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Overview

  • 3 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Italian, Spanish
  • 40, Female
  • Member since 2008
  • Life Enthusiast
  • Always learning...always growing
  • From Arlington, VA, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Seeking my purpose. Discovering myself and the world.

PHILOSOPHY

Strive to be happy. Make a difference.

"Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore...whatever your labuors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy."

Interests

Reading, exploring, dancing, music, arts, and the like...

  • arts
  • dancing
  • exercise
  • reading
  • music
  • business

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: indie and foreign films

Music: Everything

Reading: Things of substance and depth.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Honduras, Ireland, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Honduras, United States

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