"... I forgot you are suffering."

this.

beautiful people do not just happen.

"the most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known, suffering, known STRUGGLE, known LOSS, and have found their way out of the depths. these persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. beautiful people do not just happen." -Elisabeth Ross

i know i've posted the first quote before. it's just too perfect.

straight from my journal.

... but today, i felt happy. and that feeling doesn't happen often. so it's worth recording because it's a beautiful feeling.

 i have a beautiful home. today i am grateful. today i am hopeful.

 & i try my best to remember this...

Somedays are bad. I have to get up when I don't want to...

i'll lead with the bad news.

quote of the day

I think at some point, your heart stops accepting pain. And then you become numb.

Which is by far worse, because feeling nothing at all is worse than a million heart breaks. When all you want to do is cry & you literally can’t for the life of you… that is the most terrifying place to be in.

But what we can turn to, what we MUST turn to is HOPE. Hope will get you through the most challenging times. And sometimes you think the worst ever that could happen to you, did. So you’re in the clear. And then you wake up to a real life nightmare. And you realize, things can always be worse.

YET. They ALWAYS get better.

I have been at odds with struggles for as long as I can remember, to a point I was miserably fine with self-pity. It was my way through. Isolate. Hide. Runaway.

And what feels like the longest process/recovery ever back to the slightest bit of normalcy…

(I realized)

that it is okay to hurt.

It is okay to feel pain.

The life of the party may be dying inside.

The person you judge most harshly will always be yourself.

You must face troubles with grace.

‘great comforters are not born, they are made’

it is okay to not be okay.

it is okay to not know what is next.

It is okay to fear your dreams. 

It is okay to love.

Everything, somehow will be OKAY. 

xx0.

everything i could never tell you

every dreamer knows it's entirely possible to be homesick for a place you've never been

silver linings playbook

“You have to do everything you can. You have to work your hardest & if you do, if you stay positive you have a shot at a silver lining.”

“The world will break your heart 10 ways to Sunday that’s guaranteed. & I can’t begin to explain that or the craziness inside myself and everybody else, but guess what? Sunday's my favorite day again. I think of everything everyone did for me & I feel like a very lucky guy.”

“The only way to beat my crazy was by doing something even crazier. Thank you. I love you. I knew it from the moment I saw you. I’m sorry it took me so long to catch up.”

“You may not have experienced the shit that I did, but you loved hearing about it, didn’t you? You are afraid to be alive, you’re afraid to live. You’re a hypocrite. You’re a conformist. You’re a liar. I opened up to you, and you judged me. You’re an asshole.”

I'm so happy Jennifer Lawrence won the actor @ the sag awards & her acceptance speech was flawless...



but i do not understand how bradley cooper didn't as well. in my opinion, he nailed it. spot on. if you haven't seen it yet, i really loved it. & i love even more that someone was brave enough to write a script that is so close to home, so heartfelt. & as jennifer lawrence said-- "you made a movie for your son so he wouldn't feel alone & so he could feel understood & i think i can speak on behalf of most of us that you have helped more than your son."

touch of color

“While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness.” ― Gilda Radner. 

"You have to be willing to get happy about nothing." - Andy Warhol

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."- Lewis Carroll

"We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams." -  Les Brown 

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere." - Agnes Repplier

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thorea

 "If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves." - Thomas Edison

"We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish." - Tony Robbins

click on photo for source. 

live without fear. love always. dream forever. xo

those were yesterday's feelings

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who couldn't hear the music." 

- Friedrich Nietszche 

"When you can't remember why you're hurt, that's when you're healed." -Jane Fonda

"If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy."- Dale Carnegie

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." -E. M. Forster

as always, click on image for source. xo.