Art

"We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race, and the human race is full of passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering - these are noble pursuits necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love – these are what we stay alive for.

To quote from Whitman – o me, o life of the questions of these recurring. Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities filled with the foolish. What good amid these o me, o life. The answer – that you are here. That life exists and identity. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse"

See the world

when you put down the smart phone, the video games, and the tablet....you'd be surprised what you get into

Real Love

Real love is hard and real love is a sacrifice. But it is a sacrifice that transforms us into the fullest measure of our identity.
- Seth Adam Smith

Perfection

“He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.” – Bob Marley

Wishes

if wishes were horses and horses were cars, we'd have a dealership

if wishes were horses...fools would ride

Love Lost

there's a first time for everything. and a last time.
detach with love. don't let them drag you down
don't become addicted to your own self-pity
if you don't know who I am, your best course may be to tread lightly
when you care about people, hurt is part of the package
to live in the hearts of people we leave behind, is not to die
you can't lose me when I'm not yours to lose

Generation Lost

Behold, a generation lost to narcissim. A populace who believes that no experience is worth having unless it has been uploaded, and received it's fair share of hits.

Rebirth

"For something to be reborn, there has to be an acknowledgement of something that died. We all have moments in our lives where a piece of us dies. But there has to be a grieving. There has to be a reckoning. You can’t move forward without comprehending and dealing with the losses that have occurred."

Friends and Lovers

"False friends are worse than bitter enemies."

This quote speaks to the fact that it is almost easier to deal with someone who you know from the start is not on your side than someone who you thought was a friend but is really not.

"Always forgive your enemies -- nothing annoys them so much."

I adore this quote because it really sums up the best way to deal with a frenemy. You can confront them if you wish, but afterward you just have to move on. Rather than drive yourself crazy trying to figure out why someone who claimed to be your friend is trying to hurt you, you'd be better off just focusing your time on the real friends in your life.

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded"

I like this quote because it helps put the "betrayal of false friends" in perspective when it comes to the whole of your life. When you recognize a false friend, you may feel a bevy of emotions ranging from hurt to shock. You might also wonder why you didn't see the way they really were sooner. ...but this quote reminds me that if you open yourself up to friends, occasionally you may be burned. It's part of life, and if it happens to you, know that you aren't alone. Emerson suggests here that dealing with a false friend is even part of being a "success" in life. In other words, put it in perspective and move on. There are too many good people in the world to waste spending energy on the ones who aren't.

Reboot

For years the soul has scarred itself raw
For internal wisdom and a mind in a war
Personal triumph to personal loss
The selling of morals for the price of their cost

These arts of mine wrecked from personal flames
There's nothing to lose, though nothing to gain
For these stories of mine fall on deaf ears
Personal trauma, hopes and the fears

A baring of soul is not needed these days
For there's more to this world than personal pain
So burn it away and cast it aside
For we all live short on limited time

Cleanse yourself clean before a mental decease
The weight of our baggage makes us crawl on our knees
So leave this behind for it burdens the soul
Nothing is necessary, that's all one need know

Feel the removal of desire and shame
It's the key to rebirth in a world slightly sane
We are what we are and our being must breathe
So i leave this behind and start something clean

Letting go

"You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go...let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles"

"Holding on to something that is good for you now may be the very reason why you don't have something better"

"We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, btu if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean..a sea"

C. Joybell C.

Friends

"True friends stab you in the front" - Oscar Wilde

Two lines

Recognize when you're starting to waste time. Not everyone can handle your consistency.

"I'm keeping my heart to myself for now. It needs rest & time to rejuvenate."

At times its better 2 starve & see clear, than 2 be fed beautiful bitter fruit. I'll die starved knowing ur fruit was tainted

When the chemistry is gone, the history doesn't matter.. 

Some will love you for your perfections and others for your imperfections. Choose wisely on who you decide to love back.

It was never my intention to fall for you. It was never your intention to catch my fall

We used to shine so bright now look where love has brought us our hearts combust now all that's left is stardust.

Last time I felt alive is when I looked in your eyes. So when you walked away a piece of me died. 

I believed that you were the one. I can only hope we grow strong.

"I don't mind being naked with you. I unbuttoned my soul & unzipped my heart."  

Everybody told me he was no good. Guess I had to find out on my own.

 I was ready to give you the crown you deserved. But you could only see yourself in rags..

His approach to me was right, I was in love with the good vibes he sensed... Ah this feeling of being loved to soon..

My flame is fragile but it shines bright. I promise to never need your fuel, only your protection

Death 2

You can shed tears that she is gone,
or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,
or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,
or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her only that she is gone,
or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what she'd want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

- David Harkins

Death

Two golden hearts stopped beating, Four shining eyes at rest, God broke my heart to prove to me, he only takes the best. One thousands words couldn't bring you back, I know because I've tried, Neither could one thousand tears, I know because I've cried. It breaks my heart to see you there, I'll get over it, Well I'll try, But what really broke my heart the most, You didn't say goodbye..

