Food for thought & soul…

I recently discovered Rumi’s writings, and honestly I felt inlove with his thoughts, his words, his poetry and his philosophy.

He is a man who loved life and love. And like most ancient men, he had such a beautiful soul.

I wanted to share with you a few amazing Rumi quotes as food for soul…

Here goes…

On Intuition

1. Whatever you are seeking, is seeking you
2. What is planted in each person’s soul will sprout.
3. There is nothing outside of yourself, Look within, Everything you want is there- you are That
4. Until you remain blind and deaf I will be invisible.
5. Look for the answer inside your question
6. Eyes cannot see you. You are the source of sight

On Falling in Love and being in Love

   7.  Whatever I was looking for was always you

8. Your calling my name is My reply. Your longing for Me is My message to you
9. I see my beauty in you. I become a mirror that cannot close it’s eyes to your longing
10. Be foolishly in love, because love is all there is.
11. At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come, I’ll sit up and sing.
12. A lover wants only to be in love’s presence.
13. When you see a scowling face, it is not a lover’s
14. Submit to love without thinking
15. I see my Beauty in you.
16. I can be without anyone but not without You
17. You have Within you more love than you could ever understand.
18. The real beloved is that one who is unique, who is your beginning and your end.
19. Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes.Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation!
20. In fact, my soul and yours are the same, You appear in me, I in you, We hide in each other.
21. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along
22. Close your eyes, fall in Love, stay there
23. I once had a thousand desires, but in my one desire to know you,all else melted away.
24. When love itself comes to kiss you, don’t hold back!
25. Don’t be fooled by my beauty—the light of my face comes from the candle of my spirit.
26. There’s a path from your heart to mine.

On Love

27. In truth, everything and everyone is a shadow of the Beloved.
    Speak with the language of love
28. Don’t plant anything but love
29. Travel brings power and love back into your life.
30. If the house of the world is dark, Love will find a way to create windows.
31. From understanding comes Love.
32. Only LOVE is infinite.
33. I belong to no religion.My religion is Love. Every heart is My temple.
34. When I am with you, everything is prayer.
35. Both light and shadow are the dance of love.
36. Love a silent language.
37. Love is an emotion. totally silent and inexpressible with words.
38. Come out of the circle of time. And into the circle of Love.
39. In every religion there is love,yet love has no religion.
40. When you seek love with all your heart,you shall find it’s echoes across the universe.
41. I am a child of love.
42. My Heart is your student, it studies Love.
43. Wherever you are, and whatever you do,be in love.
44. When you find Love, you will find yourself
45. Love risks everything and asks for nothing.
46. Love will find its way through all languages on its own
47. Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.
48. Love calls – everywhere and always.
49. Every day is just perfect for love

On Living in the Now

50. On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day.
51. As you live deeper in the heart, the mirror gets clearer and cleaner
52. I want to be where our bare foot walks, because maybe before you step, you will look at the ground. I want that Blessing
53. Open your eyes, for this world  is only a dream.
54. Now’ is where Love Breathes.

On Friendship

55. With friends you grow wings.
56. The heart is the secret inside the secret.
57. Every step of the way I will walk with you and never leave you stranded
58. You transform all those who are touched by you.
59. Live in harmony with everyone; Be friendly with everyone
60. The one who have a good friend doesn’t need any mirror.
61. If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless.
62. Be with those who help your being..

On Meditation

63. When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside.
64. Be silent,  Only the Hand of God can remove the burdens of your heart
65. No words can explain how inspired words spring out of silence
66. Protect yourself from your own thoughts.
67. Enough of Words.Come to me without a sound.
68. Sit, be still, and listen.
69. Hear the passage into silence and be that.
70. You are the seeker, the goal, and seeking itself.
71. Only from the heart can you touch the sky.
72. There is a window from one Heart to another Heart.
73. Purify your eyes, and see the pure world.  Your life will fill with radiant forms.
74. I am Lost in God and God is found in me.
75. Your noise is my silence.

