December 2, 2009
I can’t decide if I want to forget you and move on, or keep holding on. It’s not really my choice anyway, but even if it was, I couldn’t decide. And I don’t know if I want to see you or not. I don’t know what’s worse; not seeing you and missing you, or seeing you and just feeling worse for not being able to be close to you. My eyes search for you, always. The only problem is, once I find you, I can’t do anything. I’m paralyzed. Being so close, yet so far, it’s unbearable. You’re always just out of reach. I wonder why my heart won’t let go of something so impossible?
Does it break my heart, of course, every moment of every day, into more pieces than my heart was made of, I never thought of myself as quiet, much less silent, I never thought about things at all, everything changed, the distance that wedged itself between me and my happiness wasn’t the world, it wasn’t the bombs and burning buildings, it was me, my thinking, the cancer of never letting go, is ignorance bliss, I don’t know, but it’s so painful to think, and tell me, what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think, I’ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.
Jonathan Safran Foer (via quotewhore) (via live-likenotomorrow)
December 1, 2009

Tips to improve the quality of your life

awfully-awkward:

yerawizardharry:

  1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
  2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
  3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
  4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My purpose is to __________ today.’
  5. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
  6. Play more games and read more books than you did in last year.
  7. Make time to practice meditation, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
  8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6, its refreshing.
  9. Dream more while you are awake, day dreaming is amazing.
  10. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
  11. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, OR issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
  12. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the negative blues away.
  13. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
  14. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone, i have learned that this year.
  15. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
  16. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
  17. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
  18. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
  19. Forgive everyone for everything.
  20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
  21. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
  22. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
  23. The best is yet to come.
  24. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
  25. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
  26. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.
  27. Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change.

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everything that needs to happen, will happen, in the time that it takes to happen, the way it was meant to happen. you need to trust in that
I’ll be around, only if you want me to be there by your side.
Hoobastank (via daphneemarie)
Just because you love someone doesn’t mean you have to be involved with them. Love is not a bandage to cover wounds.
Hugh Elliott [via johannal] (via quote-book) (via lovebot)