August 2010
“A man who does not think for himself, does not think at all.”
—Oscar Wilde
“The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone’s concern and like vampires they suck out life’s blood.”
—Bette Davis (via fatalistichues) (via quote-book)
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“Anything less than mad, passionate, extraordinary love is a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with and love shouldn’t be one of them.”
—Tiffanie DeBartolo (via kari-shma)
The little things
- Me: Some kid pulled his tooth out with a rocket.
- Casey: Yeah but I bet he didn't have bubbles.
“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
—Siddhārtha Gautama (via caraobrien) (via crookedindifference)
Be true to your authentic self...
at the end of the day, it is you that has to look back at the person in the mirror.
“No life is a waste. The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we’re alone.”
—Mitch Albom (via kari-shma)
Bombs Away
In just under one week my life will be changed completely. I’ll be shedding the skin of my past and embracing the journey into the future. Thankfully I’m not doing it alone. I have my entire family, an amazing girlfriend, more than a handful of friends, and even strangers who are all there for me. I couldn’t ask for a better group of people to surround myself with, and for that, I’m eternally grateful. Without them I could have never grown into the person I am today.
This new chapter of my life is probably going to be the roughest and most difficult portion. It’s going to test me both physically and mentally. It’s going to rip me apart inside. Luckily for me I’ve got something worth fighting for. Something worth the blood, sweat, and tears. Something worth building a future for.
It’s not going to be easy, the future I want. I know I’m going to have to work incredibly hard to reach my goals. “The sky is the limit.” Well that’s a shame, because I’m aiming for the stars. I’m aiming to prove to myself that no feat is impossible. To become great. Even if I miss, I know I’ll have accomplished something. I’ll know I’ve made something of myself. At the end of the night, that’s all that matters.
“Right now I want a word that describes the feeling that you get—a cold sick feeling, deep down inside—when you know something is happening that will change you, and you don’t want it to, but you can’t stop it. And you know, for the first time, for the very first time, that there will now be a before and an after, a was and a will be. And that you will never again quite be the same person you were.”
—Jennifer Donnelly (via kari-shma)
“All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won’t succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.”
—Wayne Dyer (via allthis-beauty)
Just tell them how you feel. Is anyone going to die?
No.
But one day, you will.
Would you like to do that before or after you tell them?
