May 2013
12 posts
“I can’t exactly describe how I feel but it’s not quite right. And it leaves me...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
“If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.”
– C.S Lewis
“May I a small house and large garden have;
And a few friends,
And many books,...”
– Abraham Cowley
April 2013
27 posts
“After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If...”
– Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.”
“I hope that someday, somebody wants to hold you for twenty minutes straight, and...”
– Jenna, Waitress
I have no right to self hate.
I hurt.
Anxiety makes me angry.
Anger spikes my anxiety.
Self criticism comes from my anxiety.
I’m feeling sick of me tonight.
Prayer would be greatly appreciated.
“‘It is finished.’ May those words land on your bones for the nights when fear...”
– Jon Acuff
There needs to be a code word or something that means “my brain is fighting me every step of the way today and I feel like I’m going to vibrate out of my skin, so I need you to forgive everything and go slowly and speak softly and lower your expectations.” And then we could all just be like, “I know I said we could go to a movie tonight but… tangerines.” And the other person would nod and squeeze...
“Let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as...”
– Marc Hack
March 2013
9 posts
Listen
“You tried to change didn’t you?
closed your mouth more
tried to be softer...”
– “For Women Who Are Difficult to Love,” Warsan Shire
Does he know who you are? Does he laugh, just to...
February 2013
14 posts
coldwindandiron:
“Today you were defeated, discouraged, dejected, burned again.
Someone brought...”
– J.S. 