Peaceful sweet slumber….
So my new home is soooo incredibly cozy. I have everything and then some at my fingertips. I am hangin at the McKinley Library up the street using my laptop. My community is predominantly Chinese and I love it! I am currently sharing a table with one young lady on her laptop and two young ones under the age of twelve=) I am so at home here. I haven’t gone much to Manhattan these past few days-partially because I have everything I need here and my work does not give me my unlimited metro card until next week! Tonight I meet up with some friends at the Aligator Lounge-my roommate and I share a love for the free pizza=)(And of course a good beer). Tomorrow I meet up with a friend on coop in fashion design. We are meeting at Cafe Lalo-our fav cafe. If you haven’t been there you must go-excellent deserts and great breakfast too. In my vacation time before the storm;-) I have been reading and writing quite a bit. It has been awesome.
I read this the other day and I found it quite striking….
“The unaffected heart is one of the dark misteries of human existence. It beats dispassionately in human beings with lazy minds, listless attitudes, unused talents, and buried hopes. …They never seem to get beneath the surface of their lives….Years wasted in vain regrets, energies dissipated in haphazard relationships and projects, emotions blunted, passive before whatever experiences the day brings, they are like snoring sleepers who resent having their peace disturbed.
The unaffected heart leaves a legacy of Disney World paraphernalia and a thousand lost golf balls. The sheer vacuity of the unlived life guarantees the person will never be missed. These people living on barrowed emotions, stumbling through corridors of time like shipboard drunks….never taste life deeply enough to be either saints or sinners”
I like what Brennan Manning had to say here-he kicks my butt!
Anyhoo, training starts next week and my first projects consist of some major grant writing. I am excited to dive into this work I will have set before me! I know once again I will be meeting some amazing people too.
Have a great one lovely people!
Peace.
Em
