❝ There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life. ❞

John Lennon 

(via psych-quotes)

❝ Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep. Don’t let me get too deep. ❞
Edie Brickell and New Bohemians - “What I Am”
It’s No Wonder Why Artists Go ‘Crazy’

all those thoughtful, emotion-filled, heart and soul fueled processes going on at one time, in one body and mind… not being able to express yourself properly, and the pursuit of the means to do so; even constantly expressing yourself and searching for a way to explain it to others who can not or may not understand, can certainly be tiring to one’s body, mind, and soul. worn and worn until one day the outer shell that neatly contained those all at once, complex, fragile, and powerful mental entrails — breaks. and it all comes out.

i think i’ve only had surface damage so far; no true crack to the core… and i’m not sure that there ever will be. i think my brain is slightly too left-oriented for that to actually happen. who knows though, maybe i just haven’t had the true inspiration (be it positive or negative) necessary to tip the scale in the other direction.

i suppose enough surface damage can ruin something as well… *shrug*


world-realities:

Just 2 minutes of your time. Take them and read the lyrics on the video while you listen to the song. I promise you. It’s worth it.