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Maya C. Popa, from “Spring”, Wound Is the Origin of Wonder

spongebob no doubt had to work very hard to attain a worldview that caters to such boundless joy as his, even being able to appreciate his job as a fry cook and his grouchy neighbor, but he eventually made it and now every day is a paradise. and im sure he's still learning how to live because it means so much to him

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Mary Oliver, from "Don't Hesitate" in Devotions

#typography #mary oliver #devotions #Joy #on joy

Isn't it often so in life? We brace ourselves for the worst, for the jagged edges of heartbreak and and pain and loss. We build our armor for winter’s chill. Pain, after all, is predictable. But joy? Joy is the ambush. Rarely are we ready for how deeply happiness can carve into the soul. The most exquisite moments — rare flashes of goodness and warmth and belonging — they wound us because they show us what is possible, and then they pass, leaving in their wake wounds that never fully scar. There always seems to be blood at the seams. This is a wound that joy alone can inflict — a wound more subtle, more enduring than the bruises of sorrow. There is courage in facing pain. But there is greater courage in letting joy in, knowing it will not stay.

#rereading lotr and I'm enjoying it even more #if that is possible #quotes #literature #classic literature #lord of the rings #the fellowship of the ring #on joy #tolkien

the pariah // "fuck your idols; we make our own fate"

a webweave for an npc from my sci-campaign who never wanted to be saving the universe but she wasn't going to sit around and wait for some bs chosen one