invigoration, determination, creativity and authoring your life

Bet you thought this was going to be a lengthy, wordy post...nope!

Just wanted to share this with you all, because at the end of the day, this is the root of everything:

{photo taken and edited by my cousin, Sarah Mae...hope you don't mind me posting, S!}

love,
~h

Just do it...now.

Well hello there, it's me, your sometimes blogger friend that shows up unexpectedly and not at all reliably! Don't you just love friends like that?! Ok, so all sarcasm aside, when I don't post on The Moon regularly, I think about it, miss it, yearn for it constantly. So to anyone reading this, first of all, thank you for sticking around and listening, even when my posts are scattered between weeks, and on occasion months.

The thing is, if I want to be present here on The Moon, you would think I'd just buckle down and DO IT, right? That's always my intention...so why doesn't the necessary action follow? Just like everyone else out there, I have a million (awesome!) obligations, interests and of course, there's also the people I love, the yoga I practice and the occasional downtime that's necessary for me to keep my shit together!

And that brings me to a little something that I've shied away from for as long as I can remember: intentional goal setting. Yeah sure, I've set goals for myself here and there, usually (but not always) met them and moved on. But what I had not done, until about 6 months ago, was actually take time to sit down, visualize what I wanted my life to look like, what feelings I wanted to feel each and every day and decide to screw the possibility of failure and simply come up with a game plan, something that I could begin immediately, in the circumstances that I was living in on that very day. Because that's one aspect of goal setting I feel is very important; You must continue to live in the moment, relish it, feel it's presence and love it. It's where you must start on your journey to any goal, so learning to seize it and live it fully is the most important thing. Then you set aside the time to decide where you want the moment to go. What do you love doing? How do you love feeling? What do you love talking about? and How do you make these things the cornerstones of your life? There are TONS of tools out there to help you figure this stuff out, but I'd be willing to bet, you already have at least an inkling of suspicion regarding what it is that make you tick, makes you come alive...makes you want to live your life!

Because without goals and without holding ourselves accountable for following through with them, each and every day, our intentions can easily become only that. intentions. And before we know it, our lives, our days, can start to look like something we do not even want...and people, this is your one and only life, the one your living right this very moment. This is it.

So here's what I've been up to the last month. Since I set out on my own goal-setting, core desired feelings, life-loving quest, I've started a job with a company that not only stands for everything I'm writing about today, but has also been on my life-goal radar for years, Lululemon. I'm part of a team opening a showroom here in Greensboro! It's been a fun-filled, yoga-centered, kick-ass awesome month and I thought I'd share a few photos of what we've been up to with you:

So on this first Spring-like Monday, what are some of your goals? And what are you doing today, in this moment, to feed them, to nourish them, to love life and be YOU?!

love,

~H

Phosphorescent Friday

Yo, happy friday folks! It's beautiful here in NC today and I can't help but be filled with joy and gratitude on a day like this. There's actually been a whole hell of a lot of joy and gratitude settling in here lately...More on that in an upcoming post. For now, I've got a song I stumbled across today that I just feel the need to share. It's a real beauty. Here, have a listen:



Until next time, have a wonderful weekend...

love,
~H

love is everywhere.

Happy day of love! Proof you can find love anywhere you look for it...

{image via Rachel Corcoran}

Love,

~H

When I Am Among The Trees

This quote stumbled into my lap this morning...

"Around me, the trees stir in their leaves

and call out, 'stay awhile'.

The light flows from their branches.

And they call again, 'it's simple', they say,

and you too have come

into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled

with light, and to shine.'"

~Mary Oliver, When I Am Among The Trees 

Simple. Beautiful. True. We all have those things that fill us with light. We can feel them, right? We know what they are. What if it's as simple as allowing those things to guide how we spend our time, what we read, what we talk about...to simply fill us up. So much so that we shine. What if that's the point?

Here are a couple of artists doing just that:

First, we have Magda Sayeg (please click the link, you will not be disappointed). I've been a fan of Magda's for years, but was just reminded of her work here.

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And how cute is this?

Next up, and also very timely, or not, depending on your view on snow, to our Northeastern friends, is Simon Beck. I discovered Simon's work just yesterday via Erin over at Design for Mankind. Simon takes making snow angels to an altogether new place completely.

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As Erin notes, Simon makes these absolutely breathtaking works of art in one day, knowing that more than likely, they will be covered over that evening with fresh snow, ceasing to exist forever. Amazing. And inspiring.

These are two brilliant artists, who can share their light with the world through their amazingly talented hands, and their supremely creative vision. Your light might shine with your words, or with your parenting, or through your home, or how you serve. What's important is that you can feel it. Only YOU know how to make your light shine. That is what makes you...you.

So please do tell, what is it for you? What makes your light shine?

Enjoy your weekend...

love,

~H

Traveling...well

{via a well traveled woman}

I'm on the road a couple of nights for work this week and tonight, while eating dinner solo, I read this article about Raleigh chef and all around extraordinarily inspiring person, Ashley Christensen. If you've got a few moments, read it...especially if you are in your 30's and/or from North Carolina (but also even if you're not and think the world could use some innovation and heart...combined). This girl rocks it...as the author notes in the article, "That is the thing about Christensen. When she notices something missing in the world, she creates it." Bam. Beautiful. To the point. True. And insanely inspiring.

The print version of the article includes a playlist that has this, this, this, this and this. Seriously, this girl is after my heart.

Be inspired and then go find YOUR thing :)

Love,

~H

Monday musings...MLK inspired

How's everyone doing on this MLK Monday? I (like many folks) do have to work today. So it's a Monday around here for sure. My mind isn't really on my work on a day like today though. It wanders easily, and instead wants to explore and honor the thoughts, intentions, and ultimately the actions of heroes like Martin Luther King, Jr. I think that's so incredible about a day like today...a day set aside to truly bask in what it means to live fully, with service, honor, courage and love as your guide.

That's it, isn't it?! That's the essence if true living...finding that special thing that makes you come alive and then doing it...in service, with honor, courageously and with love as your guide.

What a world this would (could) be!

love,
~H