March 2012
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The simple things.
Bubble wrap
Licking cake batter/cookie dough off the spoon
A pair of jeans that fit perfectly
Strange cloud formations
Good ol’ vanilla ice cream
When the breeze blows my hair and I feel like a model/superstar/awesome
New blossoms and lush greenery of spring
Unexpected texts/calls just to say “I love you”
The smell of baking
Warm sunshine on my skin
Discovering a great...
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I'm lucky.
I go to the hospital every day.
But I’m not sick.
Most people associate hospitals with disease, dirtiness, and despair. They watch helplessly as loved ones hang on by a thread, stand by filled with hope as they recover, and gaze in horror as those loved ones fade away. The odor of sterility, the sight of faceless nurses and doctors, and the din of beeps, rings, and alarms all make people...
Always interesting to see who says happy birthday to me. I haven’t talked to most of these people in years, but it’s sweet :]
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“And most of all, don’t play it safe. Resist the seductions of the cowardly...”
– William Deresiewicz, from The Chronicle article “What are you going to do with that?”
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Bloom. Beach House. →
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“I actually attack the concept of happiness. The idea that - I don’t mind people...”
– Hugh Mackay (via aeloquence)
I reject this. I pursue happiness as a whole state of mind, while I flee from becoming trapped into a life of dissatisfaction and compromise. I embrace sadness and pain, as those emotions make me feel alive and real.
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“Beards always seemed to her rather sinister. Why would anyone wear one, unless...”
– Edward Eager, from Half Magic
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“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that...”
– Lao Tzu
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