Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Kitties and Kiddies.

I am a happy person. There is no doubt about it.
I am a very happy, satisfied person.
I love myself and all around me.
I am happy.
Even I believe that living feels like a dream. Living feels imaginary to the point of false reality. That's not bad. I don't know if it's good either. But I feel like living in this world as this person isn't extremely concrete. I mean, things are always changing no matter how you look at it. Everything is changing. So, how could we possibly live in a concrete world?
Two plus two might not always equal four and in the brains of some, it's twenty two or twooty two or it just stays two and two. There are a lot of possibilities in the world and far too many to make any facts set in stone.
Everyone is allowed their own individual life.
He is allowed to do whatever he wants with that life. So is she. So is everyone else.
As am I.
I am allowed to do whatever I want with my own individual life.
I'm allowed to make mistakes, to fall on my face, to eat ice cream every day WITH sprinkles. I'm allowed to fail an exam and then ace the retest. I'm allowed to love my family and sometimes hate them. I'm allowed to have two cats and a tiny human.
And that makes me a happy person.

xxx

Beth

Sunday, June 8, 2014

This weekend has been crazy.

I love the arts. There is absolutely no denying it. I love, love, love the arts and all things creative. Creativity is so important in our lives as human beings. Innovation is everything.

And this weekend? I found a real sense of community. There really are good people out there but they don't come too often....so when you find them, stick to 'em. It's so important to have good people in your life to influence and help you better yourself.

That being said, I learned a lot in the past few days. Especially in the foundations, freestyle, and performance classes. Seriously? OH MY GOODNESS. I have never cyphered so much in a weekend. Never. Ever. EVER. Especially, with people watching. I finally feel some sense of confidence when I dance. And honestly, I've never felt so comfortable around a group of fellow dancers. Indeed, a lot of dance communities can stunt the growth of a dancer's freestyle, choreography, and dancing in general. But here, it feels like I'm home. Like everyone is on the same level with the same goals doing the same to help each other out.

EC and I love bringing art to the world around us and especially to those who can't get it. Training is so expensive and a lot of kids can't get any kind of art because of circumstance. Unfortunate. So...unfortunate. ): So, we want to change the circumstances of kids who aren't from financially capable households, who are in places where the arts aren't close by or easily accessible, kids who need encouragement in their art.

We want to bring those kids peace.

xxx

Beth

(peace love live)

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Moving forward.

Moving forward, I'm glad so many things aren't in my life. It's taken me a long time to realize exactly what is good for me and what isn't and to actually make efforts to get the things bad for me away from me. It's a lot easier to just take things and take things but it's another to respect yourself, stand up, and walk away.

Eric and I are coming up on some hard times; this weekend is going to be crazy! But we're going to make it through. We've been working our butts off this week and we're both super tired. I'm so ready to be done with summer school.

Next month, we have a lot of dance classes to teach. We're teaching an intensive for two weeks at Wendy's and then subbing for Jose's hip-hop classes the next two weeks. At the same time, we have a gig lined up for private hip hop lessons and are teaching a couple's piece in Yorktown at the end of July. So hype!

I just hope I have enough energy to get through it all. Haha.

Peace. Love. Dance.

xxx

Beth