Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.
Elizabeth Gilbert
It took awhile to get here but I think I’ve finally found the peace I needed.
And if you labeled your axes, I could tell you exactly how MUCH better.
I know it’s random but I find this comic strip hysterical haha, maybe it’s the geek in me.
Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are caught in a belief that happiness should take a particular form.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
I think it’s only human to expect this. Notion is just another word for hope - we hope for all things meaningful in our lives, particularly love. Is it really ‘entrap’ment if we search for our soul-mate or should we just ‘see the opportunity for joy’ with whomever that’s available to us currently?
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
— Benjamin Franklin
Interesting quote from Franklin, maybe he left out ‘lover’ on purpose. Because maybe, just maybe, to a lover, we give all of the above.
Performers dance on a submerged stage during the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games on November 12, 2010.
Be sure to check out the collection, it’s absolutely breathtaking — by the scale of things, it will just leave you awe-struck. Simply put, it’s magnificent!
At some point, you have to make a decision. Boundaries don’t keep other people out. They fence you in. Life is messy. That’s how we’re made. So, you can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.
~Grey’s Anatomy
So do we risk it all in hope to gain something significant? Something worthwhile perhaps? Do we wait for the right moment or are there even ‘right’ moments? All I know is, — it’s always easier said than done.
Don’t keep a man guessing too long - he’s sure to find the answer somewhere else.
From Mae West
(August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980)
an American actress, playwright, screenwriter
and sex symbol.
So ladies, stop trying to play too hard to get! Keep it real, the chase is only fun for a moment or two, after that … it’s already too late!
Guys, just because a chick tells you ‘no’ - that doesn’t necessarily mean she wants you to chase her; sometimes a ‘no’ is a definite ‘hell no’! HAHA.
Everyone has a vision in their mind of a perfect place where people are kind and noble, where their dreams can be realized and their wishes fulfilled, where life is full of adventure and romance.
Truth is, it does happen; you just gotta find someone and let yourself fall under their spell. Give love a chance and with time, this illusion will comfort all desires. I leave you with a quote from Moulin Rouge! when Satine sang to herself:
“When will I begin to live again? One day I’ll fly away… leave all this to yesterday. Why live life from dream to dream, and dread the day when dreaming ends.”
Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.
Dr. Seuss.
look forward; life is usually better looking forward.
I wanted to know why it was that you feel that rush, that focus, that obsessive thinking, and that craving for another human being.
