It takes a strong person to say “I’m sorry” but a stronger one to forgive them.
(This article discusses the plot of Lady Bird. Read at your own risk!)
the moment the text popped up on my screen, i knew. i knew.
I wish I could forget
#1
Our lips met
Souls merged
We got lost in heaven
Found in each others eyes
You need to let go of everything that does not fit into your life. Everything that doesn’t bring you positive energy or…
As humans, we create relationships through intimacy and trust. Intimacy is the only way to dissolve the feeling…
My eyes haven’t aged. My worldviews haven’t changed. The boy I reflect in the mirror has the same shape. Still…
In youth we learn; in age we understand — Marie von Ebner Eschenbach
from part 3 …
“Hi! You were not at school today? All well?” (Abhay texted Kritika)
“School? How do you know?” (Kritika replied)
“Come at your terrace.”
Months after entering my twenties, I fell in love for the first time in my life. My twentieth year was a loaded year as it was…
Your girl has a secret, y’all. I’m celibate. Now, when I first tell people this, the usual response is “selling a bit of what?” No, I’m abstinent, keeping the lid on the cookie jar, putting a penny between my knees and making damn sure it doesn’t fall. In fact, I’ve…
I’m a writer. At least, that’s what they tell me. It’s what my family told me, what teachers called me, what my…
A reckless word spoken in the haste of an unscrutinized emotion…
Whatever I had left just…
新的一年對生活的態度要揮別 2017 年的陰影,好好在新的一年大放光彩,「愛情」當然也不例外!
EXPAND, A Devotional
by Pastor Chris Davis
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV
Fierce, you don’t need that, it’s not like you are…
These words can’t undo the dry heaves and long nights lying awake and the tears, dry mouth, shaking hands, and queasy stomach that you and I needed to continue after our little battles which we have for reasons unknown. They can’t reclaim the unkind words I said or the way in which I said…
By Will Watson / January 2018
Bachelor Nation,
Love.
A four letter word.
Often associated with family or a significant other.
Our millennial generation conflates the meaning of love with cinematic fantasies of finding “the one.” What…
~The Rewards of Finding a “Soul Equal”.
our
kisses
savory
The prequel to my most recent short story about Harry, Liz and our most utterly confused protagonist. See my other…
I wait for her to come in. Her plane has landed and I know she is on her way. Annika is back and I’m excited. She had told…
We were both pulled by the fireOur vision troubled by the flamesStar-crossed lovers don’t…
It’s January 2nd, 2018.
When I was quite young — a child of about 6 or 7 years old, my grandmother came to our school to pick us up, my sister and I. It wasn’t a long walk back to the flat, but this was a somewhat dangerous area of town. Our school was in the less favourable side of the…
For the luckiest of us,
on some days -
or, in fact, on most,
it feels like the universe,
despite all its flawed realness
Can there be a pain greater when your best may not be enough for the one you love?
He didn’t see the hurt coming,
I push open the coffee shop door, which hits the bell hanging at its head on the inside. The bell makes a tinkle; it announces my arrival, but nobody notices. There are more people here today than I had expected. More people than I had wanted.
“I want to have you to myself. Can you manage a night? Just for us?”
“Let black girls be soft”
…I wish you’d let me be shy and not mistaken it for attitude. I wish you’d let me be peculiar, and not find me “intimidating” or “scary”, at first. I wish you’d let me be quiet and docile, and not say that I am “not like the other…
In July 2006 I met the woman of my dreams. When we met I just knew there was something special about her. We started dating soon after we met and 11 and a half years later we got married. I am not going to lie and say that every single moment was fairy tale and that every…
You either love it or hate it, yes, it’s that time of year again… Valentine’s day! Being a huge romantic, I love that there is a day dedicated to that special one in your life and I have already started thinking of ways to spoil my husband. For those big…
Jour de résurrection du Christ et jour du seigneur, mais jour où je me meurs et croule sous la langueur, étouffée par la couverture et la chaleur émanant du radiateur. La nuit fut brève, écourtée par tes baisers, longs et aussi délicats qu’une goutte d’eau déposée par la rosée sur la pétale d’une fleur. Le…
Is it me? Am I the only person that cannot manifest that perfect life, I often see in social media. How is it that everyone in…
No but seriously “what is love” because apparently ya girl ain’t doing it right. To want love is one…
i. love opens on a rainy daytwo hearts on separate frequenciescrosswalk sign beeps green…
Call me by your name is a sad movie, is a happy movie, is a movie about love, about life, a movie that opens up your heart…
All I’m now is a hollow of what I used to be.
