Random.

"If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought."

"There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness."

I've been trying to recapture the optimist inside of me... it has somehow left me in the past year, and I hate that I feel bitter and resentful and negative when there are so many good things in my life right now. I want to put my perspective back into balance, take a breath, and sit back and appreciate everything I have in my life.

"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart." -St. Jerome

On a side note... Here is another favorite quote of mine, mostly because my boyfriend can always tell exactly how I'm feeling, despite my best efforts to hide it. I'm so lucky to have him. He is so good to me... he's everything I could have wanted in someone, and so much more... I'm trying my best to return the favor. I really want to work and grow with him even if we don't get married in the end or what have you... I don't care right now, I'm in no rush... but he inspires me, as lame as that sounds lol. There are things I never thought I would want or even consider doing, but he brings things out in me... he makes me want to try things I've never done before, he pushes me out of my comfort level, he helps me keep things in perspective... he's just as much my friend as he is my lover and I'm still so amazed at how well things have gone between us...

...lol sorry, didn't mean to gush lol. Just sort of spilled out as I was thinking of things I'm grateful for lol.

Meanwhile, back in Zimbabwe: Here are pictures from the photo shoot I did with Trish Nuss, my old Photo TA:

Her artist statement.

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