She wasn’t lost. She wasn’t scared. She was only … discovering. The thrill she had, the thrill that quickened her pace and accelerated her heartbeat had nothing to do with fear. It was excitement, at leaving everything behind, at knowing her boundaries would be barely visible if she looked back over her shoulder. There wereContinue reading “{faith}”
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the contrary of jealousy.
She was never really jealous. On the contrary, she liked that others spoke to him, that they seemed to like him. She liked the idea of his light and his kindness reaching many: why be so possessive of these treasures, when the whole world could benefit from them?
details.
It seemed the more she loved, the less loving she acted, for who could guess the extent of her feelings when she kept her distance and looked almost disinterested? Those who watched her actions at a surface level might notice that she did not take every opportunity to speak to him, that she remained alwaysContinue reading “details.”
honest conversation.
She wanted, and was considering how, to express herself. She had bluntly blurted out that there was something she wished to speak to him about, and now that he sat quietly, expectantly, she knew not what to say first. All the words she had rehearsed in her mind for weeks no longer sounded appropriate orContinue reading “honest conversation.”
thought of the day.
The reason I feel such joy is because I have known such sadness. One can only appreciate something after having had nothing …
How much can a smile say? We could be standing in silence and still, we would be communicating, perhaps unconsciously and unknowingly, as if the object our eyes would look at, and the shape our mouths would take, were all happening under the control of something outside of us. Our mind controls our bodies onlyContinue reading
1sec.
sometimes it takes a second to be brave. the moment of a single breath you can put aside your fears and in that time, so minuscule you can do something you had not imagined yourself doing. sometimes it takes a second to be brave: a second to not listen to anxious thoughts a second toContinue reading “1sec.”
thought of the day.
Of all the things I love best, there are none I love as much as you.
busy-ness.
Busy-ness it the thief of Time; yet our lives are only made of Time. Can we say we have a life if we never have time? – extract from a letter I wrote to my soul mate
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