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"Opportunities are never just handed to you; they must be created. Opportunities abound for every individual in every walk of life. They may not be the opportunities that you prefer, but each opportunity of which you take advantage leads to bigger and better opportunities. Physical and mental handicaps may mean that you have to explore territories unknown to others, but they also mean you have opportunities those others will never find. Think of Stephen Hawking’s brilliant research on the nature of the universe despite the fact that a crippling disease makes writing and speaking, as we know it, impossible for him. Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you. If there are adversities that you cannot overcome right now, remember to capitalize upon them at a later date by looking for the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit."

naphill.org

lieserl:

omfg JCPenny, i knew i loved you

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monday musings… moving on

the reason you don’t miss me yet

is cause I’m easy to forget

i’m the morning light shining

through your window

i’m the water running

hot and cold

i’m the shaving nick

on your upper lip

i’m your morning paper

bagged and rolled.

the reason you don’t miss me yet

is cause I haven’t left you yet

i’m the wine stain

on your carpet

i’m the white sock

in your bottom drawer

i’m the t-shirt

in your closet

and the cell phone ring

you can’t ignore.

the reason you don’t miss me yet

is cause you’re trying to forget

i’m the photos

facing the wall

i’m the paintings

under your bed

i’m the chess board

sealed in the box

i’m the memories

in your head.

the reason I don’t miss you yet?

it’s cause I’ve learned how to forget.

midnight musings… limitless

turning, twisting, tightly entwined

your weight and your fluttering hands

movement, excitement, apprehension:

the sinews of your smell 

and the bones of your breath

shifting, smiling, subdermal sensation

bending like a boomerang

stretching from head to toe:

solving for some arbitrary

equation of a line

fumbling, flipping, flat on the floor

advancing onward into the unknown

your eyelashes kiss my chest: 

your nose is an arrow

through my heart

the windows to your soul are flung open

the wind gusts in with the driving force

of a sharp exhalation:

I hear your touch

and taste your scent

at long last the line

curves and contorts, creating 

a slippery, sloping figure eight:

seamlessly joined

unbreakable by nature

this is the infinity of our love

this is the infinity of our trust

this is the infinity of our bond

this is the infinity of us

"No one’s life should be rooted in fear. We are born for wonder, for joy, for hope, for love, to marvel at the mystery of existence, to be ravished by the beauty of the world, to seek truth and meaning, to acquire wisdom, and by our treatment of others to brighten the corner where we are."

Dean Ray Koontz (via misswallflower)

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monday musings… second love

My second love was the wandering one

Ignited my heart and then stole it away

Forever moving and on the run

Dancing to keep the world at bay.

My second love was the passionate one

Don’t think my feet once touched the ground

But in his eyes lay the smoking gun

I couldn’t make him stick around.

My second love was the challenging one

In that place between white and black

Brought me to my knees where I came undone

When he said he couldn’t love me back.

My second love was the strengthening one

Learned that I could keep dancing on my own

That I could find peace and inspiration

Within myself, and myself alone.

fuckyeahyoga:

Map of where emotions are “held” in the body!

What do you need to release?

"‘I love you’ means that I accept you for the person that you are, and that I do not wish to change you into someone else. It means that I will love you and stand by you even through the worst of times. It means loving you even when you’re in a bad mood, or too tired to do the things I want to do. It means loving you when you’re down, not just when you’re fun to be with. ‘I love you’ means that I know your deepest secrets and do not judge you for them, asking in return that you do not judge me for mine. It means that I care enough to fight for what we have and that I love you enough not to let go. It means thinking of you, dreaming of you, wanting and needing you constantly, and hoping you feel the same way for me."

Jonathan Safran Foer (via girlinlondon)

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