Rest & Restore

10/16/2024

Home from mini vacation/traveling day from hell = emergency trip to the dentist the second I wake up.

~ the universe

10/15/2024

So not sure what is going on in , but totally just got rerouted from my flight that was supposed to be Boston to Detroit (less than two hours), and I am now going to Miami apparently where it will be a 3 1/2 hour flight from Boston and another three hours from Detroit, so like what is happening in Detroit does anybody know? Not a single flight available… is everyone ok? Should I not come back ? lol

I could totally be me and vibes lol Chelsea Vida Zalie Geralyn

10/15/2024

09/04/2024

I love when I google a random thought in my head and up pops an article stating the very same points I was internally arguing.

The most popular historical analogy for current American troubles is the Civil War era. The second most popular is the Gilded Age. But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s ce…

08/20/2024

Tomorrow my baby girl starts 11th grade and her mom is not doing well with it. They’ve been my only motivation for over half my life. What now?

08/10/2024

A wise man said to me today, “don’t swallow the poison, spit it out and move on.” Good advise in many scenarios…

08/10/2024

Amidst a betrayal of the worst kind, kindness is magnified. Be kind. We are all human.

07/01/2024

Wishing I was there!! ❤️

Join us tomorrow at the Gurdwara for a beautiful afternoon of kirtan and prayer! Stay afterwards for a free delicious vegetarian Indian lunch. Everyone is welcome!

Let's come together and celebrate our community.

Time: 11:30am
Where: Gurdwara Baba Deep Singh Ji
Address: 6341 W Lone Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89130

06/12/2024

“And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us…”

Defeat
BY KAHLIL GIBRAN
Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness;
You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs,
And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory.

Defeat, my Defeat, my self-knowledge and my defiance,
Through you I know that I am yet young and swift of foot
And not to be trapped by withering laurels.
And in you I have found aloneness
And the joy of being shunned and scorned.

Defeat, my Defeat, my shining sword and shield,
In your eyes I have read
That to be enthroned is to be enslaved,
And to be understood is to be leveled down,
And to be grasped is but to reach one’s fullness
And like a ripe fruit to fall and be consumed.

Defeat, my Defeat, my bold companion,
You shall hear my songs and my cries and my silences,
And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings,
And urging of seas,
And of mountains that burn in the night,
And you alone shall climb my steep and rocky soul.

Defeat, my Defeat, my deathless courage,
You and I shall laugh together with the storm,
And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us,
And we shall stand in the sun with a will,
And we shall be dangerous.

05/28/2024

Being 41 is having to explain to your daughter why one does not wear a crop top and crocs to a job interview. 🫣

04/23/2024

I just took out a loan with a ridiculously high interest rate to pay for nursing school because I live in America, and I maxed out my lifetime loan limit on a degree I can’t use because I live in Midwest America where my Master’s degree is only worth 19$ an hour. But it’s ok.

Because in 7 years when past mistakes have fallen off my credit and I’m worthy of a decent life, because that’s how we determine that in America, I will have an imperfect but paid off house and I will start again.

I will have a bunch of letters behind my name because I live in America, and that’s another way we determine worth here. I cancelled all unnecessary subscriptions that Facebook makes billions off of, like those fresh meals delivered to you, because my school has a food pantry so that students don’t go hungry paying for their education, and I’m lucky, because that is not the norm in America.

What matters most is that a year from now I will show my daughter another example of how life is hard and life is never fair, and hard work does
not equal prosperity in America. Because I will also show her how I never gave up trying to teach her the things you can’t pay to learn, and that when you look back on your years you always strive to look back from where you want to be.

04/16/2024

First day of nursing school orientation…again. Cannot believe I’m doing this… 😅