coming alive

let the beauty you love be what you do. there are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth. -rumi

I don’t understand why my roommate is not responding to me playing “Saturday In the Park” at full volume and performing a dance in the kitchen while she’s on the phone, cooking chicken.

I must be an utter joy to live with.

Your soul doesn’t care what you do for a living - and when your life is over, neither will you. Your soul cares only about what you are being while you are doing whatever you are doing.

—Neale Donald Walsch  (via maddierose)

(Source: illuminatedbeing, via nogreatillusion)

Now I can walk the stones of the shoreline & taste the ocean salt when the cold shines.

Now I can walk the stones of the shoreline & taste the ocean salt when the cold shines.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

—Albert Einstein

I give you: kittens in the bathtub.

Can’t neva sleep, but sure can have insaaAaAAaAne dreams when I do.

Today I saw my favorite human in the world after 2 long months. He is so tall, so sweet, and did really cute things like hold multiple kittens in his arms. Also, he said he cooks his own hotdogs, so yeah, he’s the best.

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FUNemployed

gold dust woman - fleetwood mac


shatter your illusions of love
& now tell me
is it over now?
do you know how
to pick up the pieces
& go home?

(Source: Spotify)

i’m learning that life is like your own giant “choose your own ending” book.

outside circumstances influence you, but you are the one who chooses & turns the page.

while that seems intimidating, it’s also liberating.