Sometimes you just need to be open to the universe’s alternate plans for you.
prose
♯lifegoals
“I really would like to stop working forever — never work again, never do anything like the kind of work I’m doing now — and do nothing but write poetry and have leisure to spend the day outdoors and go to museums and see friends… Just a literary and quiet
—Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
Audio books
“I just don’t get how you can listen to a book. There’s no fonts to look at, there’s no papers to touch — they’ve removed two of the senses. And the truth is, sometimes I lick them, so that’s three.”
—Brick Heck, The Middle, “Pitch Imperfect,” 2017, written by
Pressed flowers are still pretty
Age is a gradual steamrolling of youth.
Morning lover
I don’t party at night with alcohol. I party hard in the morning with coffee and oatmeal.
A million invisible nothings
Sometimes I get overwhelmed by nothing.
What we see
“Worry is visualized failure…”
—William Arthur Ward (1921–1994)
20/20
Hindsight —
a.k.a.
I was a fool,
such a fool!
Splat!
I don’t cry over spilt milk, but a fallen scoop of ice cream is enough to ruin my whole day.
Sage
October is fresh-faced April beautifully aged to wisdom.
Tending
Women blossom and
Ask yourself
Occasionally ask, “What is the connection between what I want most in life and anything I plan to do today?”
—Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Sweet sleep
A day without a nap is like a cupcake without frosting.