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I don’t usually take unsolicited advice from men but when hozier emerged from the woods and said “be as you’ve always been” some points were made
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when the times get rough and I lose sight of the goal i just. reread “the orange” by wendy cope again & remember. that’s where I’m going folks. sooner or later, whatever it takes.
At lunchtime I bought a huge orange—
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—
They got quarters and I had a half.And that orange, it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park.
This is peace and contentment. It’s new.The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all the jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I’m glad I exist.
– “The Orange,” Wendy Cope
more examples of tenderness
- “have you ever been in love?” “once.” “how did it end?” “it hasn’t.” (the get down, 2017)
- “I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him.” (hanya yanagihara)
- when you kiss me, heaven sighs (la vie en rose / edith piaf)
- “the heart is the toughest part of the body. tenderness is in the hands.” (carolyn forché)
- oh, if only I could nestle in the cradle of your cabin, my arms around your shoulders, the windows wide and open (amoreena / elton john)
- “the curtains stir. there you are on the bed, like a gift. like a touchable dream.” (carol ann duffy)
- I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm (that’s no way to say goodbye / roberta flack)
- “you’re in a car with a beautiful boy, and he won’t tell you that he loves you, but he loves you.” (richard siken)
- love me always, love me always (oscar wilde in a letter to his lover)
- “with you, intimacy colors my voice. even ‘hello’ sounds like ‘come here’.” (warsan shire)
- if I could fly, I’d be coming right back home to you (if I could fly / one direction)
- “do you want to dance?” “I don’t know how.” “me either. do you want to figure it out?” (stranger things, 2016)
it is okay to gasp at the sunset every single evening like it is the first sunset you have ever seen. it is okay to take photos of everything you find pretty. it is okay to laugh about something that happened a week ago (it is okay to laugh entirely too much). it is okay to say that the sunlight looks like honey, that the world looks like a dream today. it is okay to memorize poems by heart and recite them to people who make your heart feel warm. it is okay to take this life and weave it golden. don’t let anyone tell you that you are silly or dramatic or stupid. you are beautiful. you have beautiful eyes through which everything sparkles and nothing goes unnoticed and you are so loved for that.
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I shall pass through this world but once, any good thing therefore I can do, or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now, let me not defer it or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again.
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Why wouldn’t you want to be a fairy bro... think about it... you get to wear tulip hats... dude...
why do people always ask me if I’m okay when I’m lying on the floor. yes I’m okay. I’m living my best life. can’t a girl just lie on the floor and stare blankly at the ceiling listening to 1970s Swedish pop sensation ABBA sing Waterloo. I’m having me time