Four Letters

(a cup of jo)

I really loved the thank you notes that Leah made and were featured on A Cup of Jo. Thanks for showing me them Becca!

I found this one particularly funny^

Now that I've just admitted to liking the occasional curse word...check out these beauty tips from Sam Levenson:

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge you'll never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; Never throw out anybody.
Remember, If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

But there is still something so gratifying about those four-letter words when you stub your toe or accidentally clamp the straightener on your fingers...eeek!

Namesake

(found)

Artemis (Roman equivalent: Diana)

Artemis was independent, nonrelational, untouched by the heat of emotion or passion, not moved by love, sexuality, or infatuation, one-in-herself, belonging to no man, with an active, focused consciousness, with little apparent need to become vulnerable (to give and receive love and comfort and support growth in others).

Artemis is the personification of the independent feminine spirit, capable of feeling whole without a man, seeking her own goals on terrain of her own choosing, the ability to concentrate intensely on whatever was important to her and to be undistracted (either by the needs of others or by competition from others), competent, capable of achievement, concerned for victimized and powerless women and young, safe childbirth goddess, sister, back-to-nature, capable of at-oneness with herself, “moonlight vision”, active rather than passive, felt strongly about her causes and principles, interests of no or limited commercial value, competitive, individualist.

Sometimes I wish I could be more like my namesake; however, I am quite content with who I am. Feeling deeply, loving openly, wishing and hoping for romance to prevail. Maybe I can channel my inner goddess and procure some of the admirable elements of Artemis...