February 2012
Eavesdropping on the plane tonight:
The man behind me:
“My son got up one day, drove his truck out along the highway, sat in the middle of no where, and shot himself in the head. I don’t get it. He had everything you could ever want. A wife and kid, an good job, a house, a good life. But he just couldn’t bare to exist anymore. And the thing that really gets me is that his wife is okay with it, well as okay as you...
You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your...
–
Elizabeth Gilbert (via a-place-to-stand)
I tried to explain this to someone once. They weren’t in a place to hear it. The power to chose what thoughts you focus on is an incredible thing. Maybe I’m describing denial, but it gets me through.
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lolamigas:
perfect
For Julia.
So frustrated.
Today was awful.
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1. “You cant love anything more than something you miss.”
2. I made it for you to ruin.
3. We are intrepid.
I'm so sick I can't sleep.
Where’s the nyquil when you need it?
naked
i can not sleep
The Old Poets of China
awainwright:
Wherever I am, the world comes after me. It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it. Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
— Mary Oliver
Dear So and So,
I am so sorry.
I erred tonight.
I know where you are, because I’ve been there too. It killed a small part of me. Made me jaded. I hope you handle it better then I did. I’m sure you will. You are so well adjusted. (Even if you don’t believe it.)
I will never understand why this keeps happening. I can’t even put into words how highly I think of you. There is something...