Laura Alyn Ornelas

There is a gap in us; like the soft spot on the head of a child which closes with age, this gap opens as one develops one's will.

Will is what can make you succeed when your thoughts tell you that you're defeated. Will is what makes you invulnerable. Will is what sends a sorcerer through a wall, through space; to the moon, if he wants.

There was

“Education is valuable for its own sake.

It exposes you to new ideas, sparks curiosity, and encourages growth.

All learning is good—some of it just happens to be more directly applicable to your work than others.”

-Scott Trumpolt, ILA Radio, episode 40.

Dance never felt like a hobby or an extracurricular activity. It came from a very cellular, soulful place. I took some classes when I was little, but it wasn’t a focused practice. The first real dance class I took was when I was about 8, and I thought, “Okay, that’s it.”

When grownups asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I was 9 or 10

Though I play at the edges of knowing, truly, I know our part is not knowing, but looking, and touching, and loving, which is the way I walked on, softly, through the pale pink morning light. – Bone by Mary Oliver

– bleuefane

– the wild geese podcast by Anna Howard

“Considering introducing a controlled burn to the prairies of my mind” -hawkscaled (tumblr)

Yes, this needs to be done. Aries is part of the mind and by having a controlled fire in the prairies of your mind, you are clearing out anything that no longer serves you in order to get back to what really matters which is your instinct which Aries is

“I know so many people who are far more talented than I am who could absolutely thrive on their own, but what holds them back isn’t skill—it’s the mental block, the insecurity.

I want to encourage them, because there’s nothing better than doing your own thing and spending most of your time on the work you actually love.

Sure, there are

PLAYFUL KNOWING

• “Playing is the way that children learn… and grownups do too, actually. No matter how many people think that it’s different.”

• “Playing means that you can choose, make up the rules that you follow, and change them as you go if necessary.”

• “When working with kids, you have to give them freedom to use things differently than you were

One day you’ll have whatever it is you’re now so confusingly seeking. That kind of calm that comes from knowing oneself and others. But you can’t rush the arrival of that state of mind.

There are things you only learn when no one teaches them. And that’s how it is with life. There’s even more beauty in discovering it for yourself, in spite of the