Mind Full of Mindful Things

"They should teach self-love in school."

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:51:39 -0400

“They should teach self-love in school.”

- 6-Word Story #94 (via writingsforwinter)

"That sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt. That you will become way..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:54:42 -0400

““That sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt. That you will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do. That there is such a thing as raw, unalloyed, agendaless kindness. That it is possible to fall asleep during an anxiety attack. That concentrating on anything is very hard work.””

- David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest (via autobibliography)

midniighttoker: Ben Giles

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:51:34 -0400

midniighttoker:

Ben Giles

the cinnamon peeler's wife: we’re healing here. all of us. i never get very personal, never talk...

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:43:15 -0400

the cinnamon peeler's wife: we’re healing here. all of us. i never get very personal, never talk...:

commovente:

we’re healing here. all of us. i never get very personal, never talk about facts more than i talk about feelings, about emotions. i’m not a selfish person in real life but in writing i am, and i’m realizing that this is nothing to be ashamed of. it’s mother’s day, and mama told me to write…

"Through all the adversity and bullshit, don’t forget to follow your path with..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:43:53 -0400

“Through all the adversity and bullshit, don’t forget to follow your path with compassion…keep straight & smile.”

"My name is Full My name is Fool My name is love I have it in abundance it is what I’m good at to..."

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:52:17 -0400

“My name is Full
My name is Fool
My name is love
I have it in abundance
it is what I’m good at
to myself
as myself
and there is plenty for everyone
and you just watch
me use this trick i taught myself”

- joshua merchant

le hibou sombre: Moderation is Not a Negation of Intensity but Helps Avoid Monotony by John Tagliabue

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:47:48 -0400

le hibou sombre: Moderation is Not a Negation of Intensity but Helps Avoid Monotony by John Tagliabue:

lehibou:

Will you stop for a while, stop trying to pull yourself together
for some clear “meaning”— some momentary summary?
No one
can have poetry or dances, prayers or climaxes all day;
the ordinary blankness of little dramatic consciousness is good for the health sometimes
only Dostoevsky can be…

ratpackslim: wilwheaton: samaralex: megsokay: STOP IT,...

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:42:56 -0400

ratpackslim:

wilwheaton:

samaralex:

megsokay:

STOP IT, self-help manatee. I actually just cried because of LAST MONTH.

Thank you, self-help manatee. I needed that.

This is just beautiful.

Some days you’re the Self Help Manatee, some days you’re swimming in the water right next to SHM. Here’s to balance.

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Sat, 11 May 2013 12:19:31 -0400

amplified-stillness: kaaayrutledge: There’s a new Hyperbole...

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:39:09 -0400

amplified-stillness:

kaaayrutledge:

There’s a new Hyperbole and a Half, you guys, and it is spectacular.

YOU GUYS THERE’S ANOTHER ONE AHHH!!!!

"We have forgotten how to live without pictures to prove it. Life only happens when it gets..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:09:27 -0400

“

We have forgotten how to live
without pictures to prove it.
Life only happens when it gets tweeted.
People are dying 140 characters at a time.
We filter everything
like it’s 1975.

Tag me “Patriotic”
#America
@afraidtoactyourage
sounds a lot like growing up.

”

- Alex Sparks

ghostskillkids: I wrote the first draft of this poem for...

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:08:01 -0400

ghostskillkids:

I wrote the first draft of this poem for Napowrimo 2012. Now it is my submission video for the Write Bloody Publishing Contest. Pretty cool how far it has come.

If you feel so inclined, then please “Like” it on Youtube and share it with all of your best friends.

fleurilia: here

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:29:37 -0400

fleurilia:

here

hsgagency: They need to invent a comfortable reading position

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:46:30 -0400

hsgagency:

They need to invent a comfortable reading position

"It is right then that you learn that holding on for too long is never a good idea. That there will..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:05:04 -0400

“

It is right then that you learn that holding on for too long is never a good idea. That there will always be a time, that you will be made aware of thanks to the butterflies that will swarm your stomach or the feeling of a large stack of bricks being placed on your heart, when you will know it is time to go on — get out of there — drop your hands and simply just walk away.

You’ll find that feeling to become all too familiar as the years go by. You stay past your welcome at a job that you just don’t like, you grow out of a dress that you spent some of the best nights of your teenage years in, you wrap your arms around people who squirm to get away.

One day you will get the hang of it.

But maybe you won’t. Learn not to be so hard on yourself — you are human and this is just one of those feelings that remind you what it is like to be alive.

”

- Holding On For Too Long | Thought Catalog (via itsserenwrap)

"Here’s the thing. Men in our culture have been socialized to believe that their opinions on women’s..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:02:27 -0400

“Here’s the thing. Men in our culture have been socialized to believe that their opinions on women’s appearance matter a lot. Not all men buy into this, of course, but many do. Some seem incapable of entertaining the notion that not everything women do with their appearance is for men to look at. This is why men’s response to women discussing stifling beauty norms is so often something like “But I actually like small boobs!” and “But I actually like my women on the heavier side, if you know what I mean!” They don’t realize that their individual opinion on women’s appearance doesn’t matter in this context, and that while it might be reassuring for some women to know that there are indeed men who find them fuckable, that’s not the point of the discussion.

Women, too, have been socialized to believe that the ultimate arbiters of their appearance are men, that anything they do with their appearance is or should be “for men.” That’s why women’s magazines trip over themselves to offer up advice on “what he wants to see you wearing” and “what men think of these current fashion trends” and “wow him with these new hairstyles.” While women can and do judge each other’s appearance harshly, many of us grew up being told by mothers, sisters, and female strangers that we’ll never “get a man” or “keep a man” unless we do X or lose some fat from Y, unless we moisturize//trim/shave/push up/hide/show/”flatter”/paint/dye/exfoliate/pierce/surgically alter this or that.

That’s also why when a woman wears revealing clothes, it’s okay, in our society, to assume that she’s “looking for attention” or that she’s a slut and wants to sleep with a bunch of guys. Because why else would a woman wear revealing clothes if not for the benefit of men and to communicate her sexual availability to them, right? It can’t possibly have anything to do with the fact that it’s hot out or it’s more comfortable or she likes how she looks in it or everything else is in the laundry or she wants to get a tan or maybe she likes women and wants attention from them, not from men?

The result of all this is that many men, even kind and well-meaning men, believe, however subconsciously, that women’s bodies are for them. They are for them to look at, for them to pass judgment on, for them to bless with a compliment if they deign to do so. They are not for women to enjoy, take pride in, love, accept, explore, show off, or hide as they please. They are for men and their pleasure.”

- Why You Shouldn’t Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She’s Hot » Brute Reason (via dontbeshy)

poetryandfingerprints: Yes. #repost from @thatartista

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:25:01 -0400

poetryandfingerprints:

Yes. #repost from @thatartista

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Thu, 02 May 2013 17:09:33 -0400

howtoleavetheozarks: everything that hurt, everything that ate me, everything that scarred me and...

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:02:37 -0400

howtoleavetheozarks:

everything that hurt, everything that ate me, everything that scarred me and burned me, everything that brought me low, everything, I would do everything, every single fucking thing again, if that’s what it took to get here, today, right now.

saveflowers1: Art by William S. Nortinheim (June 1923) from...

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:38:20 -0400

saveflowers1:

Art by William S. Nortinheim (June 1923) from ETUDE music magazine.