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humansofnewyork: “I’m going home to see my mother.” “Oh, is it...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:06:55 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“I’m going home to see my mother.”
“Oh, is it her birthday?”
“Nope. I just love my mother, and she loves flowers.”

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:16:10 -0400

Time changes everything

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:16:43 -0400

Want to tell you that I’m sorry and I miss you but I probably don’t deserve to. Just know that I am and I do.

"Other peoples’ opinion of you is their problem, not yours."

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:57:40 -0400

“Other peoples’ opinion of you is their problem, not yours.”

- Unknown (via lamdy)

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Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:21:14 -0400

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:04:25 -0400

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.”

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Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:16:10 -0400

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Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:30:43 -0400

"25 Things To Do Before You Turn 25 1. Make peace with your parents. Whether you finally recognize..."

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 18:29:44 -0400

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25 Things To Do Before You Turn 25

1. Make peace with your parents. Whether you finally recognize that they actually have your best interests in mind or you forgive them for being flawed human beings, you can’t happily enter adulthood with that familial brand of resentment.

2. Kiss someone you think is out of your league; kiss models and med students and entrepreneurs with part-time lives in Dubai and don’t worry about if they’re going to call you afterward.

3. Minimize your passivity.

4. Work a service job to gain some understanding of how tipping works, how to keep your cool around assholes, how a few kind words can change someone’s day.

5. Recognize freedom as a 5:30 a.m. trip to the diner with a bunch of strangers you’ve just met.

6. Try not to beat yourself up over having obtained a ‘useless’ Bachelor’s Degree. Debt is hell, and things didn’t pan out quite like you expected, but you did get to go to college, and having a degree isn’t the worst thing in the world to have. We will figure this mess out, I think, probably; the point is you’re not worth less just because there hasn’t been an immediate pay off for going to school. Be patient, work with what you have, and remember that a lot of us are in this together.

7. If you’re employed in any capacity, open a savings account. You never know when you might be unemployed or in desperate need of getting away for a few days. Even $10 a week is $520 more a year than you would’ve had otherwise.

8. Make a habit of going outside, enjoying the light, relearning your friends, forgetting the internet.

9. Go on a 4-day, brunch-fueled bender.

10. Start a relationship with your crush by telling them that you want them. Directly. Like, look them in the face and say it to them. Say, I want you. I want to be with you.

11. Learn to say ‘no’ — to yourself. Don’t keep wearing high heels if you hate them; don’t keep smoking if you’re disgusted by the way you smell the morning after; stop wasting entire days on your couch if you’re going to complain about missing the sun.

12. Take time to revisit the places that made you who you are: the apartment you grew up in, your middle school, your hometown. These places may or may not be here forever; you definitely won’t be.

13. Find a hobby that makes being alone feel lovely and empowering and like something to look forward to.

14. Think you know yourself until you meet someone better than you.

15. Forget who you are, what your priorities are, and how a person should be.

16. Identify your fears and instead of letting them dictate your every move, find and talk to people who have overcome them. Don’t settle for experiencing .000002% of what the world has to offer because you’re afraid of getting on a plane.

17. Make a habit of cleaning up and letting go. Just because it fit at one point doesn’t mean you need to keep it forever — whether ‘it’ is your favorite pair of pants or your ex.

18. Stop hating yourself.

19. Go out and watch that movie, read that book, listen to that band you already lied about watching, reading, listening to.

20. Take advantage of health insurance while you have it.

21. Make a habit of telling people how you feel, whether it means writing a gushing fan-girl email to someone whose work you love or telling your boss why you deserve a raise.

22. Date someone who says, “I love you” first.

23. Leave the country under the premise of “finding yourself.” This will be unsuccessful. Places do not change people. Instead, do a lot of solo drinking, read a lot of books, have sex in dirty hostels, and come home when you start to miss it.

24. Suck it up and buy a Macbook Pro.

25. Quit that job that’s making you miserable, end the relationship that makes you act like a lunatic, lose the friend whose sole purpose in life is making you feel like you’re perpetually on the verge of vomiting. You’re young, you’re resilient, there are other jobs and relationships and friends if you’re patient and open.

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- Unknown (via tyleroakley)

I dive into frozen waves where the past comes back to life Fight fear for the selfish pain, it was...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:31:00 -0400

I dive into frozen waves where the past comes back to life

Fight fear for the selfish pain, it was worth it every time

"Whatever comes, let it come. What stays, let it stay. What goes, let it go."

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:10:02 -0400

“Whatever comes, let it come. What stays, let it stay. What goes, let it go.”

- Papaji (via a-plea-for-normalcy)

Luke 15:11-32 The Parable of the Lost Son 11 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two...

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:53:00 -0400

Luke 15:11-32

The Parable of the Lost Son

¹¹Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. ¹²The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

¹³“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. ¹⁴After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. ¹⁵So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. ¹⁶He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

¹⁷“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! ¹⁸I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. ¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ ²⁰So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

²¹“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

²²“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. ²³Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. ²⁴For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

²⁵“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. ²⁶So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ²⁷‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

²⁸“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. ²⁹But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. ³⁰But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

³¹“‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. ³²But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”

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Fri, 10 May 2013 21:20:35 -0400

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Mon, 06 May 2013 23:38:25 -0400

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:27:54 -0400

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:57:03 -0400

"People may not tell you how they feel about you, but they always show you. Pay attention."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:16:42 -0400

“People may not tell you how they feel about you, but they always show you. Pay attention.”

- Keri Hilson (via ad-impleate)

It’s never enough.

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:31:52 -0400

It’s never enough.

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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:43:32 -0400

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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:24:01 -0400