Ten Rules for Being Human
It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
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| — | F.Scott Fitzgerald (via salveo) |
Tracie, you said you wanted to see the Aurora Borealis, here’s a timelapse of what it looked like three days ago. It is quite spectacular. Take me with you!
aurora time-lapse from birtavarre, norway, on january 22nd
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.
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Neil Gaiman (via boxofoctaves) i will always love this. (via ryannjoy) |
Love is the very essence of life. It is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Yet it is not found only at the end of the rainbow. Love is at the beginning also, and from it springs the beauty that arched across the sky on a stormy day. Love is the security for which children weep, the yearning of youth, the adhesive that binds marriage, and the lubricant that prevents devastating friction in the home; it is the peace of old age, the sunlight of hope shining through death. How rich are those who enjoy it in their associations with family, friends, and neighbors! Love, like faith, is a gift of God. It is also the most enduring and most powerful virtue.
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| — | Gordon B. Hinckley (via myquotelibrary) |
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.
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| — | Rachel Naomi Remen (via thelionseyes) |
I would probably be scared to death up there myself, but I think this is an amazing photo. I need a sitting spot like that.
That is why we have to make room in our lives for people who may sometimes disappoint or exasperate us. If we hold our friends to a standard of perfection, or if they do that to us, we will end up far lonelier than we want to be.
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| — | Harold S. Kushner, Living a Life That Matters: Resolving the Conflict Between Conscience and Success (via thoughtsdetained) |
