Equal Parts Science and Magic

250+ words for today = A beautiful talk by a  spoken word poet.  Watch it, guys. seriously. I promise it will change the way you walk through your day.

"There are talents inside us that allow us to excell in different ways than those that surround us.  And these talents lie innate in every one of us, and it is only a matter of discovering their location, unearthing it, holding it up to the light of the world and announcing, "This is me. This is what I can do."

"so call this the year of no mistakes 

the year of the heavy sword

but stronger hands 

the year, where we are no longer stuck in the street 

but found somewhere between the asphalt and the moon 

inside a sheath of arrows turning itself into wind 

the year where we turn our hearts towards light 

with the realization and acceptance of not only how utterly magnificent

everyone of us is, 

but that this magnificence is something that we cannot help but carry with us. 

there is joy inside of you waiting to be heard 

listen for it 

and to the spaces it speaks from 

follow those spaces

do not tremble before the boulder blocking the entrance into yourself 

do not tremble before the boulder blocking the entrance out of yourself 

you cannot fall 

you are noble 

the universe is a part of you 

and you apart of it 

and every piece of it is made of science and magic 

every part of you is science and magic."

*Thanks to Elizabeth Welliver for sharing this with me!