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“You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”

— Oprah Winfrey (via thoughtkick)

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“You’re not right in the head, and nor am I, and this is why… this is why I like you.”

— Morrissey, I Like You (via thoughtkick)

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“Love is really the only thing we can possess, keep with us, and take with us.”

— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (via thoughtkick)

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you will accomplish things. you will do good, change the world, brighten somebody’s day, be the happiest memory, the only person someone can think about, a radiant force of nature. you will.

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Do you believe that there is a difference between loving someone and being in love with them?

Yes but to me, it’s just having romantic feelings lol. If you deeply care about someone and have concern for their wellbeing and you respect their human dignity and you treat them with kindness, you are loving them. I think of love mainly as a verb tbh! It’s something we do even when we’re not feeling it. But love is a feeling too, it’s just important not to focus on the feeling of love as a centerpiece for a relationship because the feeling comes and goes. If you’re relying on that to keep your “love” alive, you’re gonna have some problems. I think the feeling of love is a beautiful and amazing thing but movies and tv shows paint is as the deciding factor on whether or not you should be with someone and to me that is misleading. If you have crazy “love feelings” for someone but your values are opposite, your lifestyles don’t match up at all, you want kids, they don’t, you wanna live in different places, settle down at different times, basically you don’t have anything important in common, it’s not gonna work out. On TV shows, they show those kinds of situations and say ���but we LOVE each other so we will make it happen” and it ends up falling apart and they fight all the time cuz their heads are in different places. On the contrary, if you have the feelings of love AND the same values and lifestyle choices and desires for your future together, you’re gonna have a really good chance at happiness! Also I realize that wasn’t fully relevant to your question but that’s been on my mind so I wanted to share 😂 sensible love is actually the MOST romantic of all because it is there for you day in and day out and it always has your back. Peace > drama 🙌🏼

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The first night.

If I could go back To the first night When I climbed up into your car And you seemed so afraid

I would erase all of this

All of these beautiful memories I would take it all back And we would just be friends So I would not Feel this pain At the absence of you.

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To Us

[Or, Why It’s Really Hard To Be Away From You For A Week, or I Wrote This On The Bus For You]

When we plan to watch another episode of Stranger Things

But instead we end up talking for hours

And then it happens again and again

When you make the bacon and the scrambled eggs

And I make the chocolate chip pancakes and the coffee

And we sit in the same corner spots at the table for breakfast

When we pray together

Over the big things, like a hard conversation,

Or the simple things, like a meal shared together

Our never ending list of movies we want to watch together

When we watch documentaries or YouTube videos and talk about psychology or theories or epigenetics or politics

When we disagree on things and I get scared of losing you but even with the heat of the moment, we still maintain respect and kindness

The nicknames you give me that no one else would understand

When you give me a kiss on the cheek or the forehead but you never push me for more or make me feel bad for my boundaries

When we read a book together and you send me your notes and they are incredibly thoughtful and I want to cry

When I ask you to reassure me and you tell me all the reasons you love me with a big hug

Your hand in mine, every day, and it feels like we fit perfectly

The gift it is to know you, to be let in, to be a part of your life and your world

To know every day that I am the luckiest girl.

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west coast sun

all the things I grew up with

stucco roofs

rosemary bushes

signs cautioning of dangerous snakes

an echo of childhood

long walks

loud music

headphones

turn it up to drown out

emptiness and despair

play the music to find

some sense of hope and longing

it’s all coming back

different state, same west coast sun.

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Questions and Answers

The evil one whispers,

Pain will be your sentence.

Darkness will be your inheritance.

I swim through these lies, choking and flailing

The Good One calls.

His voice is quiet, but strong and sure.

I will take care of you.

I will bless you with more than you ever dreamed.

I will give you the desires of your heart.

I will cover you under the shadow of My wings.

I will take care of every worry and fear.

I am the questions, I am the answer.

Do not fear.

Trust in me.

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An observation.

How strange, how terrifying, how beautiful

That such hope and goodness and light

Could exist in a heart that also shudders

With pain, tormented by darkness, haunted by fear.

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Best friend.

the night you first told me

you loved me

and i said it back, through tears

feeling the weight and truth of it

rising in my throat

the nights i poured out

shame, secrets, darkness and shadows

and you only said,

“come here,”

and held me tightly,

secure in your strong arms

the nights you questioned

your worth in my eyes

and i pressed you close to me

whispering words of love,

truth pouring from the depths of my heart

the moments you confessed

doubts in yourself

and i stood up taller

a mirror for your greatness and strength

declaring to you all of the goodness and endless potential i see in your spirit

the cards, the meals

the mornings, the promises

the drives, the months

always reaching for each other

hand in hand, arm in arm

hearts woven together

in love, strength, purity, devotion

you are my best friend

and i am yours

what we have is beautiful,

miracle-rare and

steadfast as the ever-rising sun.

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Come Home

when the Father looks at a soul

He does not see

the judgments and hatred of a fallen world

he sees

brokenness

His eyes fill with tears

tears of mercy, tears of compassion

He weeps,

aching for a soul to come home

come home to Him

come home to His house of peace

come home to safety, serenity and warmth

the deep joy, the unwavering purpose, the thrill and meaning it gives your every breath

come home to Him

He is waiting for you patiently

He kept the lights on, put dinner on the stove

He lit the candles, prepared a place for you to stay

He is aching for you

please come home

this is where you belong,

safe and sound

surrounded by the mercy and goodness

of a loving Father.

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Nineveh

I used to think

Constantly, all the time

Words and stories and poems

Pouring and spilling

Emotions and dreams

Swirling and scribbling

I used to see the world

Colorfully, soaked in magic and meaning

But now

What am I?

What do I see?

A blue light screen

Videos and texts

Messages and pictures

Consuming, consuming

Am I alive anymore?

Am I human? An artist?

Or just a “user,” a “follower”?

I don’t want to live like this anymore.

I need to find a way back.

We are driving through

Boston today

The temperature is 5 degrees Fahrenheit

Ice and snow coating every surface

The sun is bright

Passing frozen ponds and rivers

It’s freezing and chillingly bone-cold

My heart is frozen

Desperately, I crave

Heat

I need to thaw, need to start fresh

Let the sun beat down

And melt ice and snow

Let stories and poems leak out

Let ideas and dreams flow and refresh

Let my heart be lifted in prayer

Silent communion, soaked in grace

This is what I ask for

This is what I pray for

Beginning this fast,

I walk into Nineveh.