tourist in the waking world

here are the reasons that hurt me the most, call off the search - she's coming home

“Do you know what hurts so very much? It’s love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.”


- Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place

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“Maybe time didn’t heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.” - Kristin Hannah, Night Road

“Maybe time didn’t heal wounds exactly, but it gave you a kind of armor, or a new perspective. A way to remember with a smile instead of a sob.”


- Kristin Hannah, Night Road

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“What I needed was a connection with someone. Someone real. I felt that need in the marrow of my bones, in my pancreas, in my kneecaps. I did not need an endless sea of flesh. What I needed was to be loved.” —Benedict Smith

“What I needed was a connection with someone. Someone real. I felt that need in the marrow of my bones, in my pancreas, in my kneecaps. I did not need an endless sea of flesh. What I needed was to be loved.”

—Benedict Smith

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“Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.” - Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Hang in there. It is astonishing how short a time it can take for very wonderful things to happen.”

- Frances Hodgson Burnett

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“Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God’s faithful presence in our lives.” -  Henri Nouwen

“Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God’s faithful presence in our lives.”


-  Henri Nouwen

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“Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of Hell.” —Hermann Hesse

“Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of Hell.”

—Hermann Hesse

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“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” —C.S. Lewis

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.”

—C.S. Lewis

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“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”Ray Bradbury 

“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”

Ray Bradbury 

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“Because it’s not love to be static like the desert, nor is it love to roam the world like the wind. And it’s not love to see everything from a distance, like you do. Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World. When I first reached through to it, I thought the Soul of the World was perfect. But later, I could see that it was like other aspects of creation, and had it’s own passions and wars. It is we who nourish the Soul of the World, and the world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that’s where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.” — Santiago to the Sun from The Alchemist, by: Paulo Coehlo

“Because it’s not love to be static like the desert, nor is it love to roam the world like the wind. And it’s not love to see everything from a distance, like you do. Love is the force that transforms and improves the Soul of the World. When I first reached through to it, I thought the Soul of the World was perfect. But later, I could see that it was like other aspects of creation, and had it’s own passions and wars. It is we who nourish the Soul of the World, and the world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse. And that’s where the power of love comes in. Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are.”

—

Santiago to the Sun

from The Alchemist, 
by: Paulo Coehlo

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“You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.” —Woodrow Wilson

“You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”

—Woodrow Wilson

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“We are more than the worst thing that’s ever happened to us. All of us need to stop apologizing for having been to hell and come back breathing.” —Clementine von Radics

“We are more than the worst thing that’s ever 
happened to us. All of us need to stop apologizing 
for having been to hell and come back breathing.”

—Clementine von Radics

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tylerknott: There is, and always has been one way and one way only that I will choose to go through this life. I will love and respect every single living thing on this perfect earth. I will be gentle with those creatures that trust me with their fragility. I will notice, I will appreciate, I will honor every single detail. There is only one way.

tylerknott:

There is, and always has been one way and one way only that I will choose to go through this life. I will love and respect every single living thing on this perfect earth. I will be gentle with those creatures that trust me with their fragility. I will notice, I will appreciate, I will honor every single detail. There is only one way.

I wanted to tell you that someone threw a bouquet of rosesin the trash bin on the corner of my street, and I wanted to crybecause, because — well, you know exactly why. And, I guess I’m calling because only you understandhow that would break my heart. I wanted to tell you that I’m not afraid of being moved anymore; Not afraid of this heart packing up its things and flying transcontinentalwith only a wool coat and a pocket with a folded-up address inside. I’ve saved up enough money to disappear. I know you never thought the day would come. Extracts from If I Left You a Voicemail This Would Be It - Shinji Moon 

I wanted to tell you that someone threw a bouquet of roses
in the trash bin on the corner of my street, and I wanted to cry
because, because —
well, 
you know exactly why.

And, I guess I’m calling because only you understand
how that would break my heart.

I wanted to tell you that I’m not afraid of being moved anymore; 
Not afraid of this heart packing up its things and flying transcontinental
with only a wool coat and a pocket with a folded-up address inside.

I’ve saved up enough money to disappear. 
I know you never thought the day would come.

Extracts from If I Left You a Voicemail This Would Be It - Shinji Moon 

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“All women speak two languages:
the language of men 
and the language of silent suffering.
 Some women speak a third, 
the language of queens.” —Mohja Kahf, The Marvelous Women

“All women speak two languages:

the language of men 

and the language of silent suffering.
 
Some women speak a third, 

the language of queens.”

—Mohja Kahf, The Marvelous Women

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