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I love the phrase “I cannot wait”

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I love people who teach me something new. Expand my mind. Talk to me about the universe. Share your dreams with me. Take me on a mental trip.

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You know you’re an introvert when you have inside jokes with yourself

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crayons will never be outdated

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sitting on a kitchen counter in an empty house just listening to music cures my big moods

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i love when you first hear a song and you won’t make it possible for yourself to stop replaying it

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o-h-i-o ya know

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i love chance

twitblr: Self improvement

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looking healthy does not mean:

 petite, curvy, small, large,muscular, slim, pretty, well dressed, sweating from the gym…etc

looking healthy means:

 eyes sparkling, real smiling and laughter, skin that glows, a functioning alert body and radiating contentment and positivity about yourself.

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only one of the perfect explanations of how God created all things & even the little things for a specific reason

The Phenomenon Of “Crown Shyness” Where Trees Avoid Touching

Crown shyness is a naturally occurring phenomenon in some tree species where the upper most branches in a forest canopy avoid touching one another. The visual effect is striking as it creates clearly defined borders akin to cracks or rivers in the sky when viewed from below. Although the phenomenon was first observed in the 1920s, scientists have yet to reach a consensus on what causes it. According to Wikipedia it might simply be caused by the trees rubbing against one another, although signs also point to more active causes such as a preventative measure against shading (optimizing light exposure for photosynthesis) or even as a deterrent for the spread of harmful insects. (via Kottke, Robert Macfarlane

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most painful thing ever is having feelings for someone you can’t be with

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seek & be those people

get to know people who want the best for you and try their very best to make every situation you are in a better one, because then the world would be such a better place.

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little dog in a big world

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The Little Boy Who Escaped From Boko Haram

The boy.

Picture huge eyes, a beautiful smile and a sadness no child his age should have to endure. That’s the story of a young boy who’s a survivor of Boko Haram abduction and captivity in northeast Nigeria – as well as military detention and investigation.

For his own safety, we’re not giving the boy’s name or where he comes from.

This little boy is bright-eyed and polite. He’s learning English and proudly counts up to 30. He’s probably around six but doesn’t know for sure and there’s no family here to tell us. His face crumples and his eyes cloud over and well up with tears as he tells his story.

“My father is dead and my mother is in the bush,” he says, speaking Hausa, the lingua franca in northern Nigeria. “It was when Boko Haram came to our village. They drove us out and snatched me and my siblings and our mother.” He has two brothers. A cousin was also abducted.

“When they took us to the bush, my father followed and tried to rescue us,” he continues. “When they realized my father was trying to take us back, Boko Haram killed him.”

They are just a few of the thousands abducted by the terror network, which has wreaked havoc in the northeast, killing 20,000 and driving more than 2 million people from their homes.

Like this boy, who tears up at the memories. But courageously, he continues recounting their ordeal. After Boko Haram insurgents killed his father, they took his family to a village “in the bush,” where they attended Koranic school. He thinks they were there for about a year. And it’s there he was separated from his mother and one brother. Both are still missing.

Read his full story here

Images: Jide Adeniyi-Jones for NPR

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county fair rides && good times

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we all gleam for cookies & cream

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breezy & lemon squeezy