a note from sara

i recently received an email from sara, who was nice enough to send me a photo of this lovely pink post-it she left at her local library...

it reads, "we are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that death will tremble to take us." - charles bukowski

i love this quote... it makes me want to try to really live each day to the fullest, and seek out the best life possible.  the placement below the shelf of old books is just perfect... it makes me think they are surely filled with thousands more words of wisdom :)

thanks sara!

xoxo,

lesley

no one belongs here more than you.

{photo by cobalt123}

i found this passage from miranda july's book no one belongs here more than you on the blog positively present.  i started reading this book (which is actually a series of short stories) a while back, but never got into it.  i guess i didn't get to this part...

"do you have doubts about life?  are you unsure if it is worth the trouble?  look at the sky: that is for you.  look at each person's face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you.  and the street itself, and the ground under the street, and the ball of fire beneath the ground: all these things are for you.  they are as much for you as they are for other people.  remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing." 

beautiful words, and an important thing to remember.  the world is yours... no one belongs here more than you.

have a lovely weekend, and don't forget to look at the sky.

xoxo,

lesley

falafel from the road!

my parents are currently on a three week long road trip of sorts... traveling by car from their home in south jersey, through new york and new england, all the way up to montreal and quebec city.  when i told my mom about my new project, she was so excited about it she decided to join in!  here is the note she posted...

it reads, "never look down on anyone, unless you are giving them a hand up."

it is posted on the outside window of ben & jerry's in burlington, vermont.  here is a photo of my mom pointing to her freshly posted falafel :)

the quote is from the author pete hamill, who spoke at a conference my parents attended earlier in the week.  he said it was something his mother used to tell him and his brother when they were growing up... how sweet is that?  a really great life lesson to remember.

thanks, mom!

xoxo,

lesley