Your hair gleamsDancing in the wind,Bangles with curlsSwaying to and fro,Drawing up the skylineWith strands of gold,Mesmerizing my mind…
Does not matter how often I say I care for youTell you that I’ll always be here for youYou’re an emotional moth to the flameYour…
Awakened
It happened and it can’t be changed now. The only thing that could be changed was me and I’m learning what humility means. In Christ it is knowing…
My love doesn’t make you fall
but makes you walk with you
It’s a bit weird to write about the kiss, a more elegant, tender and “smaller” thing than I used to write about here. On top of that, writing a story about the first kiss is definitely a cliche.
When the love songs play and the lights dim out,
Being MIA pisses of loads of people especially friends, family, and acquaintances but the one thing I’ve learned in this journey is that there’s no such thing as a burned bridge instead it’s just a fact- that the bridge wasn’t strong enough to withstand the blow. This happens, in life, startups, work, and death.
Friendship is a bond of emotions between two people. A very special bond.
Musings on reading the Unbearable Lightness of Being
You open the door.
It is perfect outside. Absolutely perfect. Bright blue skies, sunshine and a crispy fall-like air…
“It Starts With You”
There are so many things that upset me throughout the day. It doesn’t have to affect me directly, but the people outside of me, animals…
01.21.18
The first encounter I had with my sexual desires was when I saw a photo print of a celebrity…
Flower pressed in the bookyou borrowed and returnedunread.
Love is not a feeling, it is a state of mind. In this state of mind you are totally open and you accept whatever you see and experience in the other person. It does not mean, that you have to like everything but you accept what is in front of you unconditional.
Unlike other couples who may start from the eye then fall to the heart. At the beginning, there was no feeling of anything…
To answer the last question, the answer, in my case, is nothing, as I don’t and never will. Really, in my experience, I would replace the last sentence with, “So why would they ever want me?” and be on my way.
Beyond that, take it from someone who unfortunately knows — the pursuit of perfection, in any way, shape, or form…
Over the past few months, I’ve been gathering bits and pieces of what I’m calling The Type O Theory of Emotional Intelligence (and Love). The long and short of it is that emotional intelligence (EI) spreads through social networks in specific ways, and there are…
If you are an artist be ready to be soaked
If you are a warrior be ready to be broken
If you are in love be prepared to be both!
If you are a carpenter be ready to be nailed
It took me 33 years and probably something like 20 years of watching every rom-com ever made for it to finally happen. I had a meet cute!
Let me take a step back and say-I HATE dating. I’m nervous, I hate getting to know somebody new, and I hate having to go out and not know if I’m going to have a good time. But I made a…
Her bed is like Telemundo,I don’t always understand what’s going on,but I can tell there’s passion.I need subtitles for her love…
They say that home is where the heart is. But what if your heart is strewn across the country, or even across the world…
Nada na vida acontece por acaso.
Por: Danilo Elias
Do you remember the moment when you learned love would not complete you? Did it strike you…
Have you ever thought of the day you will lose your spouse, parent, bestfriend?
Sad, I know. But maybe you should.
What will be the first thing that goes through your mind right after the shock and unbelief? Sadness? Regret? A feeling of…
By Juan M.
I feel the loss of her leaving. I am bereft. I am missing something. Is it a bit of me, gone with her in the car with…
Two Haiku plus One
後朝Ki no Kami calls;tonight I wish to show youthe mourning within my heart.
L’arrivée fulgurante d’internet dans nos vies au XXIème siècle a nonseulement révolutionné notre rapport au monde…
Dark was her heart but now I see her colorDespite her warnings, I’ve fallen for her.
The Last Goodbye
Every single time that I feel an ending coming across me, the song “Last Goodbye” by Jeff Buckley start to play on my mind. Well, the name…
Popular…Beauty by my side.A popular beauty.
