Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
For Annie
We come from the stuff of dying stars. Never forget this, especially on your ugly days.
Everyone will tell you this, but it’s because it’s true: You deserve so much better. So much.
Write a little every day.
Wave to your pain. Smile at it. But use tough love.
Be thankful for the breath in your lungs and the people whose company you enjoy.
There is still so much to be in wonder of on our little blue-green planet. Take long walks and have hour-long conversations with the trees. They’re wonderful listeners.
I am here, always, if you ever need anything.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Hibernation
You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living.
Then you read a book… or you take a trip… and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating.
The symptoms of hibernating are easily detectable: first, restlessness. The second symptom (when hibernating becomes dangerous and might degenerate into death): absence of pleasure. That is all. It appears like an innocuous illness. Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this (or die like this) without knowing it. They work in offices. They drive a car. They picnic with their families. They raise children. And then some shock treatment takes place, a person, a book, a song, and it awakens them and saves them from death. Some never awaken.
-Anais Nin
Friday, May 4, 2012
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