ilyjessicaomg: 04/01/2016

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Threefold Purity Practice

Here's an article I just read about meditation and threefold purity The Threefold Purity - http://shambhalatimes.org/2014/08/25/the-threefold-purity/ It's so interesting to read and learn more about Buddhism and incorporate these ideals into my life. I feel like I have clung onto getting results with certain aspects of my life, which induces stress and fear. I'm going to focus on not clinging to anything that I can not control and see how it makes me feel. I spent all day resting in bed with a cold and my end of the sentence. I don't feel guilty about resting because it's the responsible thing to do. I judged myself hardcore in the past for days like today, but for what purpose? To bring myself down and make me feel like a loser? It's because I expected more from myself. I'm now practicing letting go of my expectations and now just being present in the moment. You have to try it out. It's peaceful.

Friday, April 29, 2016

Friday is here

It's so hard coming up with blog post titles. Excuse my awkward titles from the past and the titles I have yet to write awkwardly in the future.I liked my brows today. I can safely tell you that I am in bed with a cold. I didn't stay home today from work, but I did yesterday. I was able to take a twenty minute nap today during my lunch instead of eating lunch. I ate my lunch at snack time which is at 10:10am. Anyways, here's a selfie from when I was nannying earlier. I sometimes question the voice inside my head. I don't think I sound like the voice inside my head when I speak out loud. Hmmm, or do I? How is it possible that we can hear other people's voices inside our heads when we think about a time or recall a memory with that person, and not be able to mimic their actual voice when you speak out loud? Am I making sense? It's easy for some people to mimic or impersonate other people's voices. I'm on a weird tangent. I also took some CVS cold medicine.

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Simplicity

Sometimes you have to face a situation head on and deal with it in the calmest way you can. Initially you may freak out and have impending doom thoughts, but that's only because it's natural to react. Once you react, hopefully you can process it better. There's certain behaviors that we go to when faced with certain situations. I'm reading up on Buddhism and the six realms and the four noble truths. I need to practice dealing with things in a simpler manner. I want to live simply. Here's the link to what I read: http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/intro_bud.htm

Friday, April 22, 2016

RIP AUNT MICKEY. My great aunt died yesterday. She always made me laugh no matter what was going on. She helped sculpt me be the person I am today. I'll never forget our talks and our visits to Johnnys and iHop! She was always so kind and genuine and I appreciate our relationship and how open she was with me. She made friends anywhere. She was so funny and outgoing. I'll see her in heaven when I get there.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Be yourself

Everyone is unique. How awful would it be if everyone had the same personality and same sense of fashion as each other? I couldn't hang, that's for sure. Be yourself. You know who you are. You know what you like to do, what you like to wear, how to wear your hair, and no one can take that from you. If you follow what others are doing, then you will never know who you are and what you like and so on. Stop looking for what's cool and start getting to know yourself. Find out what you like. Find out what makes you feel good. Life is too short and too precious to be a copy.