Stop judging yourself - you know what you need.
Bittersweet realizations are exhausting.
I've had so many lately, my brain and emotions feel like mush.
It is so draining.
But so worth it.
Bittersweet realizations are helping set me free.
Slowly. draining
Slowly. Repairing.
Showing me the horror of what I actually believed
To reveal what I really want.
Appreciating what I had
and what it gave me.
Finally, mourning the loss, fully,
and leaving it in the past.
But keeping the memories.
The memories that spur me forward
Towards what I Really want.
How often have we heard the message that we need another person to 'complete us'?
Watch any romantic comedy and it will be oozing with this sentiment.
But guess what?
Despite the image painted by the society we live in, this isn't true.
We don't need another person in order to feel whole, to feel complete.
We need ourselves.
All of ourselves.
The parts we embrace and the parts we don't.
Every break we experience is important - and inevitable. It's part of being human.
The beauty in breaking is the growth that comes from it.
With growth comes power - the power to rearrange the pieces of yourself however you want them to be; the power to direct your own life.
Complete Yourself
You've already got all the pieces you need . . .
How'd [fried] chicken get on the barbecue sauce container?!
...uh, that's not chicken...
eww
"Good job, Sharks! Keep walking, Sharks. When we get back, we get stickers!!!"
I witnessed this kid parade pass by my window this morning. Despite my best efforts to be stealthy, I was eventually spotted.
Upon further observation, I saw some of the kids were carrying toys with them.
My favorite: a piece of wood. Not sure if it was found on the walk or brought from home, but I REALLY hope it's the latter.
Runner up: Goofy. Poor guy, must be rough having your head drag along the pavement all day . . .
As the kids say these days -
I was Today Years Old when . . . I saw my first fitted sheet at the beach.
I could NOT stop laughing!
Seeing the wind catch the corners of that fitted sheet and really billow in the wind was more than my funny bone could take!
Then watching the sitting space shrink in size by about 1/3 every time the elastic was let go set off another eruption of giggles.
I really commend the spirit of 'working with what you've got.'
It was just so funny to me because I NEVER would have thought to take a fitted sheet to use as a beach blanket.
Boy, oh boy, it was truly a sight to behold.
It's not a cauliflower . . .
or is it the prettiest cauliflower I've ever seen?
