Jon Bon Jovi to Open "Pay What You Can" Soul Kitchen Restaurant in Red Bank, New Jersey

"The restaurant will serve healthy foods prepared with local ingredients from New Jersey farms. The difference is that there will be no prices on the menu.......The restaurant will be run on a "pay what you can" basis. The suggested meal donation is $10. If you can afford to pay more, the money will go to help feed someone. If you can't afford to pay, you can volunteer time in the restaurant. In short -- no one is turned away from a meal."

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spring

"The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month."
--Henry Van Dyke

missing

"Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated."
--Lamartine

mind and music correlation

Today on the train, Rihanna's Unfaithful song showed up in my shuffle queue. And while I was listening to it, all of a sudden I had images of Twilight pop up in my head - vividly.

I sat there wondering whyyyy and then it came to me. I had read twilight a year ago on the train commute. I was hooked onto Unfaithful and played it nonstop around the same time. I hadn't thought about twilight or Unfaithful, but listening to the song automatically put flashing of twilight into my brain.

It was the most bizarrest mind traveling I have experienced. The twilight thoughts were there and I just couldn't understand why b/c I hadn't consciously or directly thought of it. I never even put the two together. I can understand listening to a song and thinking of a person or a specific time in your life (college, HS) or experience (concert, party, etc). This was just a book with no established link to the song. The wonders of the mind or classical conditioning? lol

luck

"Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it."
--Frank Wedekind

I love this! lol This is my new eff'ing motto. =)

post

This is my 26th post of this year and it's not even mid year. This is more than all of last year's posts.

I really should devote more time to myself - reflecting, thinking, and cherishing my desires, hopes, and dreams.

insecurity

"People are never more insecure than when they become obsessed with their fears at the expense of their dreams."
--Norman Cousins

reactions and behaviors

“We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways - the ways we react and behave when we love someone.”
--John Gray

Love

"Love is giving someone the power to destroy you...but trusting them not to"
--Unknown

thirst

Ever want something to work sooo bad?? - you know you're gonna reap all kinds of benefits.

I rarely quote hindi songs lol b/c they are much too sappy for me but this one really works for me at the current moment.

Neele neele ambar par chaand jab aaye
Pyaar barsaaye humko tarsaaye
Aisa koi saathi ho aisa koi premi ho
Pyaas dil ki bujha jaaye
Neele neele ambar par chaand jab aaye
Pyaar barsaaye humko tarsaaye