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I loooove PostSecret.

Way to give people courage to use their voices.  Freedom for self-expression is so important that I have trouble putting my feelings about it into words.  Ironic, huh?

It's interesting to sit down in Anthropologie and flip through a PostSecret book.  Some people leave notes inside.  Sometimes people remove those notes & keep them.  I suppose if the taker needs it, by all means he or she should keep it as a reminder.  I can't pretend it's a selfish act, when I myself take things out of personal need.  

When someone releases words into the world, those become free for the taking.  We may desire credit.  A thoughtful person may give us credit, but we shouldn't expect it.  

This also means we're responsible for what we say.  We need to be wise.  Nowadays our words have wider potential impact than ever before.

I'm learning to let things & people go.  They're better off in the hands of Someone infinitely more capable than I.
Worry accomplishes nothing.  My sanity is more important than potential problems or a cloudy future.  I need a sound mind for the here & now.
I ask myself, "Why mourn over something long before it's happened?  It might never happen... but if it does, don't put yourself through more pain than you have to feel."
I know that...

"There is a painful difference between the expectation of an unpleasant event and its final certainty." - Elinor Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility

... and the final certainty you cannot avoid, so control the part you can.

On that note, how about more deep quotes??  Yes-yes?  Of course!  I'm never without them!

"We cannot change anything until we accept it.  Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses." - Carl Jung

Yaaayyy smart man!!!  You've gotta love Jung.  I think PostSecret loves him & acts on his advice.  More of our institutions should do the same.

"What is the most resilient parasite?  Bacteria?  A virus?  An intestinal worm?  An idea.  Resilient... highly contagious.  Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate.  An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks..." - Cobb, Inception

"You treat a disease, you win, you lose.  You treat a person, I guarantee you you'll win no matter what the outcome." - Hunter "Patch" Adams, Patch Adams

By the way...

Then again, that's my life most of the time.  I just want people to jump on my bandwagon.  

I may live in sweltering humidity, but I like to pretend it's always the middle of autumn.

"Reality is like a fine wine... It will not appeal to children."

Here are some quotes I recently found & agreed with or thought interesting.  I might make this a weekly thing.  =)


*Title quote from Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller... I recommend all of his books.  He has a fresh, thoroughly honest perspective.

"There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil -- a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome." - Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice

"Scream from the roof.  We want justice.  We want the truth." - Thrice, "Broken Lungs"

"My sanity is essential for everything to run smoothly." - Anonymous  (This is my new mantra.)

"But you'll always be my hero, even though you've lost your mind." - Rihanna

"I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that." - Lauren Bacall  (It's good for a film actress to understand & use that.)

"Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you." - Alan Alda  (That's also good for an actor to know.)

"If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?" - A.W. Tozer

"I see love as a pure golden-white light that illuminates you from within and also envelopes you -- soothing, comforting, protecting, and uplifting you without faltering.  I believe it originates in Heaven and flows through you into all the relationships you allow to touch your soul.  It is eternal and beautiful and more powerful than you." - Amy, a girl I don't know on a website (wherein one can pick the exact shade *love* would be if it were a color... I forget the URL)

T Can I escape here, please? T

Makes me think of this, mostly because my roommate, our friend & I watched Anastasia yesterday.  Many aspects of the movie are downright lovely, including this song.   I looove when music box elements are implemented in a song.

Ooh, I've got the travel bug.  Someone whisk me away!!  Haha.

Mixed Bag

"Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing." ~ Sylvia Plath
(Source: heavinessinmyhead, via ipsissima-verba)


Every time I feel inclined to read Plath, I picture myself as Kat Stratford from 10 Things I Hate About You.  Not a bad person to be, if you ask me... but I'm so biased, it's ridonk.  Laughable, even.  So ask someone with an objective perspective.  Riiiight.


The award for Most Addicting Website of 2011 goes to: Pinterest.  Facebook's appeal has faded slightly in recent months, so I've naturally branched out.  I heartily recommend getting a Pinterest account; once your invite's been answered via email, a username & password are all you need.  (You can use login info from your Twitter.  That's what I do.)  Just don't be surprised if you find yourself unable to log off!  The biggest downside to Pinterest is how often it's down for maintenance.  At that point, you face two choices: visit one of the other billions of websites out there, or get up & do something in your life, in the sphere of reality.  *Shudder*  
We have to remember that words and images on a computer... are not real.  Sure, they affect us in real ways.  Any form of communication is "real" communication... but still.  Think of The Matrix (even if you don't want to -- humor me for a moment).  If everything you posted online or kept on your computer was deleted... what would be left of you, of your life?  That scares the living daylights out of me.  It probably shouldn't, but that's what our world has become.  Oh dear.  
I speak critically, but don't get me wrong -- I have a long-lasting love affair with the internet & my computer in general.  That's why I can speak from many angles.  Let's face it, this area of discussion could go on forever.  I could do a whole *series* of posts on physical reality vs. virtual reality, your identity & how it relates to both realms.  It's interesting, but it's also a headache.  A headache that Hollywood loves to probe.


Speaking of headaches... random food-related fact #2: root beer & bananas give me headaches.  Bananas I can avoid, but root beer is harder to abstain from.  Half of me is very much Southern.  
I read that bananas & potatoes are slightly radioactive because of their high potassium & magnesium content.  Perhaps that's why I get those headaches.  I could be more sensitive to radiation than most other people... right?  I certainly am when it comes to sunlight... & while skin isn't the same as a brain or stomach, they are connected.
The root beer, however -- what's with that?


One fine evening I was exploring Pinterest & came across a recipe for hummingbird cake.  It sounds quite sad at first, but upon further investigation, it looks delicious.  I'm thinking the name "hummingbird" was chosen because tropical fruit is required to make it.  
I'm just a sucker for cream cheese frosting.  I get cravings for carrot cake!  (Try Ben & Jerry's carrot cake ice cream -- even if carrot cake itself isn't your thing.  Walmart sells it, I believe.)


In other news (or not)... *guilty*  Is this webcomic the comedic equivalent of Post Secret?  Time will tell.


Haha -- I love this.  Keep on creatin', you creative peeps.


Welp, time for bed.  "SURE..." say those who know me.