I’ve found my fault, I guess: I love people too much. I always find the best in them. I trust them. And maybe I shouldn’t all the time. I give out pieces of my soul like they’re no more than pennies. And then, I have nothing left to keep for myself.
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| — | Anonymous (via 23quills) |
Too much beauty to quit.
Today is the first day
Of the rest of my life
I wake as a child
To see the world begin
On monarch queens
And birthday wonderings
Want to put on faces
Walk in the wet and cold
And look forward to my growing old
To grow old is to change
To change is to be new
To be new is to be young again
I barely remember when
My memories are stolen by the moming
Blotted out by the suns hypnotic eye
Today is the first day
Of the rest of my life
I wake as a child
To see the world begin
On monarch queens
And birthday wondenngs
Want to put on faces
Words and Music by P & V Garvey
“When you are born, you will share your birthday with 17 million people.
During your ten years in school, you will have an average of 17 friends.
By the time you are 40 that number will drop down to 2.
You wll grow 950km of hair.
You will laugh an average of 18 times a day.
You will walk the equivalent of 3 times the circumference of the Earth.
You will eat 30 tons of food.
You will drink over 9000 cups of coffee.
You will have one opportunity in 10 of getting electrocuted.
In average, you will spend 10 years of your life at work
20 years sleeping
3 years sitting on the toilet
7 months waiting in traffic
2 months wating on the phone
12 years watching TV
… and 19 days looking for the remote.
This leaves you with one fifth of your life to actually live.
So what are you waiting for?”—National Geographic
“I realized that somewhere along the way, we as a society had lost sight of the truth. Instead of finding peace within ourselves, we looked for happiness in the form of another person, situation, or thing. We would work hard to “get” someone, but then the relationship would “fail.” Either the magic seemed to wear off or we never took the chance to commit to a partner because there might be a better deal just around the corner. Or, saddest of all, we suffered quietly in an unfulfilling marriage, dreaming of what might possibly set us free.”
