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Poems: oktoberblume.tumblr.com

[bad-days-are-ok]

[mindfulness-with-mo]

[oktoberblume]

Poudre Canyon

Far away from home

We sisters join together,

merely awestruck beneath

a valley of swerving roads and sloped

canyon walls

A chilled Cutthroat porter sits nestled between my legs

in the front seat, as

I spy the eyes of my companions gazing

through the lens

of the Silver Bullet–

this glass enclosure bearing witness to

a timeless nostalgia,

an extraordinary chasm delicately descending

just nearby the continental divide

This scenery defines fecundity.

This scenery reminds of us of our fragility.

our Smallness.

here we are,

surrounded by rugged, gargantuan walls

that suggest both intimidation

and comfort–

because it is here we are free.

it is here we are proved that our ties are continued,

kept together by an invisible string

across changing states and time zones,

expressways,

suburban neighborhoods,

and forests,

we find our way back to each other.

we stop at an unoccupied site off road and dip our toes

into the rushing river, a fisherman

downstream

waist deep - lost in the Tao -

or perhaps Found.

Howard makes friends with the locals.

Here we stand,

nothing but the whistling of wind

and river songs, still

encapsulated by the glacial debris before us.

all i taste is clean air.

But where is home?

Perhaps it is wherever

our hearts reside - together

through grief, blurred nights, shared pieces

of life,

across borders,

through states,

and

driving through the poudre…

we find our way back

to each other.

- o.b.

[overcalm]

[purplebuddhaproject]

Fear is a goldmine for growth and the only time we stagnate is when the cushiness of our comfort zone becomes our reality for too long and we stop looking out beyond what feels possible. Lean into your fear, take action, screw up every now and then and celebrate the fact you’re grabbing the life you were born to live with both hands.

Rachel Magahy (via purplebuddhaproject)

[zenies-deactivated20160523]

[katswenski]

[pattythenest]

Are you fucking kidding me

[wilted-scenes]

[sublimequotesilove]

He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom.

Arthur Schopenhauer. (via sublimequotesilove)

[mooonjellies]

Mine.

[vinstage]

[spiritualgateway]

Beauty is an inner phenomenon. Beauty is not in objects, not in people, not even in the eyes of the beholder. It lies in the heart of every person

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (via spiritualgateway)

[boganjunkrat-deactivated2017011]

did you know there are bisexual flowers and they’re perfect

[boganjunkrat-deactivated2017011]

it says so right there in my bio textbook i would never lie to you 

[rosepetalxo]

[pleatedjeans]

Three cheers for these guys [x]

[blackphoenixincorporated]

This is how to be a good ally.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Using their Bro-ness for good, not evil

[ladyflowdi]

So a tiny story: on Black Friday a few weeks ago I went to Gamestop to buy my brother a game for Christmas, and I noticed this older man was watching me like a hawk. He was loitering around the front of the store without really buying anything, and every time I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye he was looking at me. I went to look at the PS4 games, and he was looking at something right behind me. I checked out the Nintendo games, and he was looking at them too. I was the only woman in the store, by the way.

By the time I got in line to pay he was loitering at the front of the store again, and I just had that feeling that he was going to try and take the game I just bought, or steal my purse, as soon as I left the store. OR, he was going to try and follow me home. And I know I don’t have to explain that terror to any woman reading this, but all I could think was that I’m in this Gamestop alone with at least twenty other men and something is about to happen. I’m beginning to freak out, to the point where I’ve just pulled my pepper spray out of my purse and into the pocket of my coat. 

So there I am, next in line to pay, and there is this GIGANTIC dudebro right behind me, and I say gigantic as a 6 foot tall woman. He says, “Ma’am? Don’t be offended, but would it be alright if I walked you to your car?” and I was like “Are you serious?” and he was like “There are some weird guys in here right now. Have you noticed that guy watching you?” and then I showed the dudebro the pepper spray in my pocket and he was like “Right on. Would you still let me walk you to your car?” and I said yes.

So I paid, and waited while HE paid, and he walked me to my car. And just as I was getting in, the weird guy who’d been loitering came out of the store, saw me and my dudebro, and turned around and walked away in the opposite direction. 

In short: men who recognize that women are unsafe in dark alleys, college campuses, grocery stores, gas stations and retail stores and do something about it are the kind of quality men that this world needs more of.

[yuuri-katsuki-on-ice-blog]

Please for the love of god yes.

[rosepetalxo]

[peterparker]

View this post on Instagram

WATCH THIS

[periru3]

I just went from having 0 feelings either negative or positive about Taylor Lautner and after watching this and with no other knowledge of him as a person I fully believe that he is a gift to humanity if for nothing other than this single contribution.

[thatsthat24]

I… I want Taylor Lautner… to be friends with me.