2012

As I reflect on this past year--the ups, downs, and unforeseeable and often unbelievable events and challenges I've faced--I realize that I have gained valuable new insights, and climbed to new heights of perseverance. My strength has been restructured and renewed. I have learned who my real friends are; albeit, this is undoubtedly a life-long lesson. I am proud of the accomplishments and growth that has ensued following some particularly annihilating trials. I am grateful for the good, the bad, and the ugly, and look forward to disclosing it in my up and coming book.

That being said, I welcome 2012 with open arms, and delight in the heightened levels of awareness that are already unveiling themselves to those who see with more than their two eyes.

***Our generation is facing an array of tumultuous problems, and it is inevitable that these problems will progressively worsen if we continue to live in a state of ignorance--with the majority of our government exhibiting the current general lack of initiative at finding sensible resolutions.

I pray that these problems will soon cease to be ignored and solutions will be sought after with diligence and heart-felt dedication to salvaging our Mother Earth.

I pray that the people on this planet, as a whole, begin this new year with pure intentions, and positive, high hopes for the future--for the combined energy of all of our Earth will manifest into a more beautiful, harmonious planet for all.

2012 can, and I believe will be, a year of new beginnings. I encourage all of you who've heard of the prophecies surrounding 2012 to read a little more into them; I believe you will find that we are not nearing the end of the world, we are simply about to face what we've sown. Big changes are among us.

All of the planets will align in our galaxy for the first time in over 26,000 years. Line yourself up with your ideals and you can make your dreams your reality. Now is the time. You are what you think. Our world is the manifestation of our thoughts. Choose your thoughts wisely.

Victoria's Secret - Recent Photo Shoot

I just thought that I would share a sneak peak from a recent photo shoot I did, a Victoria's Secret lingerie shoot.

Behind the Scenes:



Evidently, some thought this video should be age-restricted, so you will have sign in to confirm you are 18 years of age & mature enough to watch it: "Victoria's Secret Lingerie - Sexy Behind the Scenes"

Define Friendship

‎"Some friends slip away because they don't agree with the path you are taking, and this is fine, it is all a part of growth, as change is the only thing that is constant. But, if you are able to grow closer despite having alternate-perhaps opposing-perspectives, I believe this will only add to the richness of both of your lives.

If, however, you grow bitter or resentful of someone for changing, maybe you weren't friends with them for the right reasons. I would try to practice a little more selflessness, and have a little more faith in humanity. Know that people are wise enough to know what's good for them, and maybe look a little deeper than surface level. There are methods to madness too, you know." -Norell


One response to this that I received was, 


"Maybe, it's not the change we see in our friends that causes distance, but rather them straying from who they truly are, (the person that had qualities and ideas that made you like them in the first place), that makes some people distance themselves, because it hurts to see the person that was their friend slipping away, trying to be someone they're not, or just turning into someone you would have never been associated with in the first place....."

My response to this?


"Thank you, because this is my point exactly. Perhaps what you see in
them is but a projection of how you would like them to be. A selfish want
for someone to match the criteria you've set for expectations in
friendship. The ideal friend, a perfect friend, who does not stray from the definition we have filed them under in our database of others.
Imagine this, we call someone a friend but then later decide that they no
longer possess the qualities that attracted us to them in the first place,
but that we base this decision soley upon a new path he or she may be
taking-one that wakes us up, freeing us of the illusion we created with our minds, the illusion that we know exactly who that person is... Weren't we
being judgemental-even unfair-to them for placing such limitations and restrictions upon them in this so called friendship? We judge them because
they dare to take an unfamiliar path and challenge certain viewpoints and thereby stray beyond what you thought you had them figured out to be?"


Thoughts?