vanae (happier you* guide)

i’ve always been interested in fortune cookies, random chance, fortune anything, though i have yet to go to a fortune teller. here’s a super creative video by cory AKA mr.safety AKA smp films:

i came across this quote by Margaret Young, “Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you love to do, in order to have what you want.”

it really called out to me because it’s a realization that i’ve absorbed through the years. understanding and being the real you. and i AM doing what i love. and i’d add this to my list of ‘what makes you happy?”

vanae’s tip of the dae: today, spend time thinking about someone in your life who has passed. it’s okay to miss him/her. but be sure to spend more time thinking of good stuff…memories and what that person meant to you.

already at 9:30am and i’ve already had 2 highlights of the dae.
1) my sis telling me that my brother is here and is protecting her (which brought me to my ‘tip’)
2) someone asking me about my highlight and then we had silly morning convo

who did you think about today? and what is a good memory you’ve shared?

HOT SINGER & ANIMAL LOVER (Date a Rockstar) from vanae on Vimeo.

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She’s hot! She loves animals and can sing her heart out. Don’t miss out on a special date with the lovely Katy!

Click tinyurl.com/68zty8 to bid on Jamie!

She’s a hot female DJ, plays music for good and she can play the guitar.

Money raised goes to Rock Your Awareness.

Happy Bidding!

sometimes we don’t realize how our childhood impacts who we become, but this DailyOM article makes you reflect…

“(Healing Childhood Wounds) Events from childhood, our first experiences, have the power to shape our lives. Some do so immediately, offering us challenges to overcome and encouragement to make use of our talents and interests…Other events seem to lay dormant until adulthood, when our closest relationships help to bring out the deepest aspects of ourselves. This is when unexamined lessons can be put to use and untended childhood wounds make themselves known in a call for healing.

We may discover issues of trust coming up, or perhaps we find ourselves mirroring actions from our past instinctively. No matter the case, we have the power within us to heal ourselves at the deepest level. With the wisdom of an adult, we can be the loving parent or guardian we needed as a child. Knowing that we are each whole spiritual beings having a human experience, we can nurture ourselves from that wholeness, and then reach out to others as well. We can recreate scenarios in our mind’s eye, trying different outcomes and following them to their logical conclusions. In doing so, we may be able to imagine possible reasons a situation occurred as it did, and even accept that it could not have happened any other way. With the wisdom born from age and experience, we might be able to see events from a different perspective, bringing new understanding and freeing ourselves from any hold the past may have on us.

Life offers opportunities to clear these weeds in the gardens of our souls. However, when we want to focus on easier and more pleasant tasks, we are likely to pass up the chances, leaving the wounds to continue to drain our energy and resources for living life fully today. We might find we need support to face the events of the past, so turning to a trained professional who can offer tools for healing can be a valid choice. As long as we remember that the child we were lives on within us, we are always free to go back and right old wrongs, correct mistaken perceptions, heal wounds, forgive, and begin anew.”

when was the last time you reflected and digged deep? what did you discover about your childhood and the person you are today?

an unbelievable takeover in 2008 olympics, in the men’s swim relay 4×100:

notice the announcers biting back their tongue and yelling in astonishment when america’s took it by surprise.

so whether you’ve met someone great, and early on think he or she is the one…
say that you’ve never received a speeding ticket…
predicting a winner before the game ends…
NEVER SPEAK TOO SOON.

Date a Rockstar charity auction- check out the hotties that you can bid for: www.rockyourawareness.org

daft punk always tears it up! this time it’s softly…you can get this track here:

here’s my quick announcement on who won my design contest. and you should be part of my ‘wishing well clan’ to bring clean water to poor people in africa. everyone deserves access to clean water!

have you seen or heard of anjelah johnson? she’s a young comedian from the sf bay area. we went to the same middle school and here she is on MADtv