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summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people.

for those few months you're not required to be who everyone thinks you are,

and that cut-grass smell in the air and the chance to dive into the deep end of a pool

give you a courage you don't have the rest of the year. you can be graceful and easy,

with no eyes on you, ( Read more... )

Sometimes the best way to move forward is to slow down. Bigger, busier and faster are not always better, though we often assume they are without even thinking about it. A full calendar does not necessarily mean a full life.
You work hard for your life. Spend some significant time living it. You make many sacrifices for your family. Spend some real ( Read more... )

bored. new layout.

There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go
through the intellect.
--G.K. Chesterton

Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence
By David Keirsey

In My Attempt at Bettering Myself I find the above book a joyous read. I believed it impossible to categorize the entire world's population into four main personality types, being the skeptic that I am of stereotypes. Nevertheless, after taking the 70 question ( Read more... )

Sometimes I just forget. I forget that writing is the product of two things: inspiration and perspiration. Mostly I just forget the perspiration. If one only composes during those initial moments of inspiration-given there is a cause to be inspired- how often would one’s pen leave its place? For to be a writer is to realize that any moment in life ( Read more... )

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Playing it safe is, ironically, one of the biggest risks we can ever take.

I said that to somebody last night, and I truly believe it.
So many people go through life with their eyes closed, not taking time to notice all the beauty because they can't even see it, not making themselves vulnerable because they're afraid of being hurt.

Which would you ( Read more... )

so i could scratch my crotch in public...

I have decided that I truely know nothing about any human being. I know no one and no one really knows me. Everyone wants to think there is that one person whom you just "click" with, that one person who always knows what you are thinking, that one person whom you will always love, and the one that will ( Read more... )