km later, we arrived exhausted and weary to the metropolis of Saigon, after gentle coastal roads and dusty bus-ridden highways. Selling the bikes, we continue on foot to Cambodia.
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The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds.
Dalai Lama
(via psych-facts)
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These incredible, gorgeous travel photos were made by a young Brit named Matt. I met him twice on the trail trekking up Langtang valley, and he was funny and delightful.
He was in Langtang village when the earthquake struck, and he did not make it out before the mountain above crushed the village under a tremendous landslide.
Namaste, Matt...
Namaste, Kathmandu.
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Aid for Nepal is falling way short amid concerns for corruption
Nepal is still reeling from a series of devastating earthquakes. People are still living in makeshift tents. And they are still desperate for relief.
Yet despite this enormous amount of need, international donations and other aid is falling critically short. While news of the relief effort falling out of international headlines is surely contributing to the shortfall, many blame the Nepali government itself.
“There is no management. There is no control from the government,” says Bharat Jangam, an anti-corruption activist and journalist in Nepal. Jangam was the editor of one of the first newspapers in the country and has been lobbying the government for reform.
“They are talking one thing and doing another.”
Read on here…
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Our brothers and sisters in Nepal need your help. I cannot even begin to imagine the loss they must feel. This is just one of the many organizations out there extending a hand to those affected by the earthquake. If you aren’t in a place where you can donate, spreading the word is another way to help. Do what you can at every opportunity.
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Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, including personal contact and visits, images, sounds. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world. If we get in touch with the suffering of the world, and are moved by that suffering, we may come forward to help the people who are suffering.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
“The Fourteen Precepts of Engaged Buddhism”
TO THE PEOPLE OF NEPAL
(Photo: David Stubbs/Aurora Photos)
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Yes, I was in Nepal...
... But I am back now. For better or worse, full of so many feelings. Long story very short, my friend and I were trekking when the earthquake hit. The village we were in was then ravaged by an avalanche. We were lucky to survive, and walked out of there with just what we had on, and my camera, which I pulled from the wreck of our hotel room. We spent the next 5 days with almost 100 others, awaiting rescue in a ruined building that had been a half-built hospital, now roofless. Dehydrated, hungry, exhausted, we were all evacuated on the 29th of April. My prayers and heart go out to Nepal, her people, and all the global family who are still waiting to find their loved ones and bring them home to rest.
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