Growth...

It's truly funny where life chooses to drop meaningful lessons. I cried like a little baby tonight when Abby was sent home from The Biggest Loser. I haven't watched a single episode of this season, although I know her story: a young woman struggling to find herself after losing her entire family to an awful car crash. But she picked herself up, dusted off the cobwebs, and got on with living. Now she's travelling the US motivating others to get on with living. It's unexpected tidbits like this, found randomly while channel surfing on a lazy Tuesday night, that really put things into perspective. True perspective.

Today most certainly feels like Rosi Golan's, "Shine" - Abby's farewell song on the show.

This life is light, It’s light burns bright

So we’ll take it day by day and let it be

And everyone will see how good it feels

Oh they’ll see the world for all that it could be

Let the sunlight in, I wanna feel it from within

You spin me around and make me feel like I could Shine, shine.

So what do you say if the sky turned grey?

With a kiss you’d send the rainclouds on they’re way

This life is light, it’s light burns bright

Every moment is a moment you could say

Soundtracks...

I have always thought it would be pretty neat to document my days through music and create a soundtrack for my life (well, more realistically, a certain small segment of my life). So, for the next little while, when I remember, I will do just that. Here goes...

Saturday, October 24th, 2009 feels like: "Today Will Be Better, I swear!" by the Stars. Such a good song.

Sunday, October 25th, 2009 feels like: anything off India Arie's "Voyage to India" album, but probably "Good Man" if I had to pick one. Gets me every time... don't know why, it just does.

Monday, October 26th, 2009 feels like: "In The Waiting Line" by Zero 7. FANTASTIC song. Do you believe in what you see... motionless wheel, nothing is real... wasting my time in the waiting line... do you believe in what see?

Random Maya tid-bits on a Tuesday night...

m. is...

1. Loving the new Zero 7 record, Yeah Ghost - it's about time!
2. Contemplating training for a sprint triathlon. Hey, why not?
3. Wanting to go dancing.
4. Wanting to travel.
5. Wondering what the future will hold - more of the same or something entirely new.
6. Enjoying her glass of valpolicella deliciousness.
7. A wee bit bored... and cursing her dad for telling her as a kid that intelligent people never get bored. Ufff.
8. Looking forward to 90210.
9. Introspective and a wee bit sad... but hopeful.
10. Contemplating a second piece of that amazing chocolate - organic, 80% cocoa with orange and spices... yummmm.
11. Hanging out with Charlie.
12. Liking the red soles on Oprah's awfully high high heel. P.S. Oprah muted isn't nearly as interesting.
13. Stopping at 13 - her favourite number.

mxo

Risks...

How do you know if that nudge inside to do something is life calling you to take a risk, or if it's just recklessness taking over? How do you know what you'll regret more: doing something or never knowing? How do you know if the risk is right for you?

Apparently you can't leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-feet jumps... but why not? Why does it have to be all or nothing, now or never?

Round and round and round...

When the world won't stop spinning, all you can do is sit back and enjoy the ride. I have had the time of my life over the past few weeks. See below:

New friends, old friends, I love my friends.

mxo

Cloudy Sundays...

I don't have much to say this week - my world has been spinning round and round and round recently and I've essentially fallen off all wagons. But fear not! The air's achanging and good things are just around the corner.

For now, I leave you with an interesting cover of one of my favourite songs of all time... what ever happened to Lauryn Hill anyways?