Christina Rosalie | Open Space Practice, (AKA: A Thousand Shades of Gray)

an amazing image by eric

1. Intuition is data from Jonathan Fields.

2. 50 Things to Let Go of Before Your Next Birthday from Marc and Angel Hack Life.

3. You will be called on to expand. And this is why we practice. from Danielle LaPorte.

4. Learning to exist at the edge of the unknown from Christina Rosalie.

5. Daily Rocks from Patti Digh: your daily rock : revel in not knowing, and your daily rock : take a new path, and your daily rock : show up for others today, and your daily rock : be open to change.

6. Ultra-realistic Fantasy Dolls. It’s Scary How Real They Look.

7. Good stuff from Huffington Post: The Questions That Will Save Your Relationships, and Can Success and Sex Sell Mindfulness? (by Susan Piver), and 14 Signs You’re Really Happy (And How To Stay That Way).

8. A beautiful something from Sas Petherick: a squee-filled announcement: Let it Go is open!, and the Let it Go Community page.

9. Father photographs his 5-year old daughter in the clothing and settings of Renaissance Dutch, Flemish, and Italian masters.

10. Here Are The 28 Cutest Things That Have Ever Happened on Viral Nova.

11. Elementary School. It’s not all limos and Happy Meals. from Brittany Herself, in which she says, “Being in charge of humans is sometimes impossibly hard, especially when you think you’re failing.”

12. The End of Should from Susannah Conway.

13. Wisdom from Brave Girls Club,

The hardest decisions in life are the decisions that start with two good answers. Choosing between two or more good things is one of the hardest things we will ever have to do.

This is what sacrifice is. This is where the richest rewards are, because we are not REALLY choosing between what is good and what is good. We are choosing between what is good and what is BEST for our lives.

Stay where the BEST things area, even if you have to walk away from some really good things once in a while. And never forget that the simple, small things in life are very often the best — better than the shiny, fancy, and ‘popular’ things; and that it’s completely okay to walk away from everything that the world tells you will bring you happiness, and towards small, simple, and good things that others usually just walk on by. That’s where the magic is, friends.

Choose the best for YOU.

14. When to Get Your Eyes Off the Screen from Be More With Less.

15. On Living Out Loud from Dani Shapiro.

16. 11 Life Lessons That Are True At Any Age from MindBodyGreen.

17. The Daring Interview Series: Meet Jennifer Louden from Brene’ Brown.

18. How to politely say “no” to a ridiculous, unreasonable request. (And keep it classy.) from Alexandra Franzen.

19. Karaoke Therapy from Jason Good.

20. Two Brothers Hilariously Re-Create Their Childhood Photos As A Gift For Their Mother on Bored Panda.

21. Restored vintage COMET Camper is a cost-effective, mobile eco-home on Tree Hugger.

22. letting go from Doorways Traveler.

23. Truthbomb from Danielle LaPorte, “Suspending the need to be certain is an act of enlightenment.”

24. Note from the Universe, “Comparisons, Jill, are odious, because they presume all other things are equal – which is never the case.”

25. Find Momo (Book Trailer). I love this project, link shared by Tammy on her Happy Links list.

26. Sh*t CSU Students Say.

27. Sleeping In Snowbanks by Jeff Oaks, with a characteristic zinger at the end, “How not to let oneself drown? Find what will float until you can stop panicking. Even a small thing can work.”

28. A Conference Call in Real Life.

29. A really cool syllabus, shared by Austin Kleon.

1. Who are your customers? from Seth Godin.

2. Write & Sell Your Damn Book, a free ecourse from Paul Jarvis.

3. Shared on Positively Present Picks: The Most Important Thing You’re Not Doing to Start 2014, and New Year’s Resolutions You Can Achieve, and Anxiety & Insecurity.

4. Difficult Emotions, the Safety Zone that is Movement Practice, & A Self Blessing, a really great practice from Girl on Fire.

5. 12 Non-Resolution Feel-Good Reminders for 2014 on Flingo.

6. I Am Happier, Heavier on Huffington Post.

7. If Self-Love Feels Impossible, This Is For You, Jen Louden on MindBodyGreen.

8. Greta on SouleMama. This makes me so happy, for three reasons: 1. Puppy! (duh) and 2. Amanda’s honesty about a difficult choice she had to make. 3. Puppy pictures! (P.S. we find out today which boy is ours, and get to bring him home on Wednesday)

9. Delicious Bites: Apple and Cranberry Tea Cake, a recipe on decor8.

10. Good stuff from Alexandra Franzen: Infinite reasons to be happy + hopeful: the longest love-list that ever lived and 555 words on hate-blogging + bullying.

11. Good stuff from Patti Digh: your daily rock : create your own tribe, your daily rock : make it your own, your daily rock : let your life be a poem, and your daily rock : say something.

12. My stillborn child’s life after death on Salon.

13. A Word for 2014 a post and video from Rachel Cole.

14. Instructions for a Bad Day by Shane Koyczan, one of my most favorite living poets, in which he says, “In the unlikely event that you have no one, look again.”