The Cool Of The Day

[ellacalm]

For a minute imagine that it’s a late summer evening and the trees are rustling in the warm wind.

[thursdays-at-the-coffeeshop]

“We meet no ordinary people in our lives.”

— C.S. Lewis (via henretta84)

[michellekpoems]

“I treat myself like I would my daughter. I brush her hair, wash her laundry, tuck her in goodnight. Most importantly, I feed her. I do not punish her. I do not berate her, leave tears staining her face. I do not leave her alone. I know she deserves more. I know I deserve more.”

— Michelle K., I Know I Deserve More.

[thebyrchentwigges]

I don’t know where this came from but I NEEDED it

[soracities]

“I want everything quiet and simple. For me: walking barefoot, sitting still, reading, listening to stories and now and then telling some myself. Eating fruit, drinking milk, longing to create, but with patience and many insights.”

— Rainer Maria Rilke, from a letter to Lou Salomé witten c. March 1904 (via violentwavesofemotion)

[girlsingreenfields]

Lou photographed by Larissa Hofmann for Jil Sander.

[bourbonandpearls]

“It was June and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.”

— Maud Hart Lovelace

[tordenvejr]

me seeing purple flowers on a lawn: that’s the prettiest thing i’ve ever seen

me seeing sunlight hit the waves of the sea: that’s the prettiest thing i’ve ever seen

me seeing raindrops sparkle colorfully on a bus stop bench at night: that’s the

[browndresswithwhitedots]

“You know people don’t get better as we get older- we just get more of who we are.”

— Jonathan Carroll

[nataliecatalina-deactivated2021]

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

“Let yourself be strangely drawn by the quiet pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”

— Rumi

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

“She understood that the hardest times in life to go through were when you were transitioning from one version of yourself to another.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

[1dietcokeinacan]

There’s holiness in sharing bubbly space with another person, the moment when you say something and smile and the smile spreads to their lips too like it’s connected to yours by a string, like it’s really one smile after all. For me, that’s prayer

[naturaekos]

“Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand—relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.”

— Osho (via naturaekos)

[lazyyogi]

“I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God.”

— Sufi Proverb

[casualblessings]

may you pick up your tea when it’s exactly the right temperature, and may you happen to glance out the window when the light is just how you like it.

[yesdarlingido]

“And I said to my body, softly, I want to be your friend.” It took a long breath and replied, “I’ve been waiting my whole life for this.”

— Nayyirah Waheed