Collecting moments, not things.

T E R E Z A. a human. being. wanderer. wonderer. free spirit. minimalist. runner & yogi. "Life is too short to hold back on things. Take opportunities, never regret anything that once made you smile, when you see someone or something you want go for it, don’t hold back, because in the end, all that you will do is regret the chances you didn’t take."

[mylittlepositivecorner]

people like you. you have many secret admirers, trust me. people who think you’re pretty and that you have nice features. people who admire your sense of style. people who like your smile, your laugh. people who admire all your good traits. they may not say it, but they do admire you, they do see the good things about you. think about how many people you think of in this way, the strangers you see and think are good-looking, the acquaintances and friends whose personalities you admire. plenty of people feel the same about you, i promise.

[still--getting--there]

[hipindie]

sunset

[soracities]

if there is anything to take away from this it is that life is ongoing, always ongoing, and whether you know it or not, it is filling up with little things that you are adding to it. tiny things, perhaps, but worthy things. important things. you learn a new recipe for making cinnamon rolls. that’s a worthy thing. you burn the minced garlic a dozen times before getting it right. that’s a worthy thing. you are a better friend this year than you were last year. that’s a worthy thing. you’ve found a new song that you’ve played to death on repeat but when you hear it 10 years from now it will bring a wash of emotion so powerful you will be brought right back and freeze and remember and marvel at all that has passed since then. that, too, is a worthy thing. 

what you are made up of are these worthy things. they are not all Big Things done at a certain time, to a certain standard, not a checklist of Accomplishments that prove you can now be taken seriously as a human and that validate you being here. the burnt garlic is what validates you, the overplayed song, the new recipes, even the stretches of time in which it feels you have done nothing count to this, and even here it is not nothing – it is being. there are many ways of doing, not all of it holds a material result. being is one of them, the heavy and the light. and that more than anything, is the worthiest thing.

[delta-breezes]

[lemonseas]

Omg omg omg it’s here 🤩🥳💗🎉❤️💖💫

[lemonseas]

[suspend]

[weltenwellen]

Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

[lemonseas]

Needed to read this today.

[aureat]

you know that feeling when you’re out in nature at 5 or 6am and everything’s still quiet and the air still smells like night time and it’s fresh so you shiver a bit but then slowly the first rays of sun peak over the edge of the earth and everything is bathed in foggy, golden light and you just stand there watching the earth awaken.. if that’s not soothing idk what is

[expressions-of-nature]

by Sean Doolan Hames

[lemonseas]

Take me there 💙

[lemonseas]

[lavender-forests]

[galadrils]

25.07.2019 / croatia

[perpetual-allegory]

I kind of wish that the idea that you can just be was a little more mainstream.

Like, having drive and ambition is great. But it gets drilled in kids’ heads that there is some pressure to constantly be looking for the next move up, to be bigger than life. It wears you down to never be satisfied.

Not everyone is destined for greatness. It just doesn’t suit some people.

There’s nothing wrong with having a quiet life, making enough to get by, having a small apartment where you’re comfortable, and just living. You don’t have to constantly be looking to go onward and upwards. Sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is to just be.

[lemonseas]

Couldn’t have said it better myself. 🙏🏼 Thank you for this!

[mitten]

[soberscientistlife]