#get old

[undercooked-icicle]

Old people will say something wrong the first time, and then never ever learn to say it the right way.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

[my great grandmother and her siblings :: my flickr files]

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I hope you get old. I hope time is heavy on your bones, draped over you like an embrace from God. I hope the backs of your hands become deep maps— Of all the places you have been. Dark stains where your fingers dipped into clay and dirt and mud. I hope you get old. I hope time fills your heart with joy and triumph. I hope you have enough obstacles to teach you character and empathy and enough challenges to bestow you with uniqueness. I hope pain shows you how strong you are and the value of a true friend. I hope you’ve been alone enough to know yourself. I hope you find quiet more than you find chaos. I hope you get old. That time wraps around your legs like a desperate lover. I hope you can look into the faces of people you have loved and cherished and that you leave behind echos of grief, Because you were loved in turn. I hope you give thanks for every waking moment, For what you have and for what you have not. I hope you get old. I hope you make things that last. I hope you’ve inspired people. I hope you’ve helped someone. I hope grace rests at your feet. I hope. You forgive everything, You did. Not Get Quite. Right. [by Jann Arden]

[bi-accident]

[leonardslee]

Friendly reminder:

If someone refuses an alcoholic drink, then:

- accept their answer

- offer them something else

- don’t ask why, it’s probably none of your business

- don’t get all weird and defensive and act like they’re judging you, they just don’t drink! They’re not doing it AT you!

- for the love of god, don’t try and buy/give/sneak them alcohol anyway!!!

[herenemycherylblossom]

I know I've known Kassandra for like a week only, but her death has caused me physical pain

[doit-tomorrow]

[ago-biado]

Tengo la costumbre de que, al ver una persona que ya están en su vejez, de cuestionarme muchas cosas, desde pensar si esa persona al tener tal edad de verdad ha disfrutado de su vida, de cuentas alegrías, tristezas, corazones rotos o recuerdos guardan esas arrugas, esas canas, de cuanta historia puede entregarle al mundo, cuantas enseñanzas, y luego solo me imagino a mi, así, después de haber vivido una vida larga, de que, si todas esas preguntas que me hago con alguien ajeno a mi, tendrán conmigo una respuesta tan emocionante como para ser contada miles de veces.

LØUIS BLUE