From time to time I am still having negative feelings or judgments, but I am getting better at noticing those thoughts/feelings and reasoning with myself why I shouldn't act on them and how those thoughts/feelings will pass. They always do pass. I go back to feeling happy with my life and the people I know. I don't want to ruin a relationship to ( Read more... )

"Have you ever felt that there was something going on in life that not everyone was aware of?" Rose asked, turning her mug around in her hands. "As though there's a story going on that everyone is a part of, but not everybody knows about? Maybe 'story' isn't the right word -- a sort of drama, a battle between what's peripheral and what's really ( Read more... )

1. Only I can make myself happy ( Read more... )

A friend on Facebook wrote down this quote, and I want to remember it ( Read more... )

I'm watching Jem episodes (the old 1980's cartoon). They were a gift from a friend who also bought herself the series. We were going to watch the first 5 episodes by today, though I don't know if she managed to and whether she'd want me to wait for her to catch up or to still watch. Usually I watch things through in one sitting (or a few ( Read more... )

Sometimes it's hard for me to remember tomorrow will arrive. There will probably be a next week. There will probably be a next month. Seeing listings of books that aren't to be released until the summer give me hope. I don't know where I'll be then or what my life will be like, how it will differ from now, but it will probably still be going on ( Read more... )

I think it's important that I appreciate each day as it happens. I spend so much time ruminating on the past and trying to anticipate the future, it ruins things for me. It doesn't make me happier, because even when I remember something happy, I know it's not happening now. Getting excited about the future is fun, but when things don't turn out ( Read more... )

"True love casts out fear ( Read more... )