words to live by // 09.01.15

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. | Mother Teresa 

To feel anything deranges you. To be seen feeling anything strips you naked. | Anne Carson

Almost. It's a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe. | Unknown

I laughed and said Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again. | Miranda July

Our job is to love people. When it hurts. When it's awkward. When it's uncool or embarrassing. Our job is to stand together, to carry the burdens of one another and to meet each other in our questions. | Jamie Tworkowksi

Healing is an uncomfortable and lonesome process. It's why we pick our scabs, it's why we drunk text our exes. | Donte Collins

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence. | Henry David Thoreau