"I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me." L Life has a way of carrying us off in directions we never intended or to places in our minds where the real person lives and longs to be allowed
"How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks." I I recently watched Ron Howard's movie Eden. It's about a young German man named Frederick Ritter. In 1929, Ritter, along with his partner Dore Strauch, arrived at the Galápagos Islands to seek
I am becoming a paradise. Long suffering is teaching me patience. Weakness is teaching me humility. Loneliness is teaching me love. Breathlessness is teaching me to breathe. Anxiety is teaching me self-control. Chaos is teaching me discipline. Depression is teaching me subtle joy. When I am able to see my struggles as seeds, all
We bought a canoe! The itch for a boat began last year during fishing season when I started thinking of a bass boat, but I also thought they were too pricey for what we wanted. We wanted something easy, to along with the life we've built. So, not big or noisy, easy to get in
"Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life, let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day. … The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time." Coming
“You’re afraid of surrender because you don’t want to lose control. But you never had control; all you had was anxiety.”
Elizabeth Gilbert
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