expect the unexpected

jessica | twenty-something living in PDX | lover of: restoration, big questions, literature, coffee, good music, science, & anything tiny. on that # med school grind

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• glimpses of the past two weeks -- Barcelona, Madrid, & Castelldefels ※ #spain #visitspain #diamundialdelatapa #topbarcelonaphoto #barcelona #castelldefels (at Barcelona, Spain)

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holy saturday

“Yes, there are days and weeks and even years of joy, where the good days far outnumber the bad. But there is enough sorrow and grief and pain and distress too. There are days when we wonder what the point is, and whether it is all worth it.

Holy Saturday has been teaching me, to practice the art of being fully present even in the things I don’t understand, even when life doesn’t make sense. Not skipping over these experiences because they don’t fit well with our theology of strength and success.

The space between the promise, and the fulfillment of the promise can stretch out. It can feel as though we will never see what we hope for. And recognizing these feelings, acknowledging them and learning how to live with them, lean into them even, is the hard and good work we must to attend to. Not burying our heads in the sand or speaking out faith statements about how we want things to be, or how things should be.

But being here, now. Not avoiding or ignoring our present reality.”

whole piece from Elli

[thesorrowsofgin]

[coral]

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spring come swiftly

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I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.

Virginia Satir  (via breeezy)

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Positano on a winter day. Italy. photo by De Mi Ser

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At this also my heart trembles and leaps out of its place

[feel-better-yoga]

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What Are They Doing In Heaven Tonight?

What Are They Doing In Heaven Tonight?, a song by Colin Stetson on Spotify

[demiiwhiffin]

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First time drawing with a tablet, but I’m fairly pleased the outcome. Senator Elizabeth Warren is such a boss ass bitch

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reblog from two years ago. 100 days until med school graduation and I still feel like this ^^^

[dailydoseofstuf]

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if there was ever a night

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“Long distance love”

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snowy walk today

[grace--upon--grace]

[tylerknott]

Typewriter Series #1752 by Tyler Knott Gregson

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“Let me tell you, this generation coming up — unselfish, altruistic, creative, patriotic — I’ve seen you in every corner of the country. You believe in a fair, and just, and inclusive America; you know that constant change has been America’s hallmark, that it’s not something to fear but something to embrace, you are willing to carry this hard work of democracy forward. You’ll soon outnumber any of us, and I believe as a result the future is in good hands.

My fellow Americans, it has been the honor of my life to serve you. I won’t stop; in fact, I will be right there with you, as a citizen, for all my remaining days. But for now, whether you are young or whether you’re young at heart, I do have one final ask of you as your president — the same thing I asked when you took a chance on me eight years ago.

I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change — but in yours.”