all the small things

[the-final-sentence]

Refuse unflinchingly to be embarrassed, and in exchange you get the second star to the right, and straight on till morning.

Katherine Rundell, from Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

[ourheatisgospel]

(via our heat is gospel: Image)

[remanence-of-love]

[msmarymillspaulos]

Cafe House

Hugo Schubert (1873-1950)

Hungarian Artist

[thunderstruck9]

Hugó Scheiber (Hungarian, 1873-1950), Coffee-house. Pencil on paper, 50 x 32.5 cm.

[landsccape]

[elena-jane]

Take the hint

Onward authentically.

Beckon electric possibility;

Create space optimistically,

But do not wait by the gate.

Climb confidently.

Achieve your own admiration;

Become foundation for mutual ascent

While unburdening expectation.

Listen generously.

Understand perspectives;

Boundless benefit of doubt,

However, head honesty of actions.

-Elena Vlachos 2025

[elena-jane]

To want again.

Desiring elusive taste of your chemistry-

Flush with proximity's promise

And shiver in cool shade of absence.

Logic looks away from repeating history-

When serotonin's sirens sing

To condemn unrequited contemplation to sharp cliffs of reality.

Hope silences loudest memory-

scars don't hurt anymore.

Free will or fate whispers temptation:

What's the worst that could happen?

-by me

[nahalism]

a good breeze feels like forgiveness

[stay-close]

“Pay attention to the things you are naturally drawn to. They are often connected to your path, passion, and purpose in life. Have the courage to follow them.”

— Ruben Chavez

[inkpressedpetals]

[gramarobin]

i love this

[vexheart]

[qvotable]

There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.

Lemony Snicket; Horseradish

[kundst]

Christoph Niemann (US 1970)

Guggenheim Museum New York

Watercolor on paper. For The New Yorker

[elena-jane]

Weight of wisdom,

Learned or earned,

Flimsy to the flex

Of heart's desire.

[elena-jane]

Disappointment set me free;

sweet rest from striving.

Permission to release grip-

Fall back into thriving.

Slept soundly to certainty.

Wiping weary dreams from eyes

to peek through rose colored reality.

Dropping a pin for next time.

Prospective titles-

Fumbled/ humbled

Rejection Reflections

Free will means getting turned down by hot men.

Keeping the gym membership

[arsvitaest-deactivated20260111]

Vincent van Gogh, Landscape with Carriage and Train, 1890. Oil on canvas. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.

[lilydrafts]

The moment you decide you are worthy. The universe starts to agree.