a little roundup of things that inspired me this week

1. The Seven Gifts of the Universe Everybody Gets

I love Leigh Newman’s insights so much I’m not going to crowd this link with any other Friday Love. She writes:

All of us—even the bleakest and unluckiest of us—get seven particular moments, those brief, unexpected times when the stars do more than align; they communally redirect their light expressly to illuminate the value of our wee, earthly existence.

These moments sometimes go unnoticed and are almost always unexpected. They are not subject to the vicissitudes of your success or failure. They are not something you can blame yourself for not experiencing sooner or flog yourself into experiencing now. They are on their own time schedule. They have happened to you or will happen to you sooner or later. The key is not letting them slip by uncelebrated.

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Best-Moments-in-Life-7-Golden-Moments-in-Life-Leigh-Newman/1#ixzz2iaevnZW6

Please, please, please give yourself the gift of this read. It is a powerhouse.