Kaskade Live At LIV MIami

Kanye West Feat Jay-Z "Power Remix"

Life is a trip so sometimes we’re gonna stumble. You have to go through pain in order to become you. But once the world numbs you, you’ll feel like there’s only ONE YOU!

Uffie "ADD SUV" feat. Pharrell Williams

Beyonce On Beauty

‘I think a beautiful woman is someone who is confident but not competitive with other women – someone who is warm to everyone. Because my mother told me ever since I can remember that beauty is from within, that looks will fade, I have always been aware that you have to have something deeper to be really beautiful." -BK

Letting go takes LOVE

To let go does not mean to stop caring,

it means I can't do it for someone else.

To let go is not to cut myself off,

it's the realization I can't control another.

To let go is not to enable,

but allow learning from natural consequences.

To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means

the outcome is not in my hands.

To let go is not to try to change or blame another,

it's to make the most of myself.

To let go is not to care for,

but to care about.

To let go is not to fix,

but to be supportive.

To let go is not to judge,

but to allow another to be a human being.

To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes,

but to allow others to affect their destinies.

To let go is not to be protective,

it's to permit another to face reality.

To let go is not to deny,

but to accept.

To let go is not to nag, scold or argue,

but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.

To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires,

but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.

To let go is not to criticize or regulate anybody,

but to try to become what I dream I can be.

To let go is not to regret the past,

but to grow and live for the future.

To let go is to fear less and love more.


LF

ABSOLUT Miami Event at Louis

Photography by Justin Namon

In response to a friend's letter from college...

Please note that I respect my friend's privacy and would like to keep all names anonymous...




I didn’t forget about you! I promise. Just taking the right amount of time to collect my thoughts for you. Truly incredible how close our paths seem to be when it comes to the decisions we have made over the past year. I’ll respond to your paragraphs as you wrote them.


Your relationship! – WOW! Hello I remember you telling me about your boyfriend when we were in college! I can’t believe the turn of events! I managed to have a similar situation that has mended in to a friendship that I am truly blessed to have. Forgiving and forgetting is a triumph that takes a lot out of both parties. I am lucky to say that I still have him in my life. Trust is a hard characteristic to carry in every relationship. Once it’s broken, true love for the person you fell in love with allows trust to rise up again. I have to admit it’s sad to put so much trust into someone and have them turn on you like that. I am sorry to hear what happened.


I had someone once say to me…”It’s sickening to believe that human beings can treat each other so viciously in spirit and hurt one another’s emotions so deeply. It’s animalistic to say the least, yet not even animals treat each other this terribly…” That thought has been embedded in my mind ever since it was told two years ago. It truly is hard to believe how someone so close to you can be so cruel. You feel taken advantage of and left cold. It makes us stronger and wiser. Allows us to keep our guard up, and allows us to learn to trust the next person that enters our life. Whether it be a friendship or relationship with the opposite sex. A lesson well learned.


You deserve to be in a better place. And you do deserve to find out who you are meant to be. As you said living in the moment that you were in…you didn’t know who you were anymore. It happens to the best of us. It’s better to clear your mind and be brought to a more powerful place. You aren’t moving backwards by going back home. It’s nice to go back and be reminded who YOU are. Not who your friends are that are getting married at our age. It’s ridiculous to say the least. Yes, I’m sure being in a relationship is fantastic, but it doesn’t let you depend on YOU. And getting married at our age only allows us to become co-dependant on the other party. It’s not a life. Especially when we truly don’t have anything figured out for ourselves.


You are about 10 steps ahead of many of us with the addition of yoga in your life. The fact that you are TEACHING it is beyond anything! If you truly enjoy it. Take the time to get certified and go above your means to teach in a beautiful setting. The Cayman Islands are no different than where you are right now. (Well obviously different!!) Do it so I can visit!


Everyone is saying that they’re proud of me for this move. That is was a “plunge” like you mentioned, and that it did take courage to up and leave. Truth is I am still learning, and can only offer the advice I am getting from everyone around me. I'm used to being stubborn and dramatic with my thoughts. I believe for the first time I’m allowing people to have a say in my conversation. And finally listening. Think about the advice you would give your friend if in the same situation. You would probably give the best. Like I told you before. Write down your thoughts every day, and read them 7 days later. You won’t believe your words.


Mk.

The Right LOVE

THE END

E.N.D. = Entirely New Direction

The Truth

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." - Nelson Mandela

Attention to Detail

Attention to Detail -- Is thorough in accomplishing a task with concern for all the areas involved, no matter how small.

