“Meeting someone for the first time is like going on a treasure hunt. What wonderful worlds we can find in others!”
—Edward E. Ford
December 2010
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“Show me the beauty of a life laid down.”
—Jars of Clay, No Greater Love
“People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.”
—Salma Hayek (via kari-shma)
on waffles and the reigning christmas champion. →
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latest blog post on christmas traditions and the like. enjoyyyy!
“The heart has its reasons, of which the mind knows nothing.”
—Blaise Pascal (via quote-book)
“Will You open my heart and reach inside till the blood on your hands is Yours not mine?
Set us free, trust the mystery,
until our eyes are clear enough to see You.
Where You lead us we will follow.” —Jars of Clay, We Will Follow
Set us free, trust the mystery,
until our eyes are clear enough to see You.
Where You lead us we will follow.” —Jars of Clay, We Will Follow
"Reblog if your mom is beautiful." "Reblog if your best friend is beautiful." How about this. Reblog if you believe everyone is truly beautiful in their own way.
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt (via goodbyed)
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.”
—C.S. Lewis (via quote-book)
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?”
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Marianne Williamson (via fevenaraya)
“It’s easy to be miserable. Being happy is tougher — and cooler.”
—Thom Yorke (via kari-shma)
“I happen to believe the world will change only when we change ourselves. And that starts with finding ourselves. And that starts with listening to ourselves: learning to quiet the clamor in our minds and the voices of everyone around us and move toward what feels right- towards the things we know, for reasons we can’t explain, that we’re meant to do, the things that make us feel alive.”
—Kelly Cutrone - If You Have To Cry Go Outside, And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You (via quote-book)
“I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved. I know that I can give love for a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month, but I can give. I am very happy to do that, I want to do that.”
—Lady Diana (via ireadintothings)
“The most important opinion you have is the one you have of yourself, and the most significant things you say all day are those things you say to yourself.”
—Unknown Author (via goodbyed)
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead.”
—Marilyn Monroe (via kari-shma)
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
—William James (via quote-book)
100th post.
being that this is my 100th post, i felt compelled to make it sort of special. as you can tell, i mostly just reblog silly/meaningful things i happen to like on the internet or post quotes/pictures/whatever from the various media i consume. i don’t normally write on my tumblr (because that’s what this is for) but i thought i’d do so for my centennial post.
as 2010 draws to a close, i (like many of you) find myself reflecting over how i’ve grown in the past year. moreover, i’m contemplating how i’d like to become an even better version of myself in the coming year.
(i think i’m being entirely too wordy about the fact that i’ve made some new years resolutions.)
i normally make a handful of resolutions each year. because i’m an overachiever/perfectionist/insane person, one just never seems like enough.
here are the first few i’ve come up with:
1.) i resolve to only post positive things on the internet. this goes for twitter, facebook, tumblr, wordpress, whatever. there are a handful of people who only know what’s going on in my life based on what i submit to cyberspace. there’s no reason for anyone in that position to have to assume my life is horrible or that i’m sad or pessimistic or anything like that. i’m really not! my life is overflowing with blessings and happiness, and i REALLY don’t want to project anything that might lead anyone to believe otherwise.
2.) i resolve to run more than two races in 2011. this shouldn’t be too hard, since i’ve already verbally committed to two races and they’re both in february. one’s a half marathon! holy crap!
3.) i resolve to get down to a normal BMI (which would mean losing ten pounds) and let that be enough. i started weight watchers about ten weeks ago with this outlandish idea that i’d lose over 30 pounds. i’ve lost ten so far (!) but i stumbled across pictures of myself from four years ago in the depths of eating disordered hell. when those pictures were taken, i only weighed about fifteen pounds less than i do now and i looked absolutely disgusting. my body isn’t meant to be stick thin. it’s meant to be curvy and i love it that way. so to go from “overweight” to “normal” on the BMI chart is a healthy (and realistic) goal.
4.) i resolve to set aside an hour a day to studying the bible, writing in my journal, and personal prayer. it sucks that i have to make this a resolution. but nobody’s perfect, right?
so. there’s a start.
what new years resolutions do you have? how can i encourage you to keep them?
“The truth is that this world is in a battle between good and evil. And although God does not need us to be a part of it, He wants us in it. He wants us to fight. He already has the victory either way. This life is not a drama about you or me. It’s a saga about God and how He is bringing His redemptive power to the world. And He has things for His followers to do in this drama to see His Kingdom come here on earth.”
—Kerstin Pless, Relevant (via chelseamwatkins)
“Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
—Albus Dumbledore | Submitted by thevendiagram (via quote-book)
Reblog if your glasses are actually prescription.
yes bc I am a BLIND MOTHERFUCKER
;__;
yaaap :’I
I hardly wear them unless i’m at home b/c i forget them
a lot.
hafbdvb.
deal w/ it, hipsters
caught watching food porn. →
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My gym membership expired this month and the temperature has dipped below a comfortable temperature at which to run outside, so my friends Zack and Sarah have graciously offered up their apartment complex gym for me to use. There is a big flat screen television mounted to the wall above the cardio machines and even though I’ve created a sweet running playlist consisting of songs that make me feel sexy and, thus, motivated to keep running (ex. “Love Game” by Lady GaGa and “We R Who We R” by Ke$ha”) I’ve found myself choosing TV over music to accompany me on my runs. This is fine, except for one problem: the first time I entered the gym, the TV was turned on The Food Network and I couldn’t figure out how to change the channel. So ever since then I’ve been watching quality programs such as “Barefoot Contessa” and “Down Home with the Neelys” while I put miles on my legs.
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“Women marinate in a patriarchal culture, and we’re taught from a very young age that beauty (including being skinny and young) is the most valuable form of social capital there is. We’re taught that attention from men is the be-all-end-all. That message comes from everywhere, so even if you’re lucky to grow up with people emphasizing education and career to you, you’re still under a lot of pressure to look a certain way and act a certain way. I mean, for Pete sakes, the woman who recently won the Noble Prize in one of the sciences gets a mention in the news and a brief public pat on the back, while the Giselles of the world get a never ending stream of fawning, awestruck “she’s so amazing!!!!” things written and said about them. It’s no wonder girls internalize the message that being pretty is the most worthwhile thing you can be.”
—Jezebel commenter tall-in-heels, 3 Reasons Why “Erotic Capital” Is Bullshit (via rachelhills)
daily dose of cuteness. →
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who doesn’t love a good hedgehog bath?
“I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.”
—Rita Mae Brown (via goodbyed)
“You’re all geniuses and you’re all beautiful. You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are.”
—John Lennon
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
—Albert Camus
