Am I worth the leap?
Am I worth the falling for?
Am I worth the fear?
I could start fires with what I feel for you.
AFTER “AFTER A WHILE”
After ‘after a while’
You want to hold a hand not to chain a soul but
to enjoy its company,
and you want someone’s lips to kiss,
not because you are lonely but because you are
happy, and you want to give presents
and you want to make promises.
After ‘after a while’
You begin to accept your defeats like an adult,
but like a child, will want someone to listen
and care,
and you want someone who will build roads with
you today so maybe you can pave the way for your
future together.
After ‘after a while’
You want someone’s sunshine and warmth,
but also accept the rain and the cold,
and you want to give flowers picked from your
own garden.
And when your garden is picture perfect,
you want it to be more than a picture
even if it means having to be imperfect
because you want someone in it to stay and to
live.
Then you’ll see that there is
such a thing as love…
and that you were made to live in someone else’s
garden…
and you’ll know that there is more to life than
yourself.
"50 Life Lessons Every One Should Know" By Regina Brett
- 1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
- 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
- 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
- 4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
- 5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
- 6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
- 7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
- 8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
- 9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
- 10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
- 11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
- 12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
- 13. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
- 14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
- 15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.
- 16. Life is too short for long pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
- 17. You can get through anything if you stay put in today.
- 18. A writer writes. If you want to be a writer, write.
- 19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
- 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
- 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
- 22. Overprepare, then go with the flow.
- 23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
- 24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
- 25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
- 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words - “In five years, will this matter?”
- 27. Always choose life.
- 28. Forgive everyone everything.
- 29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
- 30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
- 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
- 32. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
- 33. Believe in miracles.
- 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
- 35. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
- 36. Growing old beats the alternative – dying young.
- 37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
- 38. Read the Psalms. They cover every human emotion.
- 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
- 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
- 41. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
- 42. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
- 43. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
- 44. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
- 45. The best is yet to come.
- 46. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
- 47. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
- 48. If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
- 49. Yield.
- 50. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.
300 FAVORITE MOVIES (in no particular order)
153. Pretty Woman (1990)
“I’m gonna treat you so nice, you’re never gonna let me go.”
And you know why I don’t talk about it? Because I’m tired of people telling me it’s a ‘just get over it’ situation. Fuck you. You don’t know what it’s like in my head.
TWA Terminal at Idlewild (now JFK) Airport, Eero Saarinen, New York, NY, 1962 — Ezra Stoller
