lost in the day

even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth "you owe me." look at what happens with a love like that...it lights the whole sky.

-Hafiz

forecast

crocus

I could be making a huge mistake right now.

"In the midst of the discussion, a peasant who by banking standards was completely ignorant said: 'Now I see that without man there is no world.' When the educator responded: 'Let's say, for the sake of argument, that all the men on earth were to die, but that the earth itself remained, together with trees, birds, animals, rivers, seas, the stars...wouldn't all this be a world?' 'Oh no,' the peasant replied emphatically. 'There would be no one to say: 'This is a world.' ' "

I want action. Your words have been empty for so long. I need to feel it again, I need to know you're there, I need to know that I can move forward, and that you want to help me do that. Employ praxis. Remind me what a flower is.

Realization: the world is full of dreamers when it comes to love.

pros/cons - take 2

- 3,097 miles

+"there is nothing like a dream to create the future"

- promises (specifically when they aren't fulfilled)

+ "I don't want to go...I don't want to leave again."

- "from a distance you look like my friend, even though we are at war. from a distance, I can't comprehend..."

+ the past (not recent)

- the fact that the future used to be a pro.

+ the pictures from my wall.

- the pictures in my head

+ the song

- "hate is easy. love takes courage."

no title

"Do what makes you happy"

"It really is so much more important to be happy than to hold a grudge"

"Love prevails everything"

"Most of all, over any sort of logic and reason, I felt like saying no would be one of the biggest regrets I'd ever have."

alma mater

What's the difference between change within ourselves as an individual, and a change in our environment that dictates a change in how we are seen?

What causes someone to act a certain way around some people, but a different way around others?

What gives people the status of "powerful" or "popular"?

What is the difference between being respected and being liked? Could anyone really be both?

What catalyzes extreme revolution, both within one individual, or within a larger system?

I have so many more questions than answers, recently, and it makes me slightly uncomfortable.

But then I think about it, and I realize that maybe it's good for me to be uncomfortable sometimes.

Is that another question within itself?

second chances

"perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in awhile so that we can see our life with a clearer view again"

reinvigorated, recharged, and ready.