 

The days will always be brighter because he existed. The nights will always be darker because he's gone. And no matter what anybody says about grief and about time healing all wounds, the truth is: there are certain sorrows that never fade away until the heart stops beating and the last breath is taken.

 

I wonder as i wander, out under the sky, why do people I care about always have to die? Are you happy where you are, wherever that might be? I wonder as i wander, do you still think of me? Is it nice up there in heaven? For i know you made it there. Are the clouds made out of marshmallows, do you know that i still care? I looked up at the winter sky and shed a single tear. I think of all the days gone by, I'll always hold you dear. I wonder as i wander, out under the sky, why do people i care about, always have to die?

- Hilary Begleiter 

 

 

"But you`re not gonna live forever. You`re gonna die. We`re all gonna die. Me. Her. You. You`re dying right now. Right this minute. Right this second. See there? That second passed. It`s gone. Not gonna come again. And while I`m talking to you, every second I`m talking, a second is passing. Gone. Count them up. Count them down. They`re gone. Each one bringing you closer to your death."

- Moses Whitecotton, Where The Heart Is

Change

Coping with change follows the same steps as the grieving process.  The steps are shock and denial that the old routine must be left behind, then anger that change is inevitable, then despair and a longing for what was, and eventual acceptance of the new and a brighter view of the future.  Everyone works through this process; for some the transition is lightning fast, for others painfully slow.  Above all –

                             REALIZE YOUR CAPACITY TO ADAPT.

We shouldn’t expect all of the changes ahead to be painless, demanding only minimal sacrifice, cost or effort.  In fact, we should expect some dead ends, some breakdowns in communications and some misunderstandings, despite our best efforts to avoid them.  We may not be able to anticipate all of the problems ahead, but we can map out in general terms how we will deal with them.

- S. Singleton

Nietzsche

It is the stillest words that bring on the storm. Thoughts that come on doves' feet guide the world.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages

There are no facts, only interpretations.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.  

The word "Christianity" is already a misunderstanding - in reality there has been only one Christian, and he died on the Cross.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Linguistic danger to spiritual freedom.-- Every word is a prejudice.

Which is it: is man one of God's blunders, or is God one of man's blunders?

We forget our guilt when we have confessed it to another, but the other does not usually forget it.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers.

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.

If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn

Random 2

“Love your neighbor, even the ones who do not show you the same courtesy. You can’t expect to receive love if you’re selective and not really willing to give it. What you put into the world, you will indeed get back, even if it’s not from the person you’re expecting it to be.”

"You don’t owe anyone an explanation. You have to live with yourself and the choices you make. Strive to be happy, honest and humble. Everything else will come as it will and when it’s supposed to."

“The heart is resilient and forgiving, it is the mind that causes us stress.” 

 “The sunlight isn't the only thing that makes me happy anymore now that I can endure my storms.” 

“I've been hurt so bad and I still love so hard. I admire my heart for that.”  

"Stop trying to find reasons why love “isn’t for you." Everyone is deserving of something real but if you keep finding reasons why you don’t “really" want love, you won’t “really" get it."

"Having someone who loves me because that's what their heart wants is a beautiful thing. I will never coax anyone to lay their love here."

"Wear your crown & learn to stand on your own, so when it's time to build, you'll have a sturdy foundation to keep you grounded"

Random

“Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving.”

There's a difference between fixing things and forcing them.

Having someone who loves me because that’s what their heart wants is a beautiful thing. I will never coax anyone to lay their love here.

Don't give up because you want what you want when you want it

 I am so proud of the people in my life. They are beyond in love with their passion and that makes me happy!

“I admire people who have the ability to touch you and still be thousands of miles from your presence.” — William Chapman

We cannot heal people but we can help them while on the road to recovery.

“As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.”

alcohol

“The alcohol had the effect of making the black cloth blacker. This amused her; she had noted in her journal: "booze affects material as it does people.”
― Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones 


“Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT."
Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”
― Terry Pratchett

“I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.”
― Anne Lamott 

“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women  

“I began to think vodka was my drink at last. It didn’t taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword swallowers’ sword and made me feel powerful and godlike.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar 

"The greatest enemy of man is alcohol, but the bible tells us to love our enemy"

“To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems”
― Matt Groening 

“Ignorance is a lot like alcohol: the more you have of it, the less you are able to see its effect on you.”
― Jay M. Bylsma 

“It is the wine that leads me on,
the wild wine
that sets the wisest man to sing
at the top of his lungs,
laugh like a fool – it drives the
man to dancing... it even
tempts him to blurt out stories
better never told.”
― Homer, The Odyssey   

 “Maybe some folks are alcoholics and others are just voluntary drunks. Maybe some folks drink due to body chemistry and others due to their lazy characters. Maybe some have drinking problems, while others have problems enough to drink.”
― George Jones, I Lived to Tell It All 

 “Love is alcohol.”
― Katherine Applegate 

 “An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms 

 “When I was a boy, I naively thought that this thing called happiness would be something I would wake up to find every day once I could smoke, drink and fornicate.”
― Jeffrey Bernard, Reach for the Ground: The Downhill Struggle of Jeffrey Bernard