about me
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." I am in love with life. My last seven years have been about travel and self-exploration. I have learned a lot and I am continuously looking for new adventures that challenge me to become a better person. "I cannot stay quietly rooted anywhere because of the many sides of myself constatnly sprouting, the layers of latent mysteries, the things I am not yet."
My short and long term goals are to stay unupsettable, in control, and present. Being in the present moment and being present with others is one of the most important parts of being alive for me. My life feels chaotic at times, peaceful at others. "Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death." Anais Nin
Currently in Portland. Been spending important quality time with my cousin David and his 2 year old daughter Layla. Layla has allowed me to enter a marvelous new world of adventure and is currently one of my main sources of joy and inspiration these days. I'm addicted to her. I never could have guessed that moving to Portland would nourish me in such a way as this. Being with a 2 year old is so intense - brings me back to my own childhood and a lot of repressed memories have surfaced recently. I am learning constantly from my interactions with her and it is amazing because everything I am learning is the building blocks and framework for higher education. It makes so much more sense to work up the grade levels.
I love to love. I have been student teaching for the past few months and it has challenged me to become a better person and has also reminded me of just how far I have to go, how far we all have to go. Good to have perspective. Life is a journey. I thrive from intense challenges that in the beginning seem and feel impossible. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. I am truly grateful for my recent experiences which have allowed me to become more in touch with my past and therefore myself. The holidays were hard but transformative. I am grateful for all beautiful and amazing people in my life. "The person rises and sinks, appears and vanishes only in relation to me."
I am eternally blessed with beauty in my life.
