December 2009
26 posts
Psalm 39:5
dusting:
fishforpeople:
You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.
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my 5-year-old nephew.
jovani: laura?
me: what’s up?
jovani: um…nevermind. i just love you.
when do we lose sight of what love is. and how to love?
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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And...
– http://www.1-love-quotes.com/52428.htm (via fuckyeahplacebopills)
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jean : be proud of who you are
coop : jean?
jean : it isn’t about the girl, coop
coop : it isn’t?!
jean : well it isn’t…lets see if you can follow me here…it isn’t.
coop : oh…so it is…and it isn’t
jean : …you are ready, to be taught the new way
coop : will you help teach me about...
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Time heals what reason cannot.
– Seneca
(thanks, Heather)
(via psychotherapy)
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poetry as tonic, #14
psychotherapy:
The Night House Every day the body works in the fields of the world Mending a stone wall Or swinging a sickle through the tall grass- The grass of civics, the grass of money- And every night the body curls around itself And listens for the soft bells of sleep. But the heart is restless and rises From the body in the middle of the night, Leaves the trapezoidal bedroom With its...
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life comes down to these finite, short, unforgettable, irreplaceable, unrewindable moments. where our true hearts show. and our faults and our strengths come to light all at the same time. these moments are few and far between especially because good things come that way.
my nephew is 9 months old and in the hospital again. every time this happens, the desire to see an infant grow another month...
It isn’t the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it’s what...
– Pema Chodron (via psychotherapy)
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i thought an electric blanket and some incense would make me fall asleep easier but turns out i have another half hour in me at least.
…there is something in us that is always so alive, even when our spirits feel completely dead. for example - why i feel like staying up for another three hours even though i haven’t really slept. i’ve had some really deep thoughts in the past...
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photo archive →
those are watermarks.
folio →
not finished, but i guess a portfolio is never, really, finished.
When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others...
– Gertrude Stein (via psychotherapy)
holy mess →
the thing is, i think, is that we are all fighting off our nature that is unsatisfied and incomplete.
…less and less is life animated through personal discovery, intimacy with...
– Kirk Schneider, Rediscovery of Awe (via psychotherapy)
i reblog this a lot. but that’s only with good reason.
where can a college kid get some sleep around here?