#softspokenwords

[softspokenletters]

I used to look for ways out.

now, I am just looking for ways in.

In to the quiet,

In to the slow,

In to the versions of me that don't need to be hard to survive.

The path is unpaved,

and for the first time,

I don’t mind the dust.

— via softspokenletters.

[brosh17]

Never Give Up – A Meditation on Stubborn Dreams

A dream is a delicate form of future memory.

Something within us already knows where we belong — even if reason hasn’t found the path there yet.

Humans are born with the ability to see, in their mind’s eye, what doesn’t yet exist.

This is the gift of imagination — and the curse of persistence.

For those who dream are also condemned to struggle.

They live between what is and what ought to be.

And that gap… it hurts.

But abandoning the dream is not rest — it is a different kind of death.

A quiet, inward death that comes not suddenly,

but through the slow fading of possibility.

Do not give up on what pulls you forward just because the road is hard.

Difficulty is not proof of failure, but a sign that the dream is worthy.

That you are becoming someone strong enough to hold it.

Remember:

Not everything that moves makes noise.

And not everything silent is standing still.

A dream is not measured by the speed of its fulfillment,

But by the depth of your persistence.

And those who persist — reshape the world,

even if at first, only their own.

And if you’re reading this now, know this is no accident.

Hope still exists.

The future you long for is still waiting.

Don’t put out the light. Let it lead you forward.

[softspokenletters]

Clouds lean close, the asphalt bends,

I walk where the horizon ends.

Silence folds me in its hands,

And the past feels like a distant land.

— via softspokenletters.

[softspokenletters]

an empty espresso cup

a slow morning

caffeine waking me up

I stay a little longer

in this pause

that feels like home

— via softspokenletters.