May 2013
5 posts
March 2013
4 posts
We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away,...
– Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
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February 2013
4 posts
January 2013
1 post
December 2012
1 post
October 2012
14 posts
Desiderata
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,...
Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I...
May 2012
8 posts
April 2012
15 posts
Hands that help are far better than lips that pray.”
- Robert...
absolutely beautiful.
Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am...
inspiration.
“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life…You...