A very special tweet, and some free tips for finding inner peace

For day 9 of my 30 Tweets to 30 Peeps challenge, I shall address someone I'd like to meet. Oh boy! The possibilities are seemingly endless. Should I pick someone who is no longer with us here on Earth, like the great John Lennon or perhaps some key figure from further back in history, like Cleopatra or Joan of Arc? Or perhaps I should I pick some respected author or scholar whom I admire?

This is tough! Luckily, this is only a blog and the decision I make really has no effect on anything, besides maybe the amount of comments I receive on this post. Ha!

I don't want to write another open letter because specificity is interesting and I've already done too many open-ended letters. This one is going to a person whom I will never meet, and if they were alive I still probably wouldn't ever get the chance to meet them. But that's okay, and this is what the Tweet is for.

@TheresaHakKyungCha: I never knew you, but I have a lot to ask. You were a great writer, tragic, gone so soon. Made an impact on me, in many ways you won't know.

For those who have never heard of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, don't feel too bad. She was a writer, artist (an example of her art is depicted above), performer, only had one book published, an autobiography, before she was murdered by a stranger in New York City. I love the way she writes, so fluidly and poetic, and it's really sad to me that we'll never get to read any more of her work. I would love to pick her brain on language and story, but alas it will never happen.

And now to follow-up on my blog post from yesterday. I got a lot of feedback from readers regarding my completely biased critique of Eat Pray Love, which is cool and it's what I wanted. So thanks! Thanks to one of my readers for sharing this article "Eat, Pray, Spend" from Bitch Magazine about the anti-feminist message in the story, and the idea that we can buy our problems away. The authors really hit the nail on the head, for me at least, and said what I was thinking-- albeit a lot more eloquent and researched than my piece.

Today, I thought I'd do something a little different, but still on the same note. You don't need to spend money or take yoga classes to live a better life-- really!

Here are some FREE and fun ways to find inner-peace...

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1) Take a walk and count how many friends who you love and who love you back. Feel thankful.

2) Take a long hot bath, light some incense, and listen to the sweet, sweet sounds of Sade while you relax.

3) Pet a kitty. Giving your pets affection is good for your soul and theirs.

4) Go outside and stand in the sunlight. Close your eyes and feel the sun warming your face. Soak up that vitamin D.

5) Sit in a park and do some people-watching. Nothing takes your mind off things like sitting in nature and observing other people.

6) Stressed to the max? Grab a pillow and scream as loud as you can into it. Feel better? I thought you would.

On another note, I lost a follower last night, most likely due to my blog about Julia Roberts. Damn, are people really that sensitive? It's just my opinion, gee whiz!