Methinks these dreads are growing into my brain. These past two weeks have seen a lot of personal growth. First i effectively kicked a decade-long caffeine addiction. As counterintuitive as it may seem, my energy level has gone up. i'm eating healthier, more natural food now and smoking less. i'm calmer, more peaceful. i exercise patience more often. It's easier to not get frustrated when everything is just...good. It's good because it is. i feel cleaner, lighter, energized and joyful. i'm madly, head over heels in love with the world, my home, my family.

i started this dreading journey to bear with me a constant reminder of what i want to embody. Love, Truth, Beauty. i see myself finding that, in tea and sunrise, the taste of salt water and loose hair, in a bowl of rice and my lover's arms, in loops and baby laughter, in music and the trash bin, in everything.

Wherever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear.

-Shunryu Suzuki