THE GRAND DISTRACTION

AND EVERYDAY, THE WORLD WILL DRAG YOU

BY THE HAND, YELLING "THIS IS IMPORTANT! AND THIS

IS IMPORTANT! AND THIS IS IMPORTANT! YOU NEED

TO WORRY ABOUT THIS! AND THIS!

 

AND EACH DAY,IT'S UP TO YOU, TO YANK

YOUR HAND BACK, PUT IT ON

YOUR HEART AND

SAY

"NO. THIS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT"

-I WROTE THIS FOR YOU

 

 

Where Have I Been ?

So, wow. I'm shocked how long it has been, and that I actually forgot about this blog. It honestly could have saved me all these years! It's pretty crazy how life gets in the way of things, and or you lose interest... but, the funny thing for me is (as you can see none of this is my own writing or photography, but a mixture of all the beautiful things I've come across-the ones that stuck out the most, the ones that really tugged at my heart strings) I haven't stopped collecting this type of content, I have notebooks upon notebooks overflowing with beautiful words. I could have been sharing my findings for all these years I've let go by- especially because they are not my own words, they're just the things that help me feel and help me move through life.

 

 I do write and, to be honest, am pretty decent at it. I am just very protective of who sees and feels my deep and personal yet beautifully happy / sad emotions. It could be a flaw, but I've always had a guard up. Perhaps, that's the very reason I write... to express everything inside, somehow. Maybe one day I will find it appropriate to share! But, for now I use these quotes, sayings, videos, art, and music to pertain to my life and relate and find beauty. It's primarily for me- there are millions of blogs in the world, the only reason I share is for any of you who may relate or may find beauty in it as well.

 

I looked back at all my posts- and remembered myself, and it made me realize I got lost somewhere in those four years. Clearly, I may not be consistent... but, it's just here to be here and that's about the only goal, besides to obviously remind me to remain in tune with myself, to not get lost out there.

 

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"So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or

the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of

Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at

the front desks of our public libraries."

—Kurt Vonnegut via my good friend Jack C. Buck

"You die when you stop feeling,

I will live forever"

via- I Wrote This For You

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own 

insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable 

violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. 

To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. 

To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is 

simple. 

To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try 

and 

understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.” 

-Arundhati Roy

"But let there be spaces in your togetherness

and let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

love one another but make not a bond of love: let

it rather be a moving sea between the shores

of your souls"

-Kahlil Gibran