December 2009
15 posts
havent-got-a-prayer:
Lately, I’ve been struggling with living in the moment. I seem to be exerting far too much mental energy on worrying about the future or pondering the ever-so-popular question: “What if?” While this may be a very human tendency, I find that for myself, it is not a very healthy one.
Yesterday on a relaxing drive with Ryan, I started thinking about the paths we all take to...
it's all happening, all of it!
yourwrite:
Doesn’t it ever alarm you to think about how there are billions of people existing out there right now, right this moment, and they’re all the creators of so many thoughts and ideas whizzing about? At this very moment in time there are people making love and having babies and putting their dogs to sleep. There are husbands leaving their wives and wives leaving their husbands and...
Empowering
You can think. You can feel. You can solve your problems. You can take care of yourself.
Those words have often benefited me more than the most profound and elaborate advice. How easy it is to fall into the trap of doubting ourselves and others. When someone tells us about a problem, what is our reaction? Do we believe we need to solve it for the person? Do we believe that that person’s...
nedhepburn:
The Platters “Only You”
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formspring.me
what if the guy i love just ends up breaking my heart someday?
Well for starters, you can’t play the ‘What If Game’. We often start to get ahead of ourselves in life and think, “What if he breaks my heart?”, “What if my new job doesn’t work out?” ect…. That game never has any answers at the time. It only adds stress and...
GivesMeHope →
Last night, over the phone, my friend told me he was considering suicide. I didn’t know what else to do, so I sent him the link to GMH. He texted me this morning saying that he stayed up all night reading every post, and that he could never leave a world that contained such beauty. GMH
Strength
We don’t always have to be strong to be strong. Sometimes, our strength is expressed in being vulnerable. Sometimes, we need to fall apart to regroup and stay on track.
We all have days when we cannot push any harder, cannot hold back self-doubt, cannot stop focusing on fear, cannot be strong.
There are days when we cannot focus on being responsible. Occasionally, we don’t want to...
“I bet you’re a pretty violent snowball fighter.”
– Brad
I love my best friend!
Coco (Me): I really miss her. I even had a dream about her last night.
Carlos: Is it the one where you guys are fighting in a giant pie made of whipped cream and you're both naked? Because I had that dream.
