Explosions in the Sky

“i want to look back and say i gave it my all. i want the risk to take my breath away without robbing me of my courage.” -Noor Shirazie

[anxietyproblem]

[tkkatherineblog]

Ristorante Imperialino, Lake Como, Italy  Inst @rmwithaview

[aaliyahsources]

“Sade. How beautiful is she? I’ve always looked up to her. She and I have the same birthday which is January 16th so I feel like she is my soul sister. What I love about Sade is that she stays true to her style no matter what. She can leave us for 8 years and come back and be absolutely mind blowing. And you gotta respect that”- Aaliyah

In remembrance of Aaliyah (40), and in reverence of Sade (60), Happy Birthday Capricorn Queen’s

[appleday]

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

“Everyone must choose one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret”

— Jim Rohn

[mrtonewhois60s]

Harsh reality.

[cat-memes-only]

[noorshirazie]

i leave bits of home in those who never return.

Noor Shirazie (via noorshirazie)

[perlanni]

Friendship

I have a lot to say and it’s always hard for myself not to get lost in different tangents so I’m going to focus this piece a bit. 

Honestly, I just want to say that it gets sad sometimes to catch up with my friends that live in other parts of the world. It’s a trade-off you now. I”m extremely happy for them. They’re doing what they love and finding themselves along the way. However, when they come to visit me I think to myself “damn, like no one could fill in the space in my heart for that person”. 

I saw my friend Brittany today (she lives in CA and I hadn’t seen her in over a year) and it was so good to hear her voice, her stories, the way she sees life. It’s been awhile since I’d seen her and I’m always like “damn, you’re super dope and I’m so proud to be your friend, I can’t wait to see you accomplish everything you want. Like you deserve so much.”  

Then, the reality of maturity and adulting sets in and I remember that she has to go back to CA. And it reminds me of Betsabe (my sister). 

Like it’s because of how much joy I experience around the people I love, I feel the sorrow equally. As high as it brings me up, it brings me equally down. And it’s hard yo. Because it makes me not want to see any of my friends that live away. Friends like Michelle, and Sara. However, I’ve learned to cherish the moments I spend with people that live far away from me. I make the most of the times they come to see me because there’s so little time and none of it should be wasted on negative memories. 

IDK. Being an adult means I get to explore, make my own money, be autonomous but it also means that others get to do the same and sometimes that means leaving. It’s sad, but not tragic. 

[waynecoyne]

[blossomfully]

“My greatest fear is that I am intelligent enough to know what I want but not intelligent enough to achieve it.”

— Sue Zhao (via blossomfully)

[perlanni]

brave enough to continue even when I fail*

[dailydris]

Idris Elba Introducing his daughter (Isan) as the Golden Globe Ambassador 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards, Los Angeles | January 6, 2019

[booksqouted]

He looked him right in the eyes and saw a man who was great and good and human, who had done extraordinary things and terrible things and been broken and reassembled as a shell, only then to do the bravest thing of all: He had kept on living, though there are easier paths to take.

Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer (via booksqouted)

[noorshirazie]

do not dwell on lost time. if it changed you for the better, it was not lost time at all.

Noor Shirazie (via noorshirazie)

[zero-regretss]

i don’t want anybody to look at you the way i do

[perlanni]

sometimes loving someone this much can prove to be scary. You’re entirely vulnerable and as you bask in this love that makes you feel luck to have them, you begin to doubt it could be true. And so maybe that’s what’s happening. Maybe I just don’t want anyone to look at you the way I do. 

I love you, Javi. You’re the most remarkable blessing. The extraordinary.. 

[philosophybits]

There is no wish more natural than the wish to know.

Michel de Montaigne, Essais (via philosophybits)

[noorshirazie]

no matter how hard the trees try to hold on to their dying leaves, each one must fall to the merciless ground. at least the leaves put up a fight, which is more than i can say about you.

Noor Shirazie, Into the Wildfire: Mourning Departures (via noorshirazie)

[gallifreyfalls]

[lucrezialoveshercesare]

actual Harry Potter

[sch3h3r4z4d3]

the awkward moment when the actor playing harry potter is a better representation of book harry potter than movie harry potter