Things that make my heart smile

Well hello there, I'm back at the Clara and so happy to be here. with my girls and my family and the palm trees and green grass and classes that make my brain grow and my bed in the sunshine and so much more.  


So...StumbleUpon.com is this website where you check things that interest you and then it brings up all this crazy random cool things on the internet relative to your interests. It may be the best (or worst) time waster ever invented, but it brings you to some of the coolest things ever.  And its inspiring..it makes you think.  Here's a couple awesome things I found.

love it :) im not sure if the picture is showing up so just incase here is the link
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/6THzy2/www.flickr.com/photos/stickypearls/2738613059/sizes/l/

and check this link out

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1T8ai0/www.eightprinciples.com/

so cute :) and very RYLA and very me and i just like it

if you have time to waste do it on stumbleupon, its so much cooler than boring facebook stalking, and instead of looking at the drama of someone elses life you can see things that are actually super cool and make you want to be better and explore more and live more :) i love that

another thing that makes my heart smile is Mei Ratz, and her freaking amazing words and photos and thoughts.  She inspires me maybe more than anyone else in the whole entire world.  Her head just makes so much sense and is so thoughtful and grateful and I just think she has an amazing way of looking at life.  Even if you dont know her you'll feel it. Check out her blog

eight30one.wordpress.com

its amazing

and FINALLY

my cousin Laurie is doing this happiness project thingy on her blog, and i like happiness things. every week there is some sorda prompt thing to remind you of the good in your life. this week its 5 reasons you love where you live...oh good old Swiggy Swig

1. there are people around ALL THE TIME and not just people, really super awesome people who i love dearly

2. I can wear flip flops all year round

3. There are sooo many opportunities to learn and grow

4. San Fran is an hour North, Santa Cruz an hour South, there is sooo much beauty and life and coolness so close to go out and explore, now we just gotta really do it.

5. My whole life ( ok no not really but all my everyday life) is within a ten minute span...my amazing bed in the sunshine, Maria's wonderful salads, the gym where all my thoughts can just be lost in a good run, the library where everything can be silent so i can learn, a million classrooms with a million new thoughts, so much diversity, soo much more :)

Lifes pretty cool I think. And im in this space where i just REALLY REALLY REALLY wanna learn and grow and adventure and soak everything up, and stumble upon random websites of thought and beauty and laughter and so much more.  I just wanna go and learn and LIVE :) and make my heart smile, or in the words of kelsey have more moments where I can "feel my heart" :)