Quote Of The Day

[The Albatross]

"I am spinning the silk threads of my story, weaving the fabric of my world...I spun out of control. Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.

I wanted to swallow the bitter seeds of forgetfulness...Somehow, I dragged myself out of the dark and asked for help.

I spin and weave and knit my words and visions until a life starts to take shape.

There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

I am thawing.”
~ Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

 

[Friday]

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
Søren Kierkegaard

 

[TruthSeeker]

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.” ~ Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

“Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself” ~ Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

“Happiness then, is found to be something perfect and self sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed." ~ Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

My quote: Happiness is a global kind of contentment with life; some days it lasts longer than others. Contentment Happens when one can say “I am enough.”

 

[The Albatross]

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” ~ Lois Lowry, The Giver

“The past beats inside me like a second heart.” ~ John Banville, The Sea

“But that's how memory works," Bitterblue said quietly. "Things disappear without your permission, then come back again without your permission." And sometimes they came back incomplete and warped.” ~ Kristin Cashore, Bitterblue

 

[The Albatross]

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral." ~ Laurie Anderson

"The creative artist seems to be almost the only kind of man that you could never meet on neutral ground. You can only meet him as an artist. He sees nothing objectively because his own ego is always in the foreground of every picture." ~ Raymond Chandler

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

"Do anything, but let it produce joy." ~Walt Whitman

 

[The Albatross]

“Everybody sees the ants?"

He looks at me and says, "Well, how many people do you think live perfect lives, son? Aren't we all victims of something at some time or another?"

"I don't follow."

"Left hand red!" he says. Two ants fall on this turn, and the ant laughter gets louder. "Well, think about it. How many bad things can be done to a person? You got murder and assault, rape and robbery for starters. Just with those you're looking at some big numbers of how many people see the ants." He calls, "Left foot blue!"

I say, "Huh," because I'm not sure how many people he means.

"There's battery, conspiracy, extortion, slander, defamation and harassment, child abuse, stalking-the list is long, isn't it? Don't forget that every crime has hundreds of victims-everyone who knew and loved the victim and the criminal. That shit can trickle down."

"All those people see the ants?"

"Yep. Right hand green!"

"Wow."

"Yeah," he says. "If there are people who don't see 'em, I'd say we outnumber them a million to one.”

― A.S. King, Everybody Sees the Ants

 

[Lionheart]

"Do it, don't do it, but don't worry about it." unknown

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth." ~Alan Watts

 

[Lionheart]

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~Dr. Seuss~

 

[The Albatross]

“When people see their behavior as inconsistent with their self-image or goals, their motivation to change can increase.” ~ Carrie Wilkens, PhD

“Nobody stays recovered unless the life they have created is more rewarding and satisfying than the one they left behind.” ~ Anne Fletcher

"The past is your lesson. The present is your gift. The future is your motivation." ~ Nishan Panwar

 

[shatter eyes]

"Accept what's happening in your life right now, put what has happened behind you, let it all go and have faith that good things are coming your way." -Gratidue App