Stephanie Adams-Ronk:
CLASS OF 1985
Burlington-Edison High SchoolClass of 1985
Burlington, WA
Stephanie's Story
Stephanie is from Burlington, Washington. Stephanie's schools include Burlington-Edison High School.
Music Stephanie likes includes Coyote and the Henhouse Raiders, Steve Gold Music, Michael Franti-Yoga. Books Stephanie likes include I Am: A Journey To Enlightenment, Women Food and God, The Power of Now. Movies Stephanie likes include I AM - The Film, Desert Flower- the movie, Desert Flower. TV shows Stephanie likes include Parenthood, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Everybody Loves Raymond.
One of Stephanie's favorite quotes is:"O HEART, for whatever you are looking,
Look inside of yourself.
~Rumi
"The lovely one whispers under her breath, and you go mad, witless, no reason left...O Lord, what is this chant, what magic art, that weaves its spell on even a stone heart?" ~Rumi
"Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls." ~Melodie Beattie
"My life is my message." ~Gandhi
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." ~Nietzsche
"If the Beautiful One is not inside you, then what is that Light hidden under your cloak..?" ~RumiThe Tao Te Ching:
"To be whole, let yourself break.
To be straight, let yourself bend.
To be full, let yourself be empty.
To be new, let yourself wear out.
To have everything, give everything up.
Knowing others is a kind of knowledge;
knowing yourself is wisdom.
Conquering others requires strength;
conquering yourself is true power.
To realize that you have enough is true wealth.
Pushing ahead may succeed,
but staying put brings endurance.
Die without perishing, and find the eternal.
To know that you do not know is strength.
Not knowing that you do not know is a sickness.
The cure begins with the recognition of the sickness.
Knowing what is permanent: enlightenment.
Not knowing what is permanent: disaster.
Knowing what is permanent opens the mind.
Open mind, open heart.
Open heart, magnanimity."
CS Lewis' book The Four Loves:
"To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket - safe, dark, motionless, airless - it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside of Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell."
Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love:
PRAY
...a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that's holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with your soulmate forever? Nah. Too painful. 149
The other day in prayer I said to God, "Look--I understand that an unexamined life is not worth living, but do you think I could someday have an unexamined lunch?" 154
Half the benefit of prayer is in the asking itself, in the offering of a clearly posed and well-considered intention...177
Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship--a play between divine grace and willful self effort...177
"learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select what clothes you're gonna wear every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control. Drop everything else but...Expand for more
that. Because if you cant learn to master your thinking, you're in deep trouble forever."
...admitting to the existence of negative thoughts, understanding where they come from and why they arrived, and then--with great forgiveness and fortitude--dismissing them." 178
"God dwells within you, as you." AS you. God dwells within you as you yourSelf, exactly the way you are...To know God, you need only to renounce one thing--your sense of division from God. Otherwise, just stay as you were made, within your natural character.
My heart said to my mind: "I love you, I will never leave you, I will always take care of you."
LOVE
...it all comes down to one simple question: "Do you want your belly pressed against this person's belly forever--or not?"
...in Portugese, "Vem, gostosa." Come here, my delicious one... "Darling, you are going to get sick of it. You're going to get bored of how much I touch you, and how many times a day I tell you how beautiful you are." Try me, mister.
Donna Fahri, Bringing Yoga to Life:
Rediscovering who we really are at our core opens the way to experiencing our most basic level of connection with others. This connectedness lies at the heart of the practice called Yoga...It is the opening of the heart so that we have the capacity to feel tenderness, joy and sorrow without shutting down. It is the opening of the mind to an awareness that encompasses rather than excludes. It is the startling and immediate recognition of our basic sameness. It is the practice of observing clearly, listening acutely, and skillfully responding to the moment with all the compassion we can muster. And it is a home coming with and in the body for it is only here that we can do all these things. 4
Yoga does not pretend to be simple, quick, or easy...What Yoga does promise, however, is that through sincere, skillful, and consistent practice, anyone can become peaceful, happy and free. 4
...the moment you engage in Yoga practice you will discover that the practice is itself the reward. Peace of mind and freedom from fear are as imminent as your focus. This change of mind has immediate consequences. You start to feel a sense of ease with life, and you feel more able to adapt to change. You experience a new vitality and clarity that affect your relationships at home, at work, and in the world. 5
For the halfhearted, discovering the exhilaration and benefits of full-fledged commitment can be a strong remedy for rallying energy and directing it toward a purpose. Spending time around others who are fully engaged and focused can be one way to learn the necessary attitudes and ethics required for whole-hearted living. 126
Whether our practice strengthens our ability to be present with all that we experience is the only criteria we need for what we do or dont do on the mat. 151
We long to have someone, somewhere, even for a moment, really see us. When someone sees the "us" that is our essence, we say that we feel loved. My teacher taught me that the primary thing to learn is how to be this loving, accepting presence. 179
It is as unwise to be swept off one's feet by the pleasurable feeling of excitement as it is to be flattened by the unpleasant feeling of disappointment. 213-214
It is through trusting the ineffable nature of our center that we can find the deepest possible security, it is exactly at this moment that we are excrutiatingly close to discovering the truth of how reliable and tangible and real this mysterious center is...
When we are pacing the periphery looking for something to cling to, the mind hardens and the heart begins to clench in fear. In such a state of contraction, it is just as impossible to let go as it is to open up to the potential freshness of the next moment. 136".
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