Truth and Beauty & Kindness (Enlightenment)

A wise woman once said "If you should encounter a rare man of intellect, you should ask him what books he reads." I realize this may come off as insulting, considering my only two followers are guys, but I do not mean it that way. The point is; reading makes you smarter. Its also incredibly stress relieving, relaxing and healthy for your mind; which craves new info. I'm trying to get Anthony to start reading poetry because I think it might instill a thoughtful, sentimental value in him (Enlightenment) and it might start making him look at the beauty in the world rather than seeing it in black and white. (I cant believe my boyfriend doesn't even know I have a blog...
lol) Anyways, here are a few things I thought you guys could appreciate:)

I Died For Beauty

"The ideals which have lighted my way and time after time have given me the courage to face life cheerfully have been kindness, beauty and truth. "
-Albert Einstein

"Those who seek truth find beauty."
-Breanna Taylor

'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

John Keats

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives."
-Albert Einstein

"Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all?
Nay; no more than law, no more than truth,
no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty."
~ Ibid

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
~Kahlil Gibran~

"The sense of truth no matter how subjective is necessary for the experience of beauty
~ Lawrence Durrell ~

The echoes of beauty you've seen transpire, Resound through dying coals of a campfire.
~ Ernest Hemingway

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley ~

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
~Jawaharlal Nehru ~

Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a communicated sense of fineness.
~ D. H. Lawrence~

Did my heart love till now?
Forswear it sight,
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
~ Romeo and Juliet.~

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.
-Kahlil Gibran

Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
- Kahlil Gibran

Compassion is the only ingredient needed to accomplish world peace
-Breezy

Love is beauty and beauty is truth, and that is why the beauty of a flower we can see the truth of the universe
Buddha

Finding yourself means digging deep; searching for the truth, and what you will find is beauty. The truth in kindness is beautiful. The lie of cruelty turns the soul into a dream within a dream.
-Breezy

HEALTH vs. DRAMA

It's not your outside influences that got you down... It's whats going on inside your body.

Vitamin D deficiency: Now for those of you unfamiliar with this, it is a nutrition problem that causes depression. Vitamin D is created in your skin when it comes in contact with direct sunlight. Its incredibly hard to get adequate amounts into your diet and during the cold season your bodies not getting enough of it. Its an endorphin, and a deficiency can leave you feeling like life is passing you by, but its not enough to motivate you to have fun, just enough to dwell on it, attracting large amounts of negative energy to surround your body and make yourself and those around you feel down. (well get into the energy thing in another post)

Build up of toxins- Processed foods, cigarettes/drugs/alcohol and lack of exercize leaves your body loaded with fatigue inducing toxins. Its hard to get the exercise in when the weathers so crappy, but there are ways around that. Take a minute to grab a piece of paper and write down reminders to get your heart pumping. (the constant visual stimulation will reach your subconscious) Doesn't need to be a half hour of muscle training or anything like that, go just five minutes of dancing to uppity music until you feel your heart pumping then rest, then do it again (the first time will be hardest if you haven't done that, as your unused muscles tend to get a lactic acid build up) find a buddy to go on fast paced walks with you, do 20 jumping jacks randomly, make it habit to do that thirty minutes after a meal, and remember after the first unpleasant energy burst your body will get warmed up and it will be smooth sailing after that.

Poistive energy- Kindness produces that bioelectromagnetic energy that surrounds you and can be sensed by those around you. Imagine doing a kind deed, think of things you are greateful for (like being able to see the color purple, getting to meet the most amazin people you have met, being one of the small percentage of people in the world with food and shelter at all times etc.) I think you'll find these thoughts to be soothing and they will attract positive energy to you.

Watch this video and you'll have everything you've ever wanted... "The Secret"