O my dear fairies,
The sentient beings
The nature’s guardian angels
sensitive to toughts
sensitive to emotions
I don’t believe in coincidences. Every step, and every misstep, have come together to lead me to where I am right now. Every choice, every…
It has been over 17 months since Liam was born. My wife and I joke all the time that we can’t remember what…
I. Tripping
Bad At Love
Why is love so complicated? Look I don’t mean to frustrate but I always make the same mistakes cause I’m bad in love. I believe that we are meant to be but jealousy gets the best of me but you can’t blame for trying. ‘Cause you know the truth hurts But secrets kill Can’t help thinkin’ that I love it still, Still…
A Poem
I found a love letter in a bottle on the beach today.Don’t worry, this isn’t a tired trope or a…
In clove,in dry ginger,in nutmeg and mixed spice,nude baker dressed your carrot caketo go.
So, for the past few weeks, I’ve had something weighing on me: Timing.
Last month, December 6th, I left my fiance. I finally told her that I didn’t want to do our relationship anymore. As a disclaimer, shit was…
Shakespeare wrote that the two bitterest enemies are two who once loved each other. Here’s how to find healing through forgiving.
1. Recognize the problem isn’t him or her. It’s us. It’s never someone “out there.” It’s in here. Hatred is the only…
Quando eu penso em você, eu penso na experiência mais intensa que eu já tive em relacionamentos. Foi com você que eu entendi os…
In the Rain
Rainy days bring
Shades of melancholy
Both unwanted and required
Each splat of a drop
On a cold glass pane
Evokes a noise, a thought
I hear a chorus
ten thousand wishesset fire to the night skyall gleam in your name
If I’m being honest with myself, I’ve been so afraid to write about you because writing about someone new means it’s real. It means your…
I was in the gym with the girls. We had quite an intensive session. It was great. I hope my body is…
Thanks for sharing, I’m sorry that was done to you. I’m not sure how to characterize your relationship with the parties you mentioned, so I won’t. What follows is not commentary on your experience.
In Grace’s case it was obvious from the outset that Ansari was treating her like a groupie. And if she wasn’t being treated the…
Exist in your present wondering.Live in dramatic moments of the past.Nothing personal was ever done to you,and…
Too tired to rewind
Memories you threw behind
All you care about is shoreline
And I am just too blind
Fly, fly, as far as you can
Beautiful, just beautiful piece of writing
So what if he gave me the best mystical memories to think of.
So what if he gave a beautiful memory of a lunch with a stranger.
So what if he gave me the definition of an ideal man.
So what…
I have to ask.
Will I ever be worth it?
What is it about me that makes ants & the little pollen on the trees
More worthy than me ?
I’ve tried.
I tried so Fu*ckn Hard
Dear daughter
You’re black and I don’t know what this will mean by your time
But I want to remind you not to ever let this world capture you or cause you to be confined.
You are first Loved since the moment I first looked into your beautiful eyes
Era uma vez um menino…
Era uma vez um menino, que costumava cativar com os olhos, dono de um sorriso encantador, talvez o mais encantador do mundo. Um menino cujo coração cabia milhões de esperanças e dúvidas. Esse era o menino por quem me apaixonei.
The world is a very complicated place. And no one has any clue about what is the meaning of life.
So what do you do when you have infinite complexity around you and no apparent purpose?
When I tie my shoes, I feel high
Flightless flight of mounted stairs,
each step in search of you,
climbing up all huffy and puffy,
maybe find you I’ll do,
I miss your words…
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And just like that I left it.
The whole damn fake life………
I left it all behind
The eggshells I walked on
The folks who abused me daily
It’s remarkable;
the power of a moment.
Your ability to make me shiver,
Cringing at your words,
Weeping at your actions.
That’s all it takes.
I search the serpents within,Unknown mysteries I find,A painful destructive process,These chains no more they bind,A long lonely…
I’m happy.
And relaxed.
I’m reading.
And I love you.
nossa respiração entrecortada
nossos lábios ainda úmidos
o sorriso teu na boca minha
e eu dizia:
- espera, tem gente olhando
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Dear Parents,
I used a capital P so you dont mistake the small letter p as a form of my supposed rudeness and rebelliousness that you so speak of. When I was young you were the defnition of perfection, I looked up to you and defended you in all…
Por que amamos?
