"If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There’s an initial uprush of relief at first, then-for me, anyway- a profound dislocation. My old assumptions about how the world works are buried, yet my new ones aren’t yet operational.There’s been a death of sorts, but without a few days in hell, no resurrection is possible."

~   Mary Karr, Lit: A Memoir (via emotional-algebra)
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Stories for the Heart: Dealing with Stress: A Story to Remember

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Dealing with Stress: A Story to Remember
imageThe Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students “How much do you think this glass weighs?”
’50gms!’…100gms!’…’125gms!’…the students answered.
“I really…
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"I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing……Only I will remain."

~   Dune (via enox)
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Do not walk behind me; I may not lead.

Do not walk in front of me; I may not follow.

Walk beside me, that we may be as One.

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Ute Indian Philosophy (via badlandsdrifter)

my parents had this on a painting when I was growing up

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"’Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs. No need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out."

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Words from the masterful and singularly elegant wordsmith Roger Ebert, who died today at the age of 70 after a long and winding battle with various cancers. 

If you haven’t already, read his beautiful semi-farewell, “I do not fear death”. It makes the loss of its author more painfully palpable, but in that, even, there is joy – in celebrating what we were given, and acknowledging what was taken before his time.

RIP, Roger. The balconies are dark tonight.

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The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.

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~   Neil deGrasse Tyson (via austinbryan)

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"Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?"

~   John Keats, Letters of John Keats (via emotional-algebra)

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"Those who deem me unworthy at a glance and pass me by, have my blessing to keep walking, for they have a long way to go."

~   Terri McPherson (via emotional-algebra)
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