Vindicate

Although it may take a while, we should try to absolve those that have wounded us. Forgiveness will allow us to feel ethereal. 

http://i.imgur.com/aKv5O.jpg

Catch me when I fall

Solo

http://i.imgur.com/JHOH5.jpg

Exposure to light at night

Click the link below:

Exposure to light at night may cause depression, learning issues, mouse study suggests

Ease

You are responsible for the peace that you feel.

Tenacity

http://sayingimages.com/i-hope-you-live-a-life-youre-proud-of/

Diminutive words

“A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.”

- Horace

Love

While watching Sons of Anarchy, I heard the following quote regarding love:


"Only men need to be loved; Women need to be wanted."

Agreed.

Mindful

Mindful

Every day

I see or hear

something

that more or less

kills me

with delight,

that leaves me

like a needle

in the haystack

of light.

It was what I was born for -

to look, to listen,

to lose myself

inside this soft world -

to instruct myself

over and over

in joy,

and acclamation.

Nor am I talking

about the exceptional,

the fearful, the dreadful,

the very extravagant -

but of the ordinary,

the common, the very drab,

the daily presentations.

Oh, good scholar,

I say to myself,

how can you help

but grow wise

with such teachings

as these -

the untrimmable light

of the world,

the ocean's shine,

the prayers that are made

out of grass?

- Mary Oliver

Fortitude

Have the courage to take action and to follow your passion.

Refinement

We are all one small adjustment from making our lives work ... 

I heard this quote as I was flipping through channels ... lol

Insomniac or Nocturnal ?

Night time is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep.

- Catherine O'Hara

Laconic

" When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less. "

- Paul Brown

Footprints in the sand

One night I had a dream -- 

I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord, and

Across the sky flashed scenes from my life.

For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand;

One belonged to me, and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of my life flashed before us,

I looked back at the footprints in the sand.

I noticed that many times along the path of my life,

There was only one set of footprints.

I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in my life

This really bothered me, and I questioned the Lord about it.

"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,

You would walk with me all the way;

But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life,

There is only one set of footprints.

I don't understand why in times when I

needed you the most, you should leave me.

The Lord replied, "My precious, precious

child. I love you, and I would never,

never leave you during your times of

trial and suffering.

When you saw only one set of footprints,

It was then that I carried you."

Mary Stevenson

Zealous

I can't believe I am quoting Huxley ...

"Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right."

                                            -Aldous Huxley

Intrepidity

Kinship

Photo by Ronald Koster: http://www.flickr.com/people/7401855@N08/

Acclimatize !!!!!

"When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails"
                                                               H. Jackson Brown Jr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_little_one/464921012/

Perspicacious

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” 

 Eleanor Roosevelt

Felicity

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
- Joseph Campbell 

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In Four Years

Please note that I did not write this, and found it online- the author is unknown, but the poem can be found in the following link:
http://dukegroups.duke.edu/develledish/2011/in-four-years/



I learned that putting spoons in the freezer when you’re crying will later soothe your puffy eyes
I learned that getting away from the person who makes you cry will, eventually, make you feel better.

I learned that my eyes are grey, not blue
That they shift with the light and with my moods
I learned that this makes me beautiful
Even when my eyes are as stormy as my soul.

I learned that I hate the word “hot”
I learned that I have defined a large portion of my life by it.

I learned the difference between a true apology and a request for absolution
I learned that the former is rare and the latter, much too common
I learned that I have the right to walk away from both.

I learned that I have rights, even as a woman.  Especially as a woman.

I learned that rock bottom is never actually bottom, and that asking for help is better than muddling through
I learned that muddling a drink is unnecessary when you learn to like the taste of straight whisky
I learned that whisky sometimes gets you closer to bottom.

I learned that discomfort is powerful.

I learned that thunderstorms are soothing
And that sunny days are just nervous energy bursting from the universe’s soul.

I learned that sunburn hurts just as much as the boy on the beach who tells you that you look anything less than “skinny” in a bathing suit
I learned that “skinny” is more painful than it looks
And that a bathing suit is meant for playing in the water so much that you forget you are getting burned.

I learned that cigarettes sting and that cigars are smoother
But that smoking either will elicit more attention than both are worth.

I learned that sex can feel good
And that it feels best when it’s actually consensual.

I learned that speaking against the consensus is sometimes a good idea
I learned that my ideas are worth voicing, even when they earn me a jab in the ribs, a shove, a reputation
I learned that reputations are both more and less important than they seem
Depending upon the circles of people you choose to esteem in your life.

I learned that having people in my life that I do not respect is, in fact, a waste of my time
I learned that my time is precious because it is mine, because I can choose what I want to do with it.

I learned that taking a nap is sometimes just as valuable as taking that hour to study, or get lunch with a friend, or look up poetry by authors I secretly aspire to become
I learned that secret aspirations are just bold dreams divided from the truth by a thin line of privacy and shame
I learned that words are in my veins and that I bleed my existence every time I put pen to paper.
I learned that four years is not enough time to know myself.

But I learned that I am worth knowing.

by anonymous 

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