… we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.

Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 (via macrolit)

“We spend a lot of time looking for happiness when the world right around us is full of wonder. To be alive and walk on the Earth is a miracle, and yet most of us are running as if there were some better place to get to. There is beauty calling to us every day, every hour, but we are rarely in a position to listen. The basic condition for us to be able to hear the call of beauty and respond to it is silence. If we don’t have silence in ourselves - if our mind, our body, are full of noise - then we can’t hear beauty’s call.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

something special

Speak it into existence and trust the process

In the early 1800s a man named Little Jon lived in this so called earth cabin (swe. ‘backstuga’) located in southern Småland, Sweden. An earthen cabin is built partially buried in the ground, in this case there’s three walls of stone and one wall made of wood. In Sweden earthen cabins was common in the forests from the 1600s until the late 1800s. Link

North Iceland

Remember, that you are the source of what you seek. You are the freedom, you are the goodness, you are the wisdom, you are the worthiness, you are the love and the presence. All the self-limiting ideas are just that—ideas. And they all can be reevaluated and discarded in favor of the timeless presence of your being.

Adyashanti (via aspiritualwarrior)

“Ella The Tug” photo : @xshaydx follow on Instagram 

10 pieces of advice i would give myself. 1.) Work hard. Hard work always pays off. There’s nothing better than feeling proud of yourself, and how far you have come. 2.) find the little things that make you happy if life, because when you do. It makes it easier to fix a bad day. 3.) Don’t depend on anyone else. You yourself are strong and knowledgeable. You know what’s best for you, no one else does. Make your own happiness and success and let all the other people just be accents. 4.) Fight for love. Don’t ever let the people you love the most go. Especially your soul mate. Fight for the ones you care about and if the feel the same way they will fight just as hard for you. Love isn’t easy, but you know it’s not real when it is easy. 5.) Don’t be insecure. Being insecure is not attractive and only brings yourself down. Be grateful that you’re one of a kind, and use it to your advantage. If you love yourself, it will be easier for others to love you.Don’t let people walk over you. You are strong, and you need people to know that. No matter what, fight for yourself and your opinions. You need to be heard and you need to let people know that they can’t judge you. 6.) Everything comes in waves. All the good shit and all the bullshit. Be patient, and breathe. the happiness is coming in the next set of waves, but you just have to let this wave break first. 7.) don’t care what anyone thinks, because honestly at the end of the day you are the only person that will be with you for your entire life. Please yourself, be proud of yourself. Don’t feel the need to please others. 8.) Stay calm, talk calm, be calm. It’s the only way things will be okay. Panicking or freaking out all the time only is a waste of energy and gets absolutely nothing done. 9.) Read or write or both. As boring as it seems it’s honestly incredible. You gain so much important knowledge and find out who you are as a person (especially in writing). it is a sense of stability of being a human being. 10.) Don’t take anything for granted. all it takes is one second and something is never the same again. Enjoy every moment you have with every single thing even during the hard times.

indigobikini,  writing prompt #62: list 10 pieces of advice you’d give yourself (via wnq-writers)

So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.

Rainbow Rowell  (via h-o-r-n-g-r-y)

The ones who notice the storms in your eyes, the silence in your voice and the heaviness in your heart are the ones you need to let in.

Steve Maraboli (via h-o-r-n-g-r-y)

Prayers and mantras will be blown by the wind and emit positive spiritual vibrations… Namaste 🙏🏼 at 5.357m http://ift.tt/2w44udz

be softer with you. you are a breathing thing. a memory to someone. a home to a life.

Nayyirah Waheed (via brden)

Thank you to rifle paper co for sharing this, it’s important.

#heroes_villains_yogachallenge - Day 1 - #forearmstand variation #pinchamayurasana … “A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.” - Tom Hanks … #yogaphotography #yogainspiration #inspiredyoga #thesweatlife #yogamen # #yogaart #yogaposes #yogateacher #yogaforlife #yogaddict #yogafun #yogafit #yogamuscles (at Los Angeles, California)

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