August 2011
56 posts
Quiet Steps
Brother Bear
brother bear // quiet steps
Blind Melon - No Rain
blind melon // no rain.
“Just say something real. Everyone just always tries so hard, and it all comes out the same. I just want someone to say something real.”
—Katie Alender
this is the way it works
I feel what I feel when I need to feel it. I let myself feel it, and then I move on when I have felt it.
I’m not dwelling, but I’m not lying to myself either.
God is good. I am joyful. I have hope. I have love.
… I’m learning how to be healthy.
And I’m learning that healthy for me doesn’t always look normal or make everyone comfortable.
… I’m learning to give myself breaks when I need them, to cry when I need to, to laugh more than I cry, to tell people only the things I feel led to tell them, to trust God alone, to guard my heart, to take risks, to sing whenever I want to, that it’s okay to be polite and gentle and kind and that I don’t have to put on a “tough” face… that my heart is not impenetrable and that that is a gift… I’m learning to read and go on walks and keep things between just God and I.
so i love you because i know no other way.
- pablo neruda.
“I think people expect too much from marriage today,” he said. “They expect perfection. Every moment should be bliss. That’s TV or movies. But that is not the human experience. Twenty good minutes here, forty good minutes there, it adds up to something beautiful. The trick is when things aren’t so great, you don’t junk the whole thing. It’s okay to have an argument. It’s okay that the other one nudges you a little, bothers you a little. It’s part of being close to someone. But the joy you get from that same closeness – when you watch your children, when you wake up and smile at each other – that is a blessing. People forget that.”
—Mitch Albom
im sitting here eating oatmeal and starting to panic because i’m stressed out but then i remembered that there’s only so much that i can control and that things will work out if i take them one step at a time.
so im going to eat the rest of this oatmeal and make this day my bitch.
OKAY I’M DOWN. LETS KICK TODAY’S ASS.
well you know. lovingly.
There is something so precious when your eyes capture a man doing what he loves. To watch a man’s hand unconscious but deliberate in its movements. Watch as these attached and original tools craft something distinctly his. Entire being devoted to a task that heals the man’s soul.
Passenger Seat
Death Cab For Cutie
death cab for cutie // passenger seat.
i roll the window down and then begin to breathe in the darkest country road and the strongest scent of evergreen from the passenger seat as you are driving me home. then looking upwards, i strain my eyes and try to tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites from the passenger seat as you are driving me home. “do they collide?” i ask, and you smile. with my feet on the dash the world doesn’t matter. when you feel embarrassed, i’ll be your pride. when you need direction, i’ll be the guide. for all time.
i’ve been with michael for a year today. he got flowers delivered to my house this morning and says he has the full day planned out. I’M STOKED.
