December 2011
Honesty is important, because, sometimes, a person just wants to know that someone gets it, that someone knows what it is like to feel hopeless or sad or broken or clueless or confused. It’s like a hug to the heart. i know that i do. It breaks my heart when i share my concerns and someone’s response is to yell at me, scold me, or to preach at me. i’m just a human being. i...
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i’m dreaming of a little house with tall grass to sweep through, with boarded steps to run down and maybe a tire or two up front to stand on when i want to be a little taller, a little bolder, a little more adventurous than i think i am. i’m dreaming of a little garden i can get lost in with flowers and stalks and leaves glorious enough to have me daydream of faroff forests and giant...
Anonymous asked: There probably is no god. So stop worrying and enjoy yourself. Explore the wonders of the universe. Treat humans and animals with respect. And for christ's sake, think for yourself. Educate yourself. You're better than that, love!
Dreaming with my eyes open.
It’s 3:55 in the morning and i’ve had a rough few weeks. Being at home for six weeks after going to school is definitely a shock to me after being able to execute whatever i wanted to… Going to the beach at 2am, climbing mountains, talking to hitchhikers and the homeless…
Sometimes, when you’re hit with floods of negative thoughts, it’s easy to form yourself...
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Overwhelmingly tired from playing, dancing, jumping and swinging with six children and five dogs today.
If it weren’t for them, perhaps i would have spent the first half of the day crying or trying to hold back my tears. Christmas is one of the hardest days for me to endure, just thinking about the injustice in the world. You’d think that days like Christmas or Easter would open...
Someday, it won't hurt as much.
Watchlittlearrowsofdesire:
my amazing friends susanna and chris from scad recorded a little christmas ep and it’s beautiful. SO MUCH BEAUTY AND TALENT. so please, download it. it’s free. your ears will thank you and wish you a merry christmas and drink and be merry.
OH MY LANTA… They’re so talented. i miss them.
“The advent convinces man of Gods love, not his existence. If the later is more...”
– a wise person on twitter :) Love is here. Merry Christmas everyone.
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Peer over the edge, can you see me? Rivulets flow...
i went to see my grandmother today. She is dying at last, having been kept alive for several years in a half-conscious state where whatever disease she has has been eaten away at her brain. She has my same first and last name. She is 88 years old, and she hasn’t been fed by her tube in 23 days, because her body rejects everything now. She can still hear us, even though she cannot speak. i...
“It’s not the petty imperfections that define us,
but the way we hold our...”
– la dispute (via thatfuckingpantomime)
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The ultimate adventure.
Is loving the world. In my eyes.
Love and adventure are synonymous to me. Without love, there is nothing to protect, without anything to protect, there is no purpose, and without purpose, there is no adventure.
jonnygraham:
I always felt uncomfortable when people say there is a childish nature to the work I’m trying to make. It’s not that I have anything against childhood, it’s more that assumption that imagination is associated with children and that adult work is expected to leave that behind; that adult life expects us to leave that behind. I think that our inherent ability to create, to be...
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Thank you, Giver.
Sometimes, it’s hard to remember that we recieve by first giving. If the first person didn’t give… how on EARTH could the person who will receive something recieve anything if that first person didn’t give? Perhaps givers set the world in motion.
Colors // The Rocket Summer
We share a name, we...
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You can say to someone “I forgive you” or “i’m sorry. Can you forgive me?”, but your words mean nothing if you life doesn’t reflect that forgiveness. Forgiveness isn’t about forgetting, it is about transformation. It is about love. It is about peace.
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“The revolutions of the world have always been about one group trying to wrest...”
– Greg Boyd (The Myth of a Christian Religion)
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When we refuse to admit our sorrows, it is impossible to be truly joyful. You feign joy and happiness, while the sorrow slowly eats away and dulls your soul.
That’s why it’s important to open up. It doesn’t make the pain go away, but, a weight doesn’t feel as heavy when it’s shared.
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i miss
the fog of wet, winter mornings. The trees that camouflage behind it and the blur of high speed traveling.
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us...”
– Norman Cousins
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Swim.
Just keep your head above.
Loose Change To Produce Change - Lets Buy A House!
brandtrusso:
I have an idea for a campaign. I have always been fascinated with taking waste and turning it into life (dumpstering discarded food to feed the hungry, using vegetable oil for fuel, taking trash and turning it into art, etc). I feel like this idea can be replicated (and has been) because we will never run out of spare change.
Statistically, the majority of the dying world...
Revolution of the heart.
Before you occupy a country, you must occupy your heart. If you can be trusted with the little things along the way, you can be trusted with the bigger things.
Mother Teresa always says that Love starts at home. Revolution starts at home. Let’s think about what love looks like. The first people who loved Jesus, Mary, the mother of Jesus, took care of him, and fed him as a child. We can...
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Josh Garrels — Pilot Me
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watch to the end
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i’m so happy to be female! i used to want to be a boy when i was younger, or at least not girly, because i thought being a boy would be better. I thought boys had all the adventures. But, beautiful, strong-hearted, adventurous and loving women inspire me so ridiculously much. And, i am proud now.
And, i made a friend, today.
That is all. :)
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“People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you...”
– Mother Teresa (via fracturado)
Brokenness
i will be honest and admit
That often times, i want to leave the earth and everyday i struggle with loneliness and friendlessness.
Everyday, it becomes harder for me to express my feelings.
Having faith is an everyday battle for me.
Having faith that things will get better is hard because, my family is addicted to the five televisions we have in our house, and so, i don’t have anyone to...
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Blood, Colorism, Hierarchy, Love, Community,...
i woke up with a lot of insecurities this morning, and i figured it’s important to share for the sake of those who have ever experienced any of the feelings i have. Even for those who have not experienced such things perhaps this is an opportunity to understand. If so, i honor that. Even though it’s going to hurt for me to share this, (the idea of being vulnerable lately has me...
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i am so ready for ADVENTURE.
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You want to say that their actions never happened.
You want to cut them down.
You think, it’s too good to be true.
Because, you are too hurt to believe.
You refuse to be comforted.
Help a brother and sister out?
My friend Joel and a couple of other kids just received an enormous budget to invest in programs at their school.
Joel is a English major and philosophy minor that studies at the University of Oregon in Eugene. What he needs is ideas for on-campus programs and events for his group to sponsor that will encourage students to be involved in activism.
i have a lot of ideas, but, i’d love to...
Peace is knowing that you have been given what you need, that you are exactly where you need to be, and that there is a reason why you’re here. That is why peace is often associated with silence. i think loving yourself and having peace with yourself means accepting that you are not less than you are, and that you are not more than anyone or anything else, but still knowing that you are...