You either have your dreams, or you have the reason you don’t have your dreams.

You’re not a victim. You create your own universe around you with your thoughts and your expectations, everything is perception. Reality is malleable.

Appeal to the best in people.

Instead of defining myself as “good” based on what I don’t do, I want it to be because of what I do. I want to have an active standard to live up to, not a passive one; something based on presence rather than absence ( Read more... )

I have grownup feet.

By which I mean, I now have the feet of a grownup. The kind of feet I noticed my mom & aunts having when I was little. Strong, utilitarian feet, with toenails & veins.

Of course, they had toenails & veins before, and I don't suppose they've ever been anything but utilitarian (certainly not decorative), but ( Read more... )

"'Does the moon have a purpose?" she inquired of Prince Charming ( Read more... )

True love is not the helpless desire
to possess the cherished object of
one's fervent affection;

True love is the disciplined generosity
we require of ourselves for the sake of another
when we would rather be selfish

- The Emperor of Ocean Park

Funny how good it feels to remember you’re not the center of the universe.

Wow.

Went to the gym today for the first time in a year, and holy COW I feel good :)

All I did was 30 min on the elliptical machine, and now I feel like I could conquer the universe and still have the time & energy to finish up my OJourn Homework.

I am SO going every day from now on :)

Talking about the universal human conditions, the ones we want to instill in our children-curiosity, longing for adventure, high hopes, optimisn, idealism, sticking to your ideals, seeking happiness, being satisfied with nothing less, perfect happiness, dreams and fulfillment of dreams. Being strong. Not settling. They didn't know exactly what it ( Read more... )

Actually, if you think about it--any extra meat on your bones is from what you eat, right? Therefore, my body (although there may be too much of it) is made of really good stuff--I'm chocolate chip cookies & aberdour sandwiches & ice cream & cinnamon rolls & chicken quesadillas. :) When you look at it that way, it's not nearly so bad. I'm tasty.

"Know you what it is to be a child ( Read more... )