LIVING WABI SABI: THE TRUE BEAUTY OF YOUR LIVE
BY TARO GOLD


Have patience with all things, but chiefly with yourself. Have courage in considering your own imperfections and instantly set about improving yourself. Every day begin anew.

~Saint Francis De Sales~


A FIELD OF POSSIBILITIES: BY OBAA-SAN

The most regrettable thing about subconscious decision-making is that many of us don't even realize we have a choice. Every action is a choice ~~ everything we think, say, or do is preceded by a decision about what to think, say, or do. When we abandon this process to our subconscious minds, we often don't realize we have a choice; yet we always do. There is not the slightest need to think, speak, or behave as we have before. Starting this instant, we can take control of our karma and direct our lives toward greater happiness by making decisions with careful awareness.

Julia Roberts on Love, Mirror Beauty Spell, Lemon and Water, and More

LOVE ADVICE: BY JULIA ROBERTS OF THE "EAT, PRAY, LOVE" SUMMER 2010 MOVIE

I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you are or where you live; there are no boundaries or barrier if two people are destined to be together.

BEAUTY ADVICE: MIRROR BEAUTY SPELL

Repeat 3x, 3x a day, for 3x3 days infront of the mirror and notice the difference.

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?

I clear my gaze, I seek to see the beauty that resides in me.

Make it shine and make it bright like a beacon in the night.

Clear for me and all to see the love and beauty that is me.

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?

Clear for me and all to see eternal beauty that lives in me.

This is my will, so it will be.

BEAUTY SECRET: BY DIANE IRONS FROM HER BOOK "THE WORLD'S BEST-KEPT BEAUTY SECRET"

Ice Water: You've heard that models drink lots of water. Well that's very true, but only half the story. To get optimum benefits from water, models drink ice water. With ice water, the body needs to use more than 100 calories just to warm itself to room temperature to absorb the water. You are actually using more calories than you are taking in.

Lemon Juice: Forget the expensive toners. Models carry lemons in their bags to remove residue from their face and to refresh. Sometimes they carry fresh lemons, but there's only so much one can stuff into those bags. If you do choose to purchase reconstituted lemon juice, make sure that it contains real lemon.

GLAMOUR ADVICE: AGAIN BY DIANE IRONS FROM HER BOOK "THE WORLD'S BEST-KEPT BEAUTY SECRETS

Hair Instant Glamour: To give hair fullness and bounce, lift dry hair at the roots with a round brush. Pull it taut, and spritz with hair spray. Then blow dry hair on the warm setting at high heat. Using the warm setting makes hair flexible, and allows you to restyle it. For even more fullness, bend forward, so that head is tilted down when drying. Finish styling as usual.

SUCCESS ADVICE: BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies is this: When I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. I explore it in all its bearings. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.

Jennifer Lopez on Beauty, Top 10 Summer Sizzle List for 2010, Banish Cellulite, and More

LOVE ADVICE: BY HENRY VAN DYKE

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

BEAUTY ADVICE: BY JENNIFER LOPEZ

Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's important is finding a balance of mind, body, and spirit. Somebody said to me not too long ago, 'until you're twenty, you have the face you are born with, and after that you have the face you deserve, and I really loved that - the idea that you wear who you are on your face.

BEAUTY SECRET: BY JO WHEATLEY FROM "BEAUTY TIPS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE" @ ivillage.co.uk

Brazilian Secrets to Banish Cellulite: The exotic looks and figures of Brazilian women are the envy of females around the world; so a lot of women are dying to know some of their tips. And it is actually really simple --- their secret is SAND! While relaxing on the beach, Brazilian beauties rub wet sand on their bodies to smooth and stimulate their skin, and combat the dreaded cellulite.

FASHION ADVICE: FROM VOGUE (JUNE 2010)

Top 10 Summer Sizzle List for 2010

1. A tiny white bikini, for poolside iced-espresso sipping.

2. A high-waisted Hollywood-goddess swimsuit for frolicking scenically in the surf.

3. A slim-cut, mannish jacket to wear over numbers 1 and 2 as an unconventional cover-up.

4. A zebra-striped bag, big enough for a bottle of SPF 30 Creme de la Mar and several eBay-ed copies of Fleur Cowles's Flair.

5. A chunky white wristwatch.

6. A wide-brimmed hat. Those passe porkpies never were much use in the sun.

7. A white minidress, possibly sliced or cut out here or there. (Yes, white is everywhere)

8. A blouse with an I Love Lucy print. Leopard spots? Polka dots?

9. Bangles that look like they came from a market in Zanzibar, to wear on both arms.

10.A perfectly weightless pastel chiffon dress, for wafting down lower Fifth Avenue, pretending it's 1938 and we're inspiring Irwin Shaw to pen "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses."