On Life

76. Don’t sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun, and immerse in the sea.
77. Give yourself a kiss. If you want to hold the beautiful one, hold yourself to yourself.
78. You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
79. The Lamps are different, but the Light is the same.
80. Strip away your pride and put on humble clothes
81. Ordinary eyes categorize human beings
82. Seeing You Heals Me
83. We often need to be refreshed
84. The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will Open
85. Respond to every call that excites your spirit.
86. Everything about yesterday has gone with yesterday. Today, it is needed to say new things.
87. If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?
88. Don’t grieve, anything you lose comes round in another form
89. Every step I take is a Blessing
90. With grief waved away, sweet gratefulness arrives.
91. Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear.
92. Smiles come best from those who weep
93. Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.
94. Beauty surrounds us.
95. Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, So I Am Changing Myself
96. Woman is the light of God, not just the beloved. It is as she is creative, not be created.

On Souls

97. Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.

98. Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you.

99. Try something different. Surrender.

100. I am a farmer of the heart.

Bonus Quotes

• Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about.
• If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.
• Only the soul knows what love is.
• What matters is how quickly you do what your soul wants.
• My soul is racing ahead of me. It says, The body is too slow for me – I am going.
• There is some kiss we want with our whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body.

I hope you liked the selection, and some of them got to you, inspire you or motivate you. I know most of them did it for me.

Smart fashion choice: invest in Leather!

With my 2014 resolution of becoming a smart buyer from an impulsive buyer, the new trends for SS 2014 season out and so many different looks proposed by the fashion houses, it made me analyze what is worth buying exactly to stay trendy, but also make a good investment in lasting pieces for my wardrobe.

And there is one trend that drew my attention, that I actually love and that picked up for the summer season (somewhat surprising), and it is the LEATHER one. It could not have been more perfect actually, as one of this winter season’s trend was also leather. This can also mean that your leather pencil skirts, or leather pants that you might have bought this period, can be successfully accessorized for summer with sexy short tank tops or colorful shirts.

So, if you happen to be on a shopping spree these days, you can invest in some short leather pants, leather tops or leather skirts, and wear them now with leggings, thick stockings or fur coats, while recycling them in summer with statement accessorizes, high heel red or nude pumps and summery blouses or tops. Does not sound bad, right? 🙂

Ignore the quality of the picture below. I just wanted to show you an amateur mirror shot of me with an inside the car or over 7 degrees Celsius winter look with short leather pants (which you can wear with thick 100 DEN stockings or leggings for a warmer feel), adding some high heeled booties or over the knee flat boots.

Failing? = one step closer to Succeeding

On my way to Geneva, I met an old acquaintance on my flight, and we had this talk about succeeding in one’s career. She was asking for my advice on how to do it. Well, I am no guru of course, but it made me think and I realized the truth is that there is no secret formula to success. Besides a bit of luck and work, it is mostly about accepting failure as a part of the process and road towards success, and knowing how to learn from it, overcome it, stand up and do better.

Failing at something is not actual failure. I would call failure no longer trying to succeed, giving up.

Failure leads to success as long as you keep trying. If you didn’t fail in life, you wouldn’t know what succeeding is. You simply wouldn’t know how to appreciate success without failure. And for sure, you would lack experience, understanding ups and downs, high and lows. Experiencing failure also teaches you how to control reactions, feelings, and how to improve on what you had failed at.

You have to be realistic! Believe me – the real truth is that there’s going to be hard times and there’s going to be good times in your life. The question is can you get through the bad times and bounce back? Nobody wants to be on a ship with a captain who has never been through a storm. Failing isn’t failing, failing is growing and learning, shaping who you are, how you think and stretching your limits.

No matter what the situation is, whenever you failed, you always know better or become a better YOU. Every time you fail at something, you should want it even more and find better ways of getting it. That’s exactly what we do when we fail and it’s exactly how to achieve success. If you never failed, you’ll never be successful or find yourself accomplishing goals.

People who avoid failure, also avoid success. They are risk averse. They do not take chances – and that leads to a comfortable mediocre life with no great satisfactions. Success comes from getting out of your comfort zone, and that means it may involve failure. 

You should not be afraid or ashamed to start over with a wiser mind. Sometimes it takes a reset to get things working right or to gain a fresh perspective from experiencing.

It’s okay to stumble. It’s okay to refocus and it’s okay to fall. It’s okay to question. It’s NOT okay to quit!

Failure is nothing more than a rehearsal for success. Keep practicing, keep trying, keep improving and you’ll succeed.