#alilsumthinsumthin

One antidote to stress is self-expression. That’s what happens to me every day. My thoughts get off my chest, down my sleeves and onto my pad. – Garson Kanin

In the book I’m currently reading titled, Awakened Mind by David Kundtz he states,

This is not merely an option, but an urgent necessity for healthy, wise 21^st – century living. Find your “something” now-or very soon.

What David is referring to is that something you do that helps you deal; that something that aids you with coping with not only the manic of the world but also the stressors that come along with day to day life. As I’m reading this of course writing comes to mind. If you know me by now, you know without a doubt that writing is my something. As I read on I recall that as I’ve grown to prefer solitude as I’m coping with life, I’ve adopted a few somethings: music, working out, meditation, allowing myself to cry and embracing the silence.

In my past, I was ashamed to admit that life was getting to be too much for me.  I’ve always had a dominant personality and I felt like admitting I was stressed would make me seem weak. Have you ever felt that way?

How many hats do you wear? Who are you to each individual person in your life? Are you a parent, a friend, a sibling, a partner, a caregiver, a child, a boss, an employee or all the above? Think about it. Not only is that a lot of personalities to deal with every single day but it’s also a lot of responsibility. Now add finances, politics, religion, grief and loss, guilt, unresolved emotion, the effects of world events and everything else we experience to that list. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! How are we not all insane?!

So sit back and think about your life and all that comes with it, ask yourself what is your something. What do you do to deal with the ups, downs and all arounds of life? What practices help maintain your sanity in this insane world? And if you can’t think of anything at all…I suggest you do.

Live long and prosper beautiful fockers,

Tiffany Michellé 🖖

 

#FoodPorn

They say, Ladies and Gentlemen, that there’s nothing better than sex. I find that hard to believe when I see something like this. Now, I normally don’t blog about food but baby, after I saw this pic I had to think again. Let’s just say, it was an orgasmic experience! 😰  Please vote for my good chef friend, Calvin Cunningham’s Rainbow Hawaiian burger. Here’s the link. Let’s make it count PLEASE!!!

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Until next time your sweet little nuttins,
Tiffany Michellé ✌

 

#oneLife2Live

I’ve lost both of my parents. I’m 37 and I live in an empty nest. Most nights I dine with my thoughts, cuddled up and comfy with solitude. Silence keeps me warm. Regret keeps me busy.

Some people don’t really understand the significance of time. More than money or any other materialistic thing, its what I wish I had more of.

We take advantage of the notion of tomorrow, not really accepting the fact that it might not show up. We spend so much of our moments chasing fantasies and worrying about the things we can’t control.

By focusing on who I’d disappoint, I sacrificed my own happiness, spending many years of my life living for other people. Who I was, was lost. My vision was unclear. I sit in silence thinking of how many opportunities I was gifted to experience life, wishing I could go back in time. To the moment when…

All she wanted to do was love me.

We learn our ABCs; we don’t learn how to be happy. Boy and Girls today’s lesson: How to people please. We are raised to be drones, programmed to live for our family, religion and society. We live in a space where people seldom ask, “Are you truly happy?”

My advice to you:

Don’t wait until it’s too late
Cherish those you love
Treasure those who love you
Live your life for you
Do what you love
Be who you want to be
NOW is all we have

Until we meet again,
Tiffany Michellé 💋

Books available at http://TiffanyMichel-le.com

 

Somewhere between space and time… #Life

The most meaningful things in life aren’t in the vastness but in the micro-segments labeled experience. The moment in time when happiness is at its peak. When sadness seems abyssally deep. When joy reaches beyond the skies above. In the exact instance, your soul realizes it’s in love.
“I heard my soul whisper. Take a peek. When I seek – absence of me. Striving for the courage to venture back from where I’ve been. This time observing through a different lense.”

Tiffany Michellé 💋
tiffanymichel-le.com

 

#Leggo

Sometimes, we hold onto people whom we shouldn’t because we don’t want to hurt them. But after feelings have developed, whether quickly or in time, the pain is the same. If you know you can’t love someone the way they deserve to be loved, please let them go. In time hopefully their heart will heal and they will allow true love to enter into their lives.

Until next time,
Tiffany Michellé ✌

 

#Fukit

Life isn’t as complicated as it seems. With whatever you want to achieve, you have two choices. You can live your life in fear, worrying about what everyone else thinks, how people see you, failure and etc OR You can say #fuckit and go balls to the wall, diving deeply and beastly into life without fear. Knowing if you mess up, you have the option to try again, knowing you’re just learning and you don’t have to be perfect. What will you choose?

Tiffany Michellé ✌

 

Dreams of solace…

Last week while driving to one meeting to the next, our second of three that day, she asked me what I wanted to be. She assumed because of my intergalactic ability to create great things that my desire was to rule. I explained, conquering the world and seeking massive monetary gain seemed mundane. That wasn’t the dream I pursue. I wish to live in silence, provide shelter for ones who have none, love children and exist off the grid. Agreed with me, she did.

Tiffany Michellé

 

The #Love Grind

The lonely heart ails at the able inability to give of its self. The most difficult experience my heart has felt is prohibited expression; loving a soul that failed to see my reflection. Even more so my incapacity to let go.

Tiffany Michellé ✌

 

Free 2 #loveme

I used to be the kind of person that would never ask for help nor accept help when it was offered. One year, I contracted this super duper intergalactic flu. I couldn’t do anything for myself. I had to suck my ego up and allow others to do things and buy things for me. Even accepting smallest financial tokens was hard for me. See, I’ve always prided myself on being so independent. I had never been so sick in my life but that isn’t what broke me.

While laying in bed, a silent and calm voice spoke to me. It asked one thing and that one thing changed me.

“Would you rather not have them?”

What? What do you mean? I sat there for a moment and then it dawned on me. What if the Universe assumed I didn’t need the people who were dear to me because I didn’t allow them to be there for me? What if they were taken away from me, from my life?

I began to cry. How had I made them feel by continuing to say no to their love? What if their most important need was the need to feel needed? What had I done? What was I doing?

From that day on, my mind changed as well as my heart. That day, I allowed love to love me back.

Idk who needed to hear this but I tend to be very obedient to the voice in my head and when it tells me to write, I do. So here ya go love bucket. From me to you…because we both deserve to be loved. 😉

Until next time,
Tiffany Michellé ✌

 

#RightNow

People tend to take advantage of the misconception that we always have more time. We wait to do things. We procrastinate. We put our happiness on hold. We put our desires on the back burner and we often leave them there. We accomplish milestones in our lives and tell ourselves that we’ll celebrate later. I used to be a victim of “later” but the more I learned to love myself, the more I understood that I deserved to live and love now. If not right now, when?
Tiffany Michellé ✌