GLAMOUR GUIDE: BY SANDRA DEEBLE FROM "A GIRL'S GUIDE TO GLAMOUR"

Tips for Inner Glamour. Inside-out glamour endures. Lipstick wears off but the glow that comes from feeling happy in your skin is worth its weight in pumpkin seeds. The trick is not to be glum. Balance is key. Here are tips for nurturing inner glamour:

1. Drink water: Lots of water, tap, bottle, anykind of water as long as it is clean.

2. Sleep: Create a pleasure zone: sensual boudoir meets chamber of calm.

3. Eat: Think purifying, think energizing, think packed with the good stuff.

4. Stretch: Yoga, Pilates, swimming, walking, or good old-fashioned calisthenics.

5. Dream: By day and by night. Allow yourself a sacrosanct morsel of time alone to let your mind wander wherever it likes.

6. Be good: Treat your body like a temple, show your appreciation.

7. Be bad: If you feel rejuvenated just knowing that you can manage on three hours sleep, after dancing till dawn, then do it. We need lightness in live. Be mad. It's good for the soul.

8. Detox your mind: Worry is hellishly aging. Do what you need to --- seek help, talk to friends, deal with the past, and move on.

9. Meditate: Learn how to. Serenity is divine.

SUCCESS ADVICE: BY MARSHALL FIELD

Twelve (12) Priceless Qualities of Success

1. The value of time

2. The success of perseverance

3. The pleasure of working

4. The dignity of simplicity

5. The worth of character

6. The power of kindness

7. The influence of example

8. The obligation of duty

9. The wisdom of economy

10. The virtue of patience

11. The improvement of talent

12. The joy of originating

LIVING WABI SABI: BY TARO GOLD

Living Wabi Sabi is a book that celebrates imperfections, failures, and mistakes. It's a journey that covers the joy, creativity, and empowerment of imperfection through a simple and ancient way of looking at life: the way of Wabi Sabi. From the commonsense insights of Wabi Sabi, we learn that it's not despite our problems but because of them that our hearts hold everything we need to be joyful. We come to see that where we want to go in life is forever found right where we are.

Beauty Advice From Audrey Hepburn, Tea For Beauty, and More

Love Advice: Unknown

From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven. And when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, their streams of light flow together, and a single brighter light goes forth from their united being.

Beauty Advice: Audrey Hepburn

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the door to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.

Beauty Advice: By Diane Irons From "The World's Best-Kept Beauty Secret"

TEA keeps cavities away! Both green and black tea contain fluoride and polyphenols to prevent plaque from adhering to the tooth's surface. Model's drink tea for this very reason, and carry their tea bags faithfully. After models are done drinking their tea, they use their cool tea bags to refresh their eyes. Simply squeeze the tea bag of so that it isn't "dripping", and gently dab the bags under the eye area. If your face is clean, run over the entire face for a quick pick me up!

Glamour Guide: By Sandra Deeble From "A Girl's Guide To Glamour"

KNOW THYSELF. In order to garner glamour, you need to bare all, to yourself. A life unexamined is a life not worth living. believed Socrates, but a body unexamined will not help you to live to the full.

You need to be honest. Kindly so, rather than brutally honest. Don't be so frank with yourself that you end up in a sobbing heap on the floor.

Having confidence in yourself is gained from making the best of your raw ingredients. Be aware of both your strengths and not-so-feisty features, then deal with reality. As a rule of thumb, flaunt the fabulous, disguise the disappointing. Suggestions to become a master of disguises:

* Large breast: Wear wide and low necklines, not halter or high necks.

* Love handles: Wear flares, not baggy tops, hipsters.

* Thick ankles: Wear long skirts, not Capri pants, kitten heels.

* Plump arms: Hide and go for floaty sleeves, not cap sleeves, skin-tight long sleeves, spaghetti straps.

* Flat chests: Wear halter and high necks, not round t-shirts under V-neck tops.

* Big bum: Wear flared skirted jackets that cover critical area, not short jackets, A-line skirts

* Overhang tummy: Wear ballet-style wrap tops, Jane Austen Empire dresses, not hipsters

* Thick waist: Wear low plunge V necks, cut off cardigans, not double-breasted anything, shift dresses, baggy pullovers.

* Short legs: Wear just-below-knee- skirts, layered tops. In summer, skin-tone-shoes. Looks very odd in winter with dark clothes, not crop tops, mid-calf skirts.

