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The Four Agreements:

1. Be Impeccable with your Word: Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the Word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your Word in the direction of truth and love.

2. Don’t Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

3. Don’t Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

4. Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.

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The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz (via maddierose)

(Source: vomitus-creeper, via maddierose)

"Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you- it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you… Hopefully, you leave something good behind."

Anthony Bourdain (via ginandbird)

(Source: theinspiredwoman, via ginandbird)

"DID YOU KNOW, YOU CAN QUIT YOUR JOB, YOU CAN LEAVE UNIVERSITY? YOU AREN’T LEGALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE A DEGREE, IT’S A SOCIAL PRESSURE AND EXPECTATION, NOT THE LAW, AND NO ONE IS HOLDING A GUN TO YOUR HEAD. YOU CAN SELL YOUR HOUSE, YOU CAN GIVE UP YOUR APARTMENT, YOU CAN EVEN SELL YOUR VEHICLE, AND YOUR THINGS THAT ARE MOSTLY UNNECESSARY. YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD ON A MINIMUM WAGE SALARY, DESPITE THE PERSISTING MYTH, YOU DO NOT NEED A HIGH PAYING JOB. YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR FRIENDS (IF THEY’RE TRUE FRIENDS THEY’LL FORGIVE YOU, AND YOU’LL STILL BE FRIENDS) AND MAKE NEW ONES ON THE ROAD. YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR FAMILY. YOU CAN DEPART FROM YOUR HOMETOWN, YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR CULTURE, AND EVERYTHING YOU KNOW. YOU CAN SACRIFICE. YOU CAN GIVE UP YOUR $5.00 A CUP MORNING COFFEE, YOU CAN GIVE UP AIR CONDITIONING, FREQUENT CONSUMPTION OF NEW PRODUCTS. YOU CAN GIVE UP EATING OUT AT RESTAURANTS AND PREPARE AFFORDABLE MEALS AT HOME, AND EAT THE LEFTOVERS TOO, INSTEAD OF THROWING THEM AWAY. YOU CAN GIVE UP CABLE TV, INTERNET EVEN. THIS LIST IS ENDLESS. YOU CAN SACRIFICE CLIMBING UP IN THE HIERARCHY OF CAREERS. YOU CAN BUCK TRADITION AND OTHERS’ EXPECTATIONS OF YOU. YOU CAN TRIUMPH OVER YOUR FEARS, BY CONQUERING YOUR MIND. YOU CAN TAKE RISKS. AND MOST OF ALL, YOU CAN TRAVEL. YOU JUST DON’T WANT IT ENOUGH. YOU WANT A DEGREE OR A WELL-PAYING JOB OR TO STAY IN YOUR COMFORT ZONE MORE. THIS IS FINE, IF IT’S WHAT YOUR HEART DESIRES MOST, BUT PLEASE DON’T ENVY ME AND TELL ME YOU CAN’T TRAVEL. YOU’RE NOT IN A FAMINE, IN A DESERT, IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, WITH FIVE MALNOURISHED CHILDREN TO FEED. YOU PROBABLY LIVE IN A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY. YOU HAVE A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD, AND FOOD ON YOUR PLATE. YOU PROBABLY OWN LUXURIES LIKE A CELLPHONE AND A COMPUTER. YOU CAN AFFORD THE $3.00 A NIGHT GUEST HOUSES OF INDIA, THE $0.10 FRESH BAKED BREAKFASTS OF MOROCCO, BECAUSE IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY, YOU CAN CERTAINLY AFFORD TO TRAVEL IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES, YOU CAN PROBABLY EVEN AFFORD TO TRAVEL IN A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY. SO PLEASE SAY TO ME, “I WANT TO TRAVEL, BUT OTHER THINGS ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO ME AND I’M PUTTING THEM FIRST”, NOT, “I’M DYING TO TRAVEL, BUT I CAN’T”, BECAUSE I HAVE YET TO HAVE SOMEONE SAY THEY CAN’T, WHO TRULY CAN’T. YOU CAN, HOWEVER, ONLY LIVE ONCE, AND FOR ME, THE ENRICHMENT OF THE SOUL THAT COMES FROM SEEING THE WORLD IS WORTH MORE THAN A DEGREE THAT COULD BRING ME IN A BIGGER PAYCHECK, OR MATERIAL WEALTH, OR PLEASING SOCIETY. OF COURSE, YOU MUST CHOOSE FOR YOURSELF, FOLLOW YOUR HEART’S TRUEST DESIRES, BUT KNOW THAT YOU CAN TRAVEL, YOU’RE ONLY MAKING EXCUSES FOR WHY YOU CAN’T. AND IF IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE, I HAVE NEVER MET ANYONE WHO HAS QUIT THEIR JOB, LEFT SCHOOL, GIVEN UP THEIR LIFE AT HOME, TO SEE THE WORLD, AND REGRETTED IT. NONE. ONLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE GROWN OLD AND REGRETTED NEVER TRAVELING, WHO HAVE REGRETTED FOCUSING TOO MUCH ON MONEY AND SUPERFICIAL SUCCESS, WHO HAVE REALIZED TOO LATE THAT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO LIVING THAN THIS."

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