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Why "Hopes Travels"? My middle name is Esperance which means "hope" in french (similarily, "harapan" means hope in Bahasa Melayu). Those who know me, know that I hope for a more tolerant and trusting world. One filled with genuine curiosity for things unknown and a joy to enrich our lives with new experiences. I live and attempt to share this hope and zest for life with all whom I meet.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Musings

Spring is definitely upon me and with it comes my time of musings. My mind floats on, pensive of the world around me, awakening, coming alive, seeing again, the freshness and the possibilities of this world that sometimes feels vast and perhaps even a bit empty, empty amongst the concrete, the bustle, the cries and the shouts. Then the sound of a bird trilling at sunrise, a bike downshifting at a light, that heavy earthy scent of land being exposed after a snowy winter. Inspiration surrounds me and so I write and I share.

Thoughts.
Thoughts stem from emotions occurred during a moment. Realization awakens a part of the grey that had been forgotten. Flow through the moments and allow the freedom to live. Each cell remembers its meaning once all control is relinquished. Further along, travel becomes the norm. Experience from the micro to the macro; the macro to the micro. Free of expectation, free of ego. Pura Vida.

This figure sits on the lotus leaf of perfection, gazing at the beauty of the night sky. She knows that "home" is not a physical place in the outside world, but an inner quality of relaxation and acceptance. The stars, the rocks, the trees, the flowers, fish and birds - all are our brothers and sisters in this dance of life. We human beings tend to forget this, as we pursue our own private agendas and believe we must fight to get what we need. But ultimately, our sense of separateness is just an illusion, manufactured by the narrow preoccupations of the mind.

Trust in the beauty, let go of the ego, there is a meaning to it all and it's easier to take the lazy route and let it all flow together

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