It’s a battle of two cities for me. Here I am loving Miami for the quality of life, and the perks of being in a beautiful setting everyday. The sunsets do not compare to New York skies. Hands down Miami lifestyle takes the cake for vacation vibe 24/7. But New York….

New York is HOME. New York is where I know I want to eventually live and love living in! I always said I wanted a reason to miss it, and here I am in debate on what makes the most sense for me. I made a promise yesterday that I would give living in Miami a true chance until “season” is over in March 2011. Seems so far away yet it’s truly right around the corner. Not that I will be ready to up and leave, but I will make my final decision on if it’s worth staying for. Or if New York is worth moving back to.

The questioning of where I will be a year from now is on everyone’s mind. The constant questions of “so..how is it going?....”Mirlinda I need an update!!??” come up on a daily basis. Patience my LOVES as I’m in questioning myself. I never thought I would be in this place, in the city, in this position a year ago. Here I am, one year older, one year wiser, and one year later a better person every day. Every day thankful for the support that has brought me here. Life is good no matter what city I am in. I am accomplishing every task god has planned for me, in every area involved. Love, live life, and prosper.

I love living in this moment as in this moment I'm living love. - Mk.

I’m coming back home......

Another summer day

Has come and gone away

In Paris and Rome

But I wanna go home

May be surrounded by

A million people I

Still feel all alone

I just wanna go home

I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you

Each one a line or two

“I’m fine baby, how are you?”

Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough

My words were cold and flat

And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane

Another sunny place

I’m LUCKY, I KNOW

But I wanna go home

I’ve got to go home

Let me go home

I’m just too far from where you are

I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life

It’s like I just stepped outside

When everything was going right

And I know just why you could not

Come along with me

'Cause this was not your dream

But you always BELIEVED in me

Another winter day has come

And gone away

In even Paris and Rome

And I wanna go home

Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by

A million people I

Still feel all alone

Oh, let me go home

Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home

I’ve had my run

Baby, I’m done

I gotta go home

Let me go home

It will all be all right

I’ll be home tonight

I’m coming back home......

I do LOVE FM!

In Response to my letter...

Mirlinda,

That's so sweet! I love you so much and know God put us in each others lives for a reason!

Thank you for reminding me to stay organized and mature, I even made my bed today! Also, I would of never put my clothes away last night, if it wasn't for you being around.

You're exactly right, one day at a time. Who knows if tomorrow will come, that's why everyday has to be the "the first day of the rest of your life."

Honestly, I'm so serious about following through with this Italy goal, when the times comes. I would love to spend a year work work working my ass of and spend three months chilling in Italy. Learning how to speak Italian and cook properly, that would be the best thing I could do for myself as a single lady in my early 20's.

I would love for you to be on board, we could motivate each other. Although for me this would def. require picking up another job during season. My dad was really poor when he was young and his mom use to tell him, "if you want money, go out there and get it. There are billions of dollars out there." This is so true...

I think this idea will be my push to get out of bed everyday with a smile on my face & keep it moving for the rest of the day;)

FM

The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity

The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill

Thinking back at the movie I watched last night. I watched La Vie En Rose with Marion Cotillard. The story based on Edith Piaf; a famous French singer and a cultural icon. Edith had continuous bad things happening to her because she couldn't pull it together. She lived through a broken home, drug addiction, loss of loved one(s), and continuous heartache.

Moral is you have to have a positive outlook on EVERYTHING! These are not the days to be pessimistic about your life choices. Things can always be worse. Focus on today. God, family, and friends are the only things that really matter in life, if you have them, you're living!

I think about something my mom told me just last week. When I was younger (and this I do remember about her)...my mom would fall into a depression…(for some matters already known). She would close her eyes tight and try to pretend she was sleeping. I remember being little and always wanting to play and I couldn't do so with her because of this. She told me last week why she did this. She was having her own financial depression. She was becoming anxious on how she as a single mother was going to be able support herself, her mother, and me at the age of 7.

I find myself being my mother's daughter in the retrospect of over thinking a scenario and looking into it from every angle. In the end all it is...is too much thinking. Every life choice needs to be taken day by day. A little less careless and a little more thankful for what really matters.
The one life that we are all given.

A dream to dream

Have you ever had such an intense dream, you wish you would close your eyes tight enough and you would be set back to continue that dream? Found myself struggling to do just that this morning! Had the most beautiful dream about someone who was in my life for a very short period of time. We’ll refer to him/her as “the missing link”.

