My heart is on fire

An unhealthy mind, even in a healthy body, will ultimately destroy health.

I interviewed a woman who is terminally ill. ‘So,’ I tried to delicately ask, ‘What is it like to wake up every morning and know that you are dying?’ ‘Well,’ she responded, ‘What is it like to wake up every morning and pretend that you are not?’

"A very enjoyable book. …I would really recommend it for people who text all the time. The great family interactions were very real to life."

Let yourself fall open to Advent, to anticipation, to the belief that what is empty will be filled, what is broken will be repaired, and what is lost can always be found, no matter how many times it’s been lost.

Don’t stop until you’re satisfied. You want an explanation? Ask. You want to be successful? Work. Don’t settle for results you don’t want. Don’t stop until you’re satisfied.

And I think of you all the more desperately because I cannot see you.

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That’s the only thing you should be trying to control.”

'Atticus–' said Jem bleakly. He turned in the doorway. ‘What, son?’ ‘How could they do it, how could they?’ ‘I don’t know, but they did it. They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it — seems that only children weep.

I have a thousand lives within me. Every person I’ve ever met and every character I’ve read.

I used to think I was tough, but then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile and I wore thick fucking armor. And I hurt people so they couldn’t hurt me. And I thought that was what being tough was, but it isn’t.

I’m not good at running. I don’t chase after people anymore. You just have to walk at your own speed in life otherwise you’ll miss out on everything you are hurrying to leave behind.

You thought you couldn’t make it. Well look at you now, you’re here. Maybe a little heavier and a little darker but my god, you’re standing where you never thought you would. And that, my friend, is something.

Push yourself out the door. Great things happen when you leave your comfort zone.

Friendship, especially as you grow older, is not talking to each other everyday like it may have been. It’s knowing that when everything comes crumbling down at 3am, they’re right there with you on the other end of the line.