Trick or Treat & a LushLunes

Hope you're having a little fun outside of your normal routine!
AND...
I hope you had a LushLunes my deep thinkers.

xoxo,
Li

The Colors We Carry

In a sea of neutrals like beige trench coats and black umbrellas, zig zagging & colliding from point A to point B... I dare you. I dare you to be the color.

Take a risk! Be the pink we all feel when there are butterflies in our bellies. Be the sky blue we soar through when we take a flight to paradise. Be the dazzling yellow we covet as we soak up the warmth of the sun on a summer day in the park. 

Be the colors that were introduced the moment the notion of your existence became a reality. Be the hope, love and faith you once were early on and just dare yourself to live! 

Take the dare. Brighten up your own life and watch how your personal rainbow brightens up a world of neutrals. Because YOU are anything but that.

Wordless Wednesday: Le Petit Pepper

LushLunes: Failures to Success

"Failure opens doors to success..." that's what my fortune cookie said on one crap-tacular day.

I thought about this for a little while, took a bite of the cookie, then threw the rest away.

Later that day I got a tweet from Veronica, on this awesome post 30 Truths I've Learned in 30 Years. It's a post with many truths that resound with me, but on this particular day, the one that made me blink was this one:

Every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure is leading towards success....Sometimes you just have to forget how you feel, remember what you deserve, and keep pushing forward.

Now, maybe its just coincidence but I'm not a coincidence girl. I'm more of a synchrodestiny girl.

So it's no coincidence that I'd been having a hard week, feeling really down on myself, and then I GET two very clear messages in one day. Definitely a meant-to-be moment. Definitely not something to throw away.

When there are messages out there, you gotta listen.

In honor of this experience and that awesome post tweeted to me, here comes your LushLunes assignment:

What is the one thing you've learned during your lifetime, an idea or a concept that you can rely on and that keeps pushing you forward? Whatever this is, it is something that you should put on your vision board (or your wallet, maybe your mirror, perhaps next to your bed, or in your bowl full of affirmations) to remind yourself of this personal truth daily.

Please share your deep thoughts on this! Have a LushLunes my deep thinkers!

Wordless Wednesday: Everything Leads Up!

The Lesson

I am of the firm belief that if I don't learn the lesson the first time, a similar theme will keep reoccurring in my life until I open my eyes and learn the lesson.

Well, it's time I do my homework and learn the lesson.

I sat with Sorayu over the weekend and griped a little about how a person from my past showed up at an event for an organization I've supported for many years now (and how that person tried to contact me, before and after the event).

During that conversation I asked Sorayu, "what is the lesson? Why do I have to keep dealing with people I'd rather not be around?"

And she essentially said it's preparing me for my future; how not to let people get under my skin, because although I cannot control the fact that they want my attention or a reaction, I can control my response.

I can own my space, my reason for being at an event or occasion, and execute my purpose, regardless of whether there is a person present that I would rather not interact with.

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Lush Lunes: You'll Never Know If You Don't TRY

Hola my deep thinkers! I wanted you to start this Monday off right on the lush path, and so I am sharing a video Che saw online and shared with me last week. 

Your LushLunes misson? Just watch it, and know that you can do anything you set your mind to - don't let any hater, or any obstacle stop you. 

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Fitness, Bonding & Styling: A Lady Thing

Lady Foot Locker and Glam Media invited me along with a bunch of awesome-sauce bloggers to take a Core Fusion class at the Exhale Spa, added lunch at the Blue Room of the Gansevoort Hotel, and just for fun threw in a complimentary workout outfit. Um, do they speak my language or what?!  

Love this sign, up at the Blue Room

I'm posing with Rebecca of Lady Foot Locker!

I got there and met a bunch of bloggers who were dressed just like me! My outfit had just the right amount of color to expand my fashion palate while not veering too far from my comfort zone.

the outfit!

My gear was not only comfortable but it was cute enough to wear home! I'm very picky about work out gear but I have no complaints. The pants fit well, because the capris were seamless (no chichos); the t-shirt came down past my waist to the top of my thigh (no alma revealed); and my sports bra was comfortable. At the end of the day the pull over jacket was warm enough for my train ride home! But I'm getting ahead of myself...

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Secrets Revealed

I feel like the secrets of my heart have been unraveled and lay before my feet. Which way do I turn? Do I cover them up and stand before them, guarding them… hiding them? Or do I lay them out one by one, for all to view and judge while I stand stoically over them? Do I own up to them without backing down, bracing myself to deal with the repercussions?

I’ve written about everything on my blog as LaLicenciada but in real life when someone knows my secrets – someone I'd least expect, and whom I did not invite into my world, it penetrates my armor. It makes me feel vulnerable. It makes me feel afraid. 

What if the In Real Life world truly knew what I have been up to? Stripping off my uniform, sneaking about chasing my dreams….

Well, it seems that they do in fact know. And now that they've caught me chasing stars red-handed, do I deny it? Do I say, “no it wasn't me?” Do I promise to, “conform, Conform, CONFORM?”

NO. WAY. Then I'd be a liar. I will not conform. This is me. Take it or leave it. I will take my little hobo bag full of dreams, throw it over my shoulder and keep on moving.

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Wordless Wednesday: Tracks Above, Tracks Below

Dilly-Dallying & Disconnected

I took a bit of a break this weekend from blogging and from social media. I posted a few times on foursquare and on instagram but that's it (I can't just go cold-turkey!)

Besides, it was Bubbles' birthday (that's my mom) and Buttercup and I really wanted to make her feel special (yea, I would be Blossom; hello, we're the power puff girls).

We spent a lot of time bonding, eating, and laughing our butts off! It was a FAB weekend. I'm so thankful for times like these.

Especially since my schedule is incredibly full! But it's packed with lots of exciting stuff...

Can't wait to tell my deep thinkers all about it! In the meantime please keep me posted on YOU!

Feel free to share some links today to your recent posts. I'd love to catch up with my blog hopping (I've been slacking ... Sorry my dears).

Bises!

A Peaceful Warrior

Ofelia is one of my favorite blogueras to catch up with because of her amazingly fun vibe and energy. She’s so down to earth and sweet, I just want to hug her. And so I usually do. LOL

But recently she, Patty and I were talking sports (I just cracked myself up with that) and I said, "I love to see hockey live because I like the action." Yes, ladies and gents, although I’m not much of a sports fan (I watch it all because Che is a sports fanatic) I do enjoy the brawls, the flying pucks, the saves, and the excitement when helmets collide. It’s all very chest thumping and GRRrrr. 

Anyway, Ofelia was shocked and said something like, “my peaceful Li likes the fights? Li who is always so positive and nice?” Awe, she's so wonderful. What I took from that statement is that she described me as peaceful, positive and nice. I smiled inside and said to myself, "yes, yes I am those things."

You see for a long time I actually walked around with a lot of anger and negativity. Shocker?

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Wordless Wednesday: Farmers Closing Up The Market

#LushLunes: Explore. Embrace. Empower.

Today's LushLunes is simple. Straight forward. And incredibly important. 

Sometimes, on Mondays, we feel powerless. A day where we have to do something we don't want to do because maybe we'd rather be doing the weekend.

What's your assignment? Do something that makes you feel strong. It can be partaking in an empowerment meditation, taking a yoga class, spending time in prayer, going for a run, lifting weights, letting out a good cry, anything that makes you feel strong.

Just give yourself that time to tap into your energy and know that you truly are capable of anything you set your mind to.

Enjoy your LushLunes my deep thinkers!!!