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Meet my pup. Her name is Sadie.

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:14:33 -0700

Meet my pup. Her name is Sadie.

"The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who [uses]..."

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 23:39:56 -0700

““The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who...

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Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:02:11 -0800

"Only when you meet your past again then you realize what a giant you’ve grown into."

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:42:45 -0800

“Only when you meet your past again then you realize what a giant you’ve grown into.” -...

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Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:17:23 -0800

Advice to My Kids : zenhabits

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:06:33 -0800

Advice to My Kids : zenhabits: graceyu: I have six lovely children — one of them now an adult, and...

"Can you imagine of our natural motto was, ‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of human..."

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:04:46 -0800

““Can you imagine of our natural motto was, ‘Life, liberty and the pursuit of...

Christianity is meant to be comforting but not comfortable.

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:06:10 -0800

Christianity is meant to be comforting but not comfortable.

jleen: My band, The Coyote Bandits, is trying to go on tour to...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:50:44 -0800

jleen:

My band, The Coyote Bandits, is trying to go on tour to raise funds and awareness for Canvasback Missions, a non-profit based in Benicia, CA that works to bring medical help to the people of the Micronesian islands. We will give them all of our proceeds, but first, we need help - someone has agreed to sponsor us if we get 1,000 likes on this video. Help us to spread the word!

Great music by friends in support of a worthy cause. Check it out!

I miss this feeling.

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:46:22 -0800

I miss this feeling.

They’ll see it’s alright with me, people will say...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:43:00 -0800

They’ll see it’s alright with me, people will say we’re in love.

vintagemickeymouse: Mickey’s Steam Roller - 1934 :)

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:33:26 -0800

vintagemickeymouse:

Mickey’s Steam Roller - 1934

Happy Thursday!

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:03:59 -0800

luellaloves: Black Balloons | Local Natives

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:41:34 -0800

luellaloves:

Black Balloons | Local Natives

mlee525: hitrecordjoe: Getting to visit Sesame Street and pal...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:24:26 -0800

mlee525:

hitrecordjoe:

Getting to visit Sesame Street and pal around with a Muppet was a dream come true. <3

So much to love about this.

Fan-girling

kateoplis: Alain de Botton: Ten Virtues for the Modern...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:13:15 -0800

kateoplis:

Alain de Botton: Ten Virtues for the Modern Age

“1. Resilience. Keeping going even when things are looking dark; accepting that reversals are normal; remembering that human nature is, in the end, tough. Not frightening others with your fears.

2. Empathy. The capacity to connect imaginatively with the sufferings and unique experiences of another person. The courage to become someone else and look back at yourself with honesty.

3. Patience. We lose our temper because we believe that things should be perfect. We’ve grown so good in some areas (putting men on the moon etc.), we’re ever less able to deal with things that still insist on going wrong; like traffic, government, other people… We should grow calmer and more forgiving by getting more realistic about how things actually tend to go.

4. Sacrifice. We’re hardwired to seek our own advantage but also have a miraculous ability, very occasionally, to forego our own satisfactions in the name of someone or something else. We won’t ever manage to raise a family, love someone else or save the planet if we don’t keep up with the art of sacrifice.

5. Politeness. Politeness has a bad name. We often assume it’s about being ‘fake’ (which is meant to be bad) as opposed to ‘really ourselves’ (which is meant to be good). However, given what we’re really like deep down, we should spare others too much exposure to our deeper selves. We need to learn manners, which aren’t evil - they are the necessary internal rules of civilisation. Politeness is very linked to tolerance, the capacity to live alongside people whom one will never agree with, but at the same time, can’t avoid.

6. Humour. Seeing the funny sides of situations and of oneself doesn’t sound very serious, but it is integral to wisdom, because it’s a sign that one is able to put a benevolent finger on the gap between what we want to happen and what life can actually provide; what we dream of being and what we actually are, what we hope other people will be like and what they are actually like. Like anger, humour springs from disappointment, but it’s disappointment optimally channelled. It’s one of the best things we can do with our sadness.

7. Self-awareness. To know oneself is to try not to blame others for one’s troubles and moods; to have a sense of what’s going on inside oneself, and what actually belongs to the world.

8. Forgiveness. Forgiveness means a long memory of all the times when we wouldn’t have got through life without someone cutting us some slack. It’s recognising that living with others isn’t possible without excusing errors.

9. Hope. The way the world is now is only a pale shadow of what it could one day be. We’re still only at the beginning of history. As you get older, despair becomes far easier, almost reflex (whereas in adolescence, it was still cool and adventurous). Pessimism isn’t necessarily deep, nor optimism shallow.

10. Confidence. The greatest projects and schemes die for no grander reasons than that we don’t dare. Confidence isn’t arrogance, it’s based on a constant awareness of how short life is and how little we ultimately lose from risking everything.”

I am from salt water connecting a thousand islands to one golden coast;from sand between my toes,...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:38:00 -0800

I am from salt water connecting a thousand islands to one golden coast;from sand between my toes,...

roxanaazar: Judy ChicagoRainbow Picket1965 I saw this on...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:35:00 -0800

roxanaazar:

Judy Chicago
Rainbow Picket
1965

I saw this on display last year at the modern art museum in Palm Springs, CA.
I took a picture under it… I don’t know if it was allowed, I did it anyway.

I am pretty. Eczema, scars, and all.pc: Angela Mae of...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:55:49 -0800

I am pretty. Eczema, scars, and all.
pc: Angela Mae of somewhereinmymind

"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the..."

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 12:03:57 -0800

“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for...