December 2008
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people move our souls to dance. They awaken us to new understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom. Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon. They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same.”
—Flavia Weedn (via kari-shma)
“Knowledge is learning something new every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day.”
—Zen Proverb (via reluctantbuddha) (via kari-shma)
“The reason ppl find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be.”
— Marcel Pagnol
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
—Albert Schweitzer (via sine-qua-non) (via kari-shma)
Optional
You’re nothing but disappoint to me anyways, so why should I stick around for more?
“Every time I see your face, my heart smiles.”
—Dangerously in Love by Beyonce (via lyricallysomething) (via kari-shma)
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
—Ernest Hemingway (via reluctantbuddha) (via kari-shma)
To the heart, my darling.
To the heart we go, my love, my darling. Deeper in and further down we shall sink, until we come to the center of it all. Your hand in mine, and your eyes turned to my own, tell me that this journey will not be in vain. It is the darkest of adventures, the most morbid of dreams. And yet, there is light at the end of it all if you should be with me. To overcome the shadows, we must first discover truth. This is trek that we have embarked on brings me continued anguish and uncertainty. And still, I find myself wanting to get to the end of it all. To give up would be death. And if the odyssey doesn’t kill us, I think we will find love in the end.
(via havent-got-a-prayer)
“There’s nothing like the deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”
—Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (via hrrrthrrr) (via apeasnpickleslife) (via kari-shma)
“When people walk away from you, let them walk. Don’t try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring for you, coming to see you, or staying attached to you. When people walk away, let them walk. Your destiny isn’t tied to anybody that left.”
—(via outlaws:kari-shma:marjchun) (via thresca)
It becomes easy to forget
The first time, it’s hard. You feel like you’re never ever going to heal.
Second time around, it feels better; safer.
Third time, things change. People change. Feelings change.
But I don’t want them to change. I’m so afraid that I’ll begin to forget about what I’ve always wanted, but if i really want it so badly then why would I ever second guess myself? Is it because I don’t truly want it, or is it because I’ve just found better.
I refuse to find better.
I don’t want to leave it all behind. I’m not ready to move on from my hopes and dreams, yet its all fading away so quick. So quick. I don’t want it to be just my past. I want it to become my future. That’s what I’ve always wanted; that’s what had kept me going.
Or was it really?
“You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.”
—Ethel Barrymore (via mimilachula) (via craytonc) (via kari-shma)
“What you need to know about the past is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now.”
—Unknown (via thresca)
“Sometimes in our relentless effort to find the person we love, we fail to recognize and appreciate the people who love us. We miss out on so many beautiful things simply because we allow ourselves to be enslaved by our own selfish concerns. Go for the man of deeds and not for the man of words, for you will find rewarding happiness, not with the man you love but with the man who loves you more. The best lovers are those capable of loving from a distance far enough to allow the person to grow but never too far to feel the love within your being. To let go of someone doesn’t mean you have to stop loving, it only means that you allow that person to find his own happiness without expecting him to come back. Letting go is not just setting the other person free, but is also setting yourself free from all the bitterness, hatred, and anger that you keep in your heart. Do not let the bitterness take away your strength and weaken your faith, and never allow pain to dishearten you; but rather let yourself grow with wisdom in bearing it. You may find peace in loving someone from a distance not expecting something in return. But be careful, for this can sustain life but can never give enough room for us to grow. We can all survive with just beautiful memories of the past, but real peace and happiness come only with open acceptance of what reality is today. There comes a time in our lives when we chance upon someone so nice and beautiful and we just find ourselves so intensely attracted to that person. This feeling soon becomes a part of our everyday lives and eventually consumes our thoughts and actions. The sad part of it is when we begin to realize that this person feels nothing more for us than just a friendship. We start our desperate attempt to get noticed and be closer, but in the end our efforts are still unrewarded and we end up being sorry for ourselves. You don’t have to forget someone you love. What you need to learn is how to accept the verdict of reality without being bitter or sorry for yourself. Believe me, you would be better off giving that dedication and love to someone more deserving. Don’t let your heart run your life, be sensible and let your mind speak for itself. Listen not only to your feelings but to reason as well. Always remember that if you lose someone today, it means that someone better is coming tomorrow. If you lose love that doesn’t mean you failed in love. Cry if you have to, but make sure that tears wash away the hurt and the bitterness that the past has left with you. Let go of yesterday and love will find its way back to you. And when it does, pray that it may be the love that will stay and last a lifetime.”
—Albert Einstein
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”If she loves you, if she really loves you, you’ll know it. If you can wake up to her staring at you and it’s not even mildly creepy, if you catch her smelling the shoulder of the hooded sweatshirt you lent her for an autumn walk at the beach, and not for B.O., if she makes you a pancake in the shape of a shark, if she calls you drunkenly at four in the morning “to talk,” if she laughs at your jokes when they’re funny and makes fun of you when they’re not, if she keeps her fridge stocked with Guinness tallboys for when you come over, if she tells you how she wishes she were closer to her sister and that her dad makes her sad: She loves you, of course she loves you.”
“You broke my heart.” Hearts don’t break. They’re really squishy, that’s all. Somebody said that once and it was new and everybody went “Yeah” and then everyone’s said it since. Even if you threw my heart against the wall it wouldn’t break, it would bounce.
— My creative writing teacher (via kevincoyne)
We can only go so far
I know in my life I’ve probably hurt more people that I would have liked to.
& All it takes is one song to bring back millions of feelings, thoughts and memories.
Even though things change everyday and people change everyday; it’s still a hard concept to grasp. Sometimes I don’t want to let go of the people that I hold dear. They don’t know I hold them dear to my heart.
I have a weird way of expressing or showing that to people. Is it because they don’t really understand what I’m like?
I guess it’s because people only see what you show. There’s where we leave room for mistakes. Then no matter how much you care for a person inside of your heart, if you don’t show it, they’ll never know.
But maybe that goes for me as well. I’m sure that I don’t understand or see how people completely feel about me.
So I can only dream that one day everyone that I love, or once loved in any way will know and see that I never meant to hurt them in any way.
We can only go so far.
