Goody Palmer

the good life in pictures, quotes, and other odds & ends

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Tears are prayers too. They travel to God when we can’t speak.

Psalm 56:8 (via rainydaysandblankets)

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Rachel Warne Photography

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She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn’t boring.

Zelda Fitzgerald  (via wolfandmay)

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Maria Sibylla Merian

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It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.

L. R. Knost (via eslaprincesita)

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The beautiful young woman pictured in this photo is Helen Keller who was born on this day in 1880. The story of her relationship with teacher, Anne Sullivan who helped her gain the ability to communicate was chronicled in the film and play, The Miracle Worker. You can find copies of the film, The Miracle Worker at multiple branches of the NYPL as well as books on Helen Keller’s amazing achievements. 

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howtoseewithoutacamera:

by John Dominis

Two children walking down a dirt road going fishing on a summer day, Texas, June 1952.

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Go home, mow the lawn, wash the windows, learn to cook, build a raft, get a job, visit the sick, study your lessons, and after you’ve finished, read a book. Your town does not owe you recreational facilities and your parents do not owe you fun. The world does not owe you a living, you owe the world something. You owe it your time, energy and talent so that no one will be at war, in poverty or sick and lonely again. In other words, grow up, stop being a cry baby, get out of your dream world and develop a backbone, not a wishbone. Start behaving like a responsible person. You are important and you are needed. It’s too late to sit around and wait for somebody to do something someday. Someday is now and that somebody is you.

John Tapene, Words For Teenagers (via qoldlush)

this is the truth

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An excerpt, the full letter can be found here.

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Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. Try it: “I’m not going to edit your résumé, sweetie, because it’s not a priority.” “I don’t go to the doctor because my health is not a priority.” If these phrases don’t sit well, that’s the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don’t like how we’re spending an hour, we can choose differently.

Unknown (via creatingaquietmind)