fate and chemistry

Dearest General Chemsitry,

Do I love you because I understand you, or do I understand you because I love you? I just feel so attracted to you. You have always been a source of comfort and a buffer to my GPA. Thank you. I have enjoyed every moment we have shared together. We experimented and I loved watching your reactions. Our love is spontaneous and colorful and hot (exothermic). But as I move on to OChem next quarter, our time together must come to a close. I will remember the good times/exam scores, and the memory of you will make me strong. You inspire my and lift me up, encouraging to love and learn. There will always be special place for you in my heart.

Yours Truly,
Lily

P.S. The Periodic Table of Elements is one of the most incredible things ever! You are incredible.



Readers, if you love Chemistry and the British and want to learn and have a chuckle/ if you are a dork (as am I), visit/bookmark this website:

There's a video fro every element! YIPEEEEEE!

Here's a taste:
The Fe video

Isn't that guy funny! Did you catch the funny noise that toy made when he grabbed it to demonstrate the unusual structure of the iron tetracarbonyl molecule. HAHA! I love Iron!

so much LOVE

"Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time."
-Abdu’l-Baha

i love!
i feel so much love right now! i am overcome by this intense feeling of joy.


things from today that reminded me that i love:
I LOVE:
1. people. everyone around me is so beautiful and perfect. a reflection. i love!
2. learning.
3. good conversation. and i need for stimulating and intimate talks with everyone and anyone. i love.
4. music that you can breathe to. i like it even more than music you can sing to.. sometimes. i love.
5. devoting myself. even if for just a minute. meditation. i love.
6. experiences and looking back and analyzing. i love.
7. friends that build you up. make you feel strong. help you be. i love love love!
8. when there is work to be done. no matter how much i tell myself i hate it. i do. i love.
9. Allah'u'Abha! the perfection that lies in every single moment. even the the lowest point in your life, especially in hindsight, hold some kind of divine perfection. i love! i love! i love!

i am excited for life!

small things...

... in stature (aka miniatures) and/or as far as the value society puts on them, i love them.

season of change and fall

i love autumn.
a season of change.
we start school up again. wardrobe changes. leaves change or fall.
i also love making seasonal playlists.

change has seemed to be a running theme throughout my posts and the other day i realized something.

one day last week i decided to walk to class, seeing as i live right across the street from campus and just a few blocks from where all my classes are congregated. It was the first truly cold day. i like walking once in a while when i am not in a rush, that way i can enjoy the scenery and listen to feel-good music.

so i was walkin' along when a certain song came on. "cold december" by matt costa. a rush of memories. sensory recall. all that i had associated with that song (as i listened to it obsessively) a year ago. its just funny to think that the state you are in , so strongly effects your perception/interpretation of all things ( thank you psych 1). i am in a different place. using this song as a marker by which to judge.

anyway i am feeling festive. bring on the boots and scarves! happy fall!

be ok

fun song from the lovely ingrid michealson.
it makes me want a ukulele.
there are so many instrument that i want to play. but i gotta purchase them first. D:
in order:
1. tambourine
2. ukulele/sitar
3. harmonica

i heart wilber

so my friend farid was telling me about a story he wrote personifying the seasons, mother earth, and the sky and i remember this great song. one memory lead to another and oh man! one of the best movies of all time has got to be Charlotte's Web circa 1972. such great songs. I am now obsessed, and oh my gosh i had such a crush on henry. i definitely wanted a pet pig after this movie. and i cried so much when fern ( great name btw) had to give wilber away. I am pretty sure my mom got the movie for free for buying a carl's jr. meal in the 90s. those were the days, eh? debbie reynolds! thats quality. anyway it was one of my childhood favorites so naturally, the admiration has lived on through the years. sorry if you think this i totally lame. but i really want to learn how to play these two songs:

great things

Luckily life is full of all these little (huge) things that make it so enjoyable.

Here is a list of some of the greatest things I have ever sensed:

 

1.   Splashing through cool water on a hot day./A Hot drink when it’s cold. Warming up your fingertips.

2.   The squeak of guitar strings as fingers move from fret to fret.

3.   The vibrations of sounds and how those waves move everything in their presence and then slowly fade out.

4.   “Trash” turned into treasure. (e.g. couch made entirely out of newspaper, old clothes reinvented)

5.   A breeze running through your hair, as you breathe deep, arms outstretched, taking in an incredible view.

6.   Digging toes into sand.

7.   Lying in the sun. Feeling the healing rays slowly form a warm blanket around your entire body.

8.   A hug from a child. (and not a forced one materializing because their mom old them to. A hug because they just had such a great time with you)

9.   Sharing everything and having someone understand.

10.     Being so full of joy that the only thing you can do is cry. And not caring if your mascara runs./Crying and not caring if your mascara runs because you’re not wearing any./Crying because you feel for someone else’s pain.

11.     Surprise endings.

12.     Achieving the impossible.

13.     Being so overcome by something that you feel tightness in your chest and you lose your breath. (happens to me a few times a year)

14.     Life proving, once again, that things tend to fall perfectly in place when you let go.

15.     Going somewhere alone and being fine with your lack of companionship.

16.     Knowing that there are people that love you unconditionally.

17. Realizing that for the first time you fully, truly, and completely understand a common idea that was always stored in the back of your mind. And suddenly, the worlds makes so much more sense (an epiphany perhaps?).

18.  The inexplicable connection between souls striving under the same Great Cause. The love that runs so deep. It makes an only child think,“this must be what having a sister/brother feels like.” And no one questions the love one has for another because all know that each would gladly give their lives for the other. No need for words.

19.     True pure sincere kindness. Making strangers feel like family. So welcome and so loved.

20.     Being able to hear and learn about another’s beliefs/insights and sharing in an atmosphere of complete love, understanding, and appreciation.

21.     Unity and all that is involved and all that follows.