To My Starry-Eyed Dreamer
For you, love and kindness come in endless strings, and you freely unwind yours, lifting everybody around you like kites. Happy, happy, birthday, Dandan! Only a few people have the gift of making others believe that there’s so much hope to be found in any place—you definitely leave a trail of good vibrations wherever you go.
What gets us out of our beds in the morning, what makes our heart race, what keeps us hurtling forward…it’s the deepest, most intimate parts of ourselves. Thank you for sharing your dreams with me; like you, they are nothing short of stellar.
And when it comes to you, I know that they’ll all come true.
I’m really blessed and grateful to have you as one of my closest friends. Cheers to all the adventures we’ve had! I love you.
Brave the waves,
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For A Change
When you’re feeling down, hieing off to the mountains can lift up your spirits. Especially at times when you’re in a contemplative mood… cloistering yourself at one of your favorite cafes can really let your thoughts swirl around freely, and take flight.
Here, the lower your heart is sinking, the higher you can pull it right back into place. Having a flock of clouds hovering under your feet, so close you can almost ride on them, tells you that things have nowhere to naturally go but up. The awe-inspiring landscape around you is a testament to this.
Brave the waves,
Stoked to hear from you on Facebook and Twitter. See you there!
Go on A Stroll, See Everything Anew
It’s mighty optimistic of me to believe that I can stumble on new ways of looking at familiar places. (Even ones that I’ve gone to since I was a kid.) But I really think that if you pack an open mind, along with your other essentials for any trip, your usual getaways can still manage to surprise you.
Shang ri la Mactan is one of my super favorite beaches in the planet. If you save up or get lucky, and you get to visit it year after year though, its wow factor can tend to dull your senses. One habit that I picked up from my years of traveling was to clear my head, take a stroll, and prime myself to view everything with fresh eyes.
Once you’re near that crucial point of feeling like you’ve seen it all, pause, and choose to appreciate what lies ahead of you. The world is too kind for us to allow ourselves to get used to beauty and wonder, don’t you think so?
Brave the waves,
Stoked to hear from you on Facebook and Twitter. See you there!
This is the personal blog of Mia Bontol. I'm the island girl behind Shop Brave The Waves, a clothing line that offers Filipino-made resort wear. Swim with me?