O amor costuma ser inexplicável mesmo, cada um o define de sua própria maneira e é por isso que é tão interessante. Cada teoria baseada em verdades às vezes incompreendidas. Todo mundo ama, você pode estar lendo isso e dizendo que isso não é verdade, mas é. O amor é a razão pelo qual qualquer ser acorda pela…
What is life? We all have one, but no one knows why we have it, or what to do with it. In fact, we spend a lifetime searching for a purpose, until we give up or find purpose in something. Maybe that’s the purpose of life. Maybe life is all about getting a job and raising a family… “Being happy”… But, what about the…
Today was just one of those days I couldn’t shake. Anxiety loomed overhead for the majority of the day for no real reason and my drive home that rarely takes longer than 20 minutes took 3 and a half hours.
Во время просмотра фильма «Песня за песней» я очень много думала. Даже не то, что идентифицировала себя с персонажами,-нет, они там весьма специфические, и актриса, сыгравшая главную роль, мне категорически не нравится. Но это не помешало полету моих мыслей и целому перечню идей о…
I cannot recall when it is that I met you, just how much you have changed my life.
Coz now when i wake up, it all hits me hard. Coz i now when sleep, it doesn’t let me. And when i stay awake it is all that rules my mind. Coz it is all that has stayed in life when it went away. Coz it is all that mattered before and it is all that matters the most now.
My name is Teddy and sometimes I feel I will remain unloved forever. I live alone. My home feels like a box. A cell where I’ll wake up every morning, stare out at the world passing by, then go to sleep, never having accomplished anything. Then I’ll die unmourned, unloved, unremembered.
HEAVENLY
Pulsing pale waves of mist
Kissed, blessed, you & I
Are patrolling these walkways
Rain seeping through the holes
In my heart, so scared we are
What’s in the cup is for me.What’s in the saucer is for you.
I will not chose a smaller cup. I will not accept a lesser role in my own life. This cup is hand-crafted from blood, sweat, tears, forgiveness…
Universo de palavras
Ele costumava ver o mundo com seus olhos brilhantes de inocência, tinha seus medos como qualquer pessoa deveria ter; costumava olhar para o céu e conversar com o universo só para ter alguém com quem dividir algumas emoções. Talvez ele não era tão inteligente, afinal, quem diria que o universo um dia…
We have all had experiences in our lives that have branded us in some shape or form — that have caused us to contract and…
Take me to the place where we can be together. Take me again to those sleepless nights we have just to talk on our dreams and inspirations. Take me again to those memories we shared as we walk along the avenue of Rizal. I could listen to you attentively just as always I am.
The fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace…
The story that never ends.
A positive affecting affirmation to help yourself:
“I am exercising self-empowerment toward feeling, thinking, and doing better for myself and with others. I am practicing self-awareness within myself and overall awareness beyond myself regarding my…
I loved you and you loved me too. At least at that time we thought we did.
I like to play some hearts.
resolvi andar descalça
nessa terra não se pisa
então eu mergulho
para entender
através dos sentidos
não há razão
nem sanidade
The Deep and the Shallow
Lilian,You might like He Whispers: Conversations with God. He is a loving Dad. The only one I ever knew. And one thing I love about being his child is that we don’t have to worry that God will give his attention to another one of his children and we will miss out. He has enough love for each and every one. So we can readily share about him and…
You get me! Sometimes I just go and walk around with no intentions of buying anything but that one ‘speaks to me’ item always jumps out and comes home with me. I think that’s one of the best things about thrift stores. There are no preconceived ideas of what you’ll find and in most cases items find you.
elio
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oliver
Hello Fellow confused humans. Fraternal greetings from an edge to a shape.
Once upon a time…..then….the end.
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Some recent publications that I thought might interest you and/or your comrades.
Thank you, Renette Steele. I appreciate it very much.
The day when eventually we realized there’s no chance for us to stay together was ingrained in my mind very clearly.
I remember myself sitting in his car, kissing and snuggling, while the city lights…
Thanks for sharing about your remarkable grandmother, Nancy!
I want to aim to be like her in this regard:‘She loved people as they were, instead of focusing on how she wished they would be.’ How beautiful! :)
Today’s self-empowering communication to positively affect yourself:
Repeat with me: I AM SUCCESS EVERY MOMENT!
“I am empowering myself to pave my way at my pace, on my terms, toward my goals and…