President Obama went to the pub and had a pint of Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day. (The Hill)
If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It’s very important to be aware of them every time they come up.
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| — | Deepak Chopra (via wordslessspoken) |
In place of criticism we must cultivate compassion for those we would judge & for ourselves who judge. We are all suffering enough already.
OMG! Adorbz of the Day: Adorable toddler Makena belts a heartfelt rendition of Adele’s “Someone Like You.” (Well, as heartfelt as a cover of a deeply emotional break-up ballad by a two-year-old with (hopefully) no working knowledge of the lyrics she’s singing gets anyway.)
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C is for California style. Photograph by Leela Cyd
Samantha Hutchinson, Santa Barbara’s Could I Have That? blogger, is equal parts laid-back and pulled together

