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20 Years Later
Bless the heart of whoever at LJ turned on the notification email option for 20 year anniversaries.
I received an email this morning and went through all 74 of my entries from the 2000s, in all its angsty, cringey glory.
I wanted to hate them all, but I'm reading them with so much love. The amount of importance I put into myself and giving myself ( Read more... ) -
Why I W.R.I.T.E.
Ø I write because I can.
I write as a testament of my will to live and to express my love in every way I choose to
I write as appreciation to God for this given talent
I write to become better at it.
I write because it’s the only thing I know how to do to free myself
I write for the hell of it
I write for the heaven of it, too.
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A Birthday Revelation
I made a decision last night.
Yesterday was my birthday. Everyone whom I expected to call, text, message me did so and then some, and it kept me in a really good mood consistently throughout the day. It made me realize how blessed I am and the many people whom I forget are with me, near or far.
Unfortunately, my dad forgot.
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The Promise - My Bucket List
Note: Subject to change
I never expected to break my limits in Hong Kong.
I had started getting back to running in the last few weeks leading up to Hong Kong. They were half-assed attempts, honestly. But they were attempts nonetheless. I didn't have much of a goal, just that I wanted to improve. I wanted my knee to be the way it was before the ( Read more... ) -
The Journey - Mary Oliver (sums up my summer well)
The Journey
One day
You finally knew
what you had to do
and began
Though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice -
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
“Mend my life!”
each voice cried.
But you didn’t stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations -
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