Ode

Personal musings and inspiration...

[loxlla]

[thecourageofobscurity]

I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost, what got wasted.

Joan Didion, Blue Nights (via herpaperweight)

[serendipitouswanderings]

[atravelingenvelope-deactivated2]

“Most of us would be seized with fear if our bodies went numb, and would do everything possible to avoid it, yet we take no interest at all in the numbing of our souls.”

— Epictetus, via Stillness is the Key (Page 83)

[oldfarmhousefallfeatures]

http://instagram.com/signebay/

[beautyandtheuniverse]

[wistfullycountry]

Beth Kellmer | @bethkellmer

[delta-breezes]

Gourmantine Blog | Gintare Marcel

[atravelingenvelope-deactivated2]

“None of us are perfect. We have biologies and pathologies that will inevitably trip us up. What we need then is a philosophy and a strong moral code—that sense of virtue—to help us resist what we can, and to give us the strength to pick ourselves back up when we fail and try to do and be better.”

— Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key (Page 117)

[a-delightful-moment]

[myloveaffairwithcoffee]

[denim-and-chocolate]

Via TumbleOn

[seasonsofwinterberry]

[a-delightful-moment]

Amanda Watters

[a-delightful-moment]

@circleofpines

[wordsnquotes]

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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