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48 TODAY!! Life continues to lack clarity. Loving continues to leave traces. Some things just ARE (yep, in caps, ARE. End. Of.) To quote the Indigo Girls: "the less I seek my source for some definitives the closer I am to fine". Think BRAIN not BLAME. Grab every opportunity to add a new chapter to your life. Gravity takes a toll. The people that should go to nudie beaches can NEVER be found at nudie beaches. There is value in getting lost. LOVE, but more importantly SHOW LOVE. GIVE. En vida. BE MINDFUL OF EVERY MOMENT and MAKE VIDEOS IN YOUR HEAD!!! Remember your loved ones. If you miss someone, let them know. If someone makes you happy, let them know! You know that expression: doubled over with grief?, it happens. Accept compliments. If you see someone who needs help - HELP!! Do not give out personal information to strangers (NOOO it doesn't matter how friendly they seem). Listen to you own advice!!! There are many ways of saying no that do not require the word no. No toda distancia es ausencia ni todo silencio es olvido. Rainy days are good for getting stuff done. Ryan Gosling is a thing of beauty. I have a REALLY hard time with uncertainty. Unfortunately, I have an almost pathological need to REMAIN, this causes a lot of havoc. Accept the kindness of strangers and pay it forward. "Angels" come in more than one form ie. they don't always float and they hardly ever have wings ;). I'm "rejection sensitive" (who isn't huh?). Maybe walking away is NOT always the answer. Multitasking is OVERrated, ONE thing at a time. I CAN be serene. Restorative yoga - enough said. I'm not aggressive, I'm "goal oriented". I LOVE what I do and I do it well. Giving bad news continues to suck. 15 year olds (not unlike 14 year olds) continue to hate public displays of attention and it looks like 12 year olds suffer from the same affliction. NOBODY watches TV shows when they are on, EVERYBODY tapes them. I am unhip. The best place to have serious conversations is during long trips in the car (kids are sequestered and there's no need to make eye contact). According to Benjamin: "You don't need to speak Spanish to navigate a woman's body", I agree. Benjamin is wise. No matter how much he rolls he eyes I KNOW #1 LOVES ME! (insert whisper here - don't tell anyone but often in the dark and when no one is watching he TELLS me he loves me!). Running is by far the best therapy. ZZ Ward and David Myles make for upbeat happy running. I'm SEMI handy - surprise! I can get high on the power that comes with pressure washing. Sunny days are for PLAYING oUTSIDE!  Remember, it is NOT nagging IT IS LOVE. Leave a mark in this world and make it a GOOD one! Life is ONE breath, ONE breath! So ... BREATHE!!! Love TODAY. Do TODAY. Feel TODAY. Learn TODAY. Kiss TODAY. Hug TODAY. LIVE TODAY!!! En vida. En vida. En vida. For the next year I urge myself to be ardent, impassioned, kind, zealous, passionate, tender, thoughtful and considerate but most of all I urge myself to start another FULLY MINDFUL rotation around the sun.