Somewhere, Right Now

Somewhere right now, someone out there feels exactly like you do.

Someone is thinking that things could be better and wondering if they’ll ever arrive. Someone is remembering how things were before and wondering if they’ll ever let go. Someone is missing someone they love and wondering why they had to know loss. Someone is radiating with hope and joy and wondering if it will last.

Somewhere right now, someone is struggling in the same way as you.

Someone is out of work and cash and wondering what might be next. Someone is waiting for an important call and wondering if it’s best not to know. Someone is walking away from no good and wondering if they can go on. Someone is walking toward something new and wondering if they should turn back.

Somewhere right now, someone is transforming in much the same way as you.

Someone is stretching into a new role and wondering if it feels right. Someone is reaching for a new goal and wondering who they can become. Someone is trying their hardest to create change and wondering if they’re making strides. Someone is getting ready to take a leap and wondering if they’ll feel more alive.

Despite all our differences, we all deal with the same things, in different times and different ways. We’re striving and struggling, learning and growing, and sometimes it can feel like we should be somewhere else–smarter, wiser, further along, or closer to having an answer. But right now in the middle, in the messiness and uncertainty, this is where we all live. No one has it all figured out—and maybe that’s the point. When we’re finished, we’re finished. Is that really a choice we’d make? Somewhere right now someone is deciding it’s okay to be right where they are.

Take a deep breath, look around, and let that person be you.

Tiny Buddha

The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.

~ Henry Miller

Blog Changes

Hi Friends,

I hope everyone finds the new template easy to use - I thought it was time for a change, and I figured I would go with something more modern and clean. As the changes do not include my personal information, please remember to follow me on twitter @rawedout for updates and e-mail me at michellekfoto@gmail.com for feedback and comments.

I am always open to new ideas for posts, and if you have ANY requests, I'm more than happy to hear!

- MF

May the stars carry your sadness away,
May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong.
~ Chief Dan George

Ruby Aldridge for Holt Renfrew

A Guide to Style – Francisco Garcia captures model Ruby Aldridge for fashion retailer Holt Renfrew’s recent style guide campaign shot for the spring season. Starring alongside male model Matt Loewen, Ruby poses in ultra-cool looks from the likes of Alexander Wang, Rag & Bone and J Brand styled by George Antonopoulos. / Hair by Tony Masciangelo, Makeup by Anna Nenoiu

fashiongonerogue.ca

Some Monday Words

Happiness and pain are both places. Enough time spent in pain, will give you the power, patience and appreciation to travel to your place of happiness. It is important to remember your soul is a moving energy, it should never feel compelled to remain in one condition, shape or form. It is there to grow and to light up with movement. Choose the places you visit wisely, encourage your body - your souls shell, to utilize the strength it has. Go to the darkest of the dark, the brightest of the bright. Move with serenity, breathe with gratitude, remember your time on earth is limited.

- MF

Tiny, Timid Way

The tiny, timid man
Does not rush to catch his train,
He does not swallow before he chews
Does not look for others to blame.

The tiny, timid man
Does not reach into his past
He does not grip onto the present
Does not force a moment to last

The tiny, timid man
Does not clutter his free mind
He will not listen to every noise
And will not look for wrinkles and lines

The tiny, timid man,
May go unnoticed throughout the day
But this tiny, timid man,
Has found the tiny, timid way.

- MF

Club Med, Turks & Caicos

In a gorgeous island like this, we each play our own beats and bang our own drums, while the song sings itself. Beauty is defined through people, and the music is maintained by nature.

- MF