December 2009
35 posts
“We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of...”
– Ellen Goodman (via jessicachu)
“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our...”
– Eric Hoffer, Reflections On The Human Condition (via psychotherapy)
“What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (via psychotherapy)
“If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on...”
– Lao Tzu (via jessicachu)
As much as this might be true, I think the person who wrote this must have been very, very lonely.
I've said this before
but I’ll say it again. I love my family the most. I wouldn’t trade them, no matter how broken or weird or unorthodox we are, I love them. They are amazing people, unique, and we love each other always - and I love that we can be friends too, beyond family. I’m amazed at every holiday gathering how lucky I am to share my life with these people, that they are my blood, my heritage....
Sometimes, alone time is good time, and very...
Clarity often only comes to me when I’m by myself.
500 Days of Summer
Summer: I just woke up one day, and I knew.
Tom: Knew what?
Summer: What I was never sure of, with you.
“I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time;...”
– Charles Dickens
Happy Holidays, Readers.
(via psychotherapy)
Why does marriage continue to be such an expectation in our society? I told someone today that I don’t really intend to get married; that I don’t really believe it’s the right choice for me, and that as an institution it’s not something I am personally interested in being a part of… and they were shocked.
As in, they couldn’t understand my perspective. Are we...
this is very, very cool and i would like you to... →
featherinherhair:
thewhiplashgirlchild:
livingreflection:
(via contrastandcomparee)
this is amazing
These were in one of my psych textbooks back in my University days, they also had similar drawings by a man who was a paranoid schitzophrenic!
Watchjakelodwick:
I’m surprised it’s cheaper, easier to fake such ‘normal’ shots!
Stargate Studios via wedontneedroads.
“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via rulesformyunbornson)
Yesterday I was waiting for the bus outside the hospital after work. I was late leaving, so it was a bit of a wait. It was windy out, so I went into the bus shelter to wait. (I don’t like waiting inside the actual hospital, when I leave work I want to leave the building altogether.)
Once inside the shelter, I noticed a man sitting on the bench rifling through a large plastic bag. When I...
To strive, to seek, to find - and not to yield.
- One Week (great movie starring Joshua Jackson. I highly recommend it.)
look people.
likepolishingfirewood:
Even the Vatican has conceded that natural selection explains the evolution of human anatomy. They still maintain that the soul is completely separate from this, but they’re not denying the Darwinian theory of evolution anymore. So please, for fucks sake, get on board.
Caring for Your Introvert →
featherinherhair:
Extroverts are energized by people, and wilt or fade when alone. They often seem bored by themselves, in both senses of the expression. Leave an extrovert alone for two minutes and he will reach for his cell phone. In contrast, after an hour or two of being socially “on,” we introverts need to turn off and recharge. My own formula is roughly two hours alone for every hour of...
I want to learn to let go of things that constrain me - attachment to material goods, the coveting of material things, rules to think and behave a certain way which have been imposed upon me by society.
Hm.
“It’s important for people to have a sharp, ongoing critique of marriage in...”
– bell hooks, who echoes some of my own sentiments on marriage (via lenachen)
Eight tips for knowing if you’re boring someone... →
(via psychotherapy)
Why I gave away my company to charity - Derek... →
jakelodwick:
It’s refreshing and helpful to get such a clear and original perspective on one’s personal relationship with money.
via davemorin.
I’m not gonna lie, I’m inspired.
“The objective of my work is to observe the impact of pornography on the...”
– Professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse of the University of Montreal (via) (via syntheticpubes) (via beautifulanddepraved)
413. Take a vacation from the Internet.
(via rulesformyunbornson)
“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It...”
– George Carlin (via meepmeepmeep) (via featherinherhair)