I was happy. Genuinely happy. Just as I was in real life at one point with the missing link. Gave me a sense of calm, and no matter what we would do it felt special. My dream played out a feeling that emulates that same feeling. A beach scene where I found myself running and playing. Sort of like a child’s first time at the beach. Everything was exciting. Running towards the currents of the waves and then running back away from them. Kicking up wet sand and falling into it watching the sunset. Being closer than we could have ever been.

Maybe my dream represented a feeling of missing “the link”. As I still believe he/she is has a huge roll to continue to play in my life. Even awake…I just cant seem to forget that I do miss you.

Mercury Retrograde

Mercury is about to retrograde from August 20 to September 12, and once it does (and even two weeks before it does) Mercury out of phase will increase the likelihood for miscommunications.

Mercury, the planet of communication, perception, and decision-making, will go retrograde August 20, and you will begin to feel the slowdown as early as August 6 or so. You cannot sign contracts, announce big decisions, or give a final answer on any big decisions because too much is in flux.

There is an exception to the "never make a decision while Mercury is retrograde" and that is if you are going back to your past to reunite with someone who was important to you, say in work or in love. If your old boss wants you back, it's fine to say yes. If you pine for your old love, you can go back to see if you can reconcile now. These things happen when planets orbit back to old positions - we get a second chance at things.

The last retrograde that we had was back in April. If everyone remembers, everything was completely off! I truly believed in it as I could not for the life of me make a decision on if I should move to Miami or not. The exact day that I made my final decision was on May 11th, coincidentally the day Retrograde ended for that period. Please be wise and think through your decisions this month!

All American Trash

The only thing I can say about All American Trash writing is that I am behind it 1000%. Think its good for someone to be writing and exploring his/her thoughts. Even if thoughts may hurt some people in the process, all it is in the end is the truth. The truth just seems more pure in words. Sort of like a stamp or tattoo that cannot be erased. Once you know you where you placed it...it's there forever.

Everyone goes through pain, loss, and moments that cannot be expressed on a daily basis to friends and family. In this case, we are learning all that now. And now is the time we embrace the love we have for the person that has the courage to write. We love you and see nothing more than a story that will capture more than one heart in this world.

Dreams do come true....ZARA ONLINE SHOPPING!

AMAZING news is that Zara is launching an online store in Fall 2010 but the bad news is it will start in markets like Spain, France, Italy, Germany, the U.K. and Portugal, then followed by a progressive rollout in other countries. No US again, we’ll just have to sit tight and wait…again! Well at least that’s a start with online retailing, hopefully it will be introduced in the US soon.

According to Woman's Wear Daily, the decision to make Zara available online has been praised as a logical step for the Spanish company, given the rising competition from pure-play European clothing e-tailers like Asos as well as the growing online operations of rivals such as H&M and New Look.

in LOVE you should be priority

I've done a lot of thinking lately. The thinking that only occurs when you're pressed between bed sheets and the clock is staring back at you in 3am's and your mind is playing a constant loop of memories you'd rather forget.

Let's face it: My love life is pretty much a giant shit show. I've had my heart ripped out of my chest one too many times at the young age of 19. It's a mix of youthful idealism and hope and a desperate desire to believe in someone against all odds. It's the lure of breathing in a familiar smell while tucked in the arms of someone you've silently loved for years, even though better judgment says he'll hurt you again.

I know that life is not a romantic comedy, but I guess I've still kind of fallen into the idea that maybe sometimes things are meant to be. I've learned a few things though. I constantly see couples breaking up, talking shit and then getting back together - an ebb and flow that they come to accept as normal. I guess on a grand scale I'm guilty of this, but recent events have taught me a very important lesson: the person who is really great for you, the person who brings out the best in you, your partner in crime? That person is not going to second guess your relationship until it's lost all meaning. That person is not going to rip your heart out of your chest even one time, and he certainly won't do it twice. And that person shouldn't make you an option, because in love you deserve to be a priority.

I might still fall silent when I stumble across old letters. I might stay up until early morning hours to avoid thinking myself to death while trying to fall asleep. And, yeah, I might still ache to hear a confession of remorse.

But I'm not going to waste my time on someone who isn't great for me. Settling for familiarity is bullshit. As hard as it is, I'm going to move on. One day, I'll find someone capable of keeping my heart safe when I hand over the key and say, "Hey, don't fuck this up."

- Le Love