Success Advice: By Paula Froelich From "It! 9 Secrets of the Rich and Famous that will Take You to the Top"

Don't know what you're good at? Ask someone to help you figure it out. Sometimes the people closest to us know us better than we know ourselves. A sample questionnaire to ask friends and family members:

* What are my best qualities?

* What are my worst?

* Are there some things I do better than anyone else?

* Besides karaoke, are there some things I think I am good at, but really not?

* What can I do that no one else can do?

* When you need help from me, what do you call me for?

* If you could pick out the perfect (legal ) career for me, what would it be and why?

* When have you seen me happiest, career-wise?

Living Wabi Sabi: By Taro Gold

Wabi Sabi is a universal ideal of beauty. Wabi Sabi celebrates the basic, the unique, and the imperfect parts of our lives. Wabi Sabi is the comfortable joy you felt as a child, happily singing off key, creatively coloring outside the lines, and mispronouncing word with gusto. On a deeper level, Wabi Sabi is the profound awareness of our oneness with all life and the environment. It includes a deep awareness of he choices we make each day, the power we have to accept or reject each moment of our lives, and to find value in every experience.

Relationship, Imperfection, Water, Wabi Sabi and More...

Love Advice: Sir Hugh Walpole

The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing; it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident and the most wonderful of all things in life. (Sir Hugh Walpole)

Beauty Advice: Marilyn Monroe

Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it is better to be absolutely rediculous than absolutely boring. (From Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words)

Beauty Secret: Diane Irons

Be the Star of Your Own Show: You should be what people notice. Your cosmetics and clothes should not compete for attention with each other, or with you. Stay with the basics, but invent your own style. If you like the color red, then use it as a consistent accent piece in your wardrobe. Do you have a special collection of pins or bracelets? Show them off; make them your signature. But definitely do not attempt to wear more than two pieces at a time. (From The World's Best-Kept Beauty Secrets)

Glamour Advice: Sandra Deeble

It's All In The Mind: The really great thing about glamour is that it is possible to think yourself glamorous. Here are some tips to get you started. (From A Girl's Guide to Glamour)
* Shed doubts now.
* Stop wondering what other people think about you.
* Close your eyes and visualize yourself in a world where you float, breathe evenly, and your heart beats firmly yet calmly. Say to yourself that you are 100 per cent certain that your place in the world is admired, welcomed, and envied. Believe it.
* Hypnotize yourself if you can - play haunting music - and see yourself living out a soignee life in rapturous Technicolor.
* Be kind to yourself. If there are areas of your life that are lackluster or in disarray, make time to think about them. Don't panic. Your mind doesn't need to spiral out of control.
* Start practicing a more glamorous vocabulary from today.
* Luxuriate in your life, revel in the good things, sparkle in company, fizz with laughter, celebrate hedonism, fun, and joy.

Success Advice: Paula Froelich

Don't try to fake a talent you really don't have! Sometimes you've just got to know when a dream is not attainable. A friend of mine dated a man for many years who was extremely depressed. He had always wanted to be an actor but found himself as a computer graphics guy instead. When he was younger, he never really went after the dream of acting, assuming something would just fall in his lap. Then later, he did it in a severely half-assed way. Yet he always moaned about wanting to become an actor. Because he never got off his ass and did anything in a wholehearted manner, he ended up, at the ripe old age of forty-eight; smoking way too much pot, broke, and annoying. Time for another dream, buddy. (From It! 9 Secrets Of The Rich and Famous That Will Take You To The Top)

Living Wabi Sabi: Taro Gold

Life is perfectly imperfect. When you embrace the whole of your life and recognize the value of every aspect, including the mishaps and flaws, then the very imperfections that once diminished your happiness can become sources of insight and strength. (Obaa-san From Living Wabi Sabi: The True Beauty of Your Life)

Advice for Single Ladies

Love Advice:

" Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... Wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand infront of his friends, who thinks you're just pretty without make-up on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have YOU... The one who turns to his friends and says thats HER. " (Unknown)

Beauty Advice:

" Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got. " (Sophia Loren)

Beauty Secret:

Olive Oil: Is an all natural substance that models rely on when they're in the sun. Not only does it protect hair from the sun's harsh rays, but it is enhanced as super conditioner by the sun's natural heat. (Diane Irons from her Book "The World's Best-Kept Beauty Secrets"

Success Advice:

" A Raisin: A person who has a dream, but has never gone after it. Instead, they bitterly go about their other business and , like Gollum with the Ring, obsess, and cradle their dream without ever using it. They are usually the dried-up bitter people who are like the last raisin in the box, smushed up, wrinkly, and, usually sour. I have always hated raisins. " (Paula Froelich from her Book "IT" )