the wandering optimist
the wandering optimist
 

“Wherever you go, go with all of your heart”

Confucius

 

to the wanderer

Travel stories from around the world

to the optimist

A collection of self-love & reflection

poetry

Thought-provoking words from the dark & the light

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the wandering optimist

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There is nothing you lack. You behold everything good, great ... everything you are meant to be. There is nothing you are missing, you just need to set it free. • • • 📍Joshua Tree National Park 📸 July 2017 ✏️ March 23 2020 • &bu
We’re all on a journey, and believe it or not, we can choose what matters enough to suffer for. We build #resilience when the struggle is worth it. But no one can fight for everything, we have to pick our battles. For me, the only things worth
What do you have to lose? 🕋 Fearing change is often what debilitates us from making change. What if you dipped your toe in? Underneath those layers, deep down in a place you’d rather not touch. It’s a little unknown, likely uncomforta
#Kobe 💛💜 Having played basketball my entire life, it’s heartbreaking that we’ve lost such a legend in life. As a ball player we looked up to him for his relentless worth ethic, the guy at the court before & after everyone else. As
.... Who woke up today 🙋🏻‍♀️ .... feeling unworthy? .... questioning everything? .... praying for alone time? .... day dreaming your worst nightmare came true? .... feeling drained, weak? .... tired, tired of fighting for it all? • Who wok
✌🏼✨4 real, on the heels of “Valentines Day”, you’ll either feel elated, or broken, or just damn fine. In the end, YOU matter. Be yourself. Know yourself. Get uncomfortable with yourself. LOVE yourself! Learn yourself. The right one
🔮 Namaste; do you know what it means? #Namaste is recognition of another’s soul; ‘the higher self in me recognizes the higher self in you’. • I see you 👁🙏🏼 Do you see me? Like many of us, I’ve spent my entire life cr
More practically, what parts of yourself do you avoid, that could be limiting who you’re meant to be? • In this world there is no perfect. All there is is balance. There are dark parts in all of us; fears, insecurities, pain, guilt, hate.