I think I am still trying to find it

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The eye is a lamp of the body.
If your eyes are healthy,
your whole body will
be full of light.</sub>

Untouched nature. Whether it be a forest, a waterfall, or a wild rabbit with it's heart beating faster than one could imagine possible. Nature.

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I have dreams of orca whales and owls
But I wake up in fear

an elderly couple - both 84 years old. bob and helen. they come to Bagel Boy quite often. they always get two white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, a small hot chocolate, and an iced tea. they sit in the lobby for an hour or so and just watch cars go by and enjoy life. on my way out of work the other day, they stopped me and told me how much it means to them to have such a nice girl help them each time they come in. they then went on to talk to me about what really matters in life, from the eyes of a couple that has been together since high school. they are so sweet. i love seeing them.

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~Sue~
"An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one." -Charles Horton Cooley

if i could explain it then i would.

but so many words cannot describe that space.

as cliché as this may sound, last year my friends and I went to Berlin and we didnt sleep for 3 days. one morning at 6 o'clock we were at some terrace and there was a ladder climbing further onto the rooftops and so we climbed up. From there you could see the prettiest sunset ever. that's it. that's my story

so Holden,
what's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?

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Look at me, I'm so disgusting

Dass hört nicht cliché an.


one of many beautiful moments was this one day at work a few months back... A kid I went to preschool with came in to print a picture for his boyfriend on their anniversary. It said, and I quote,


"
TO: Roy
From: Silo (names they made up)

Finally the moment comes... the beautiful moment we have been waiting for for more than 7 years. We've read our vows and they were so poetic and perfect -- a metaphor of our love. Then we kiss. It's the most passionate kiss we've ever shared. We're each others to have and to hold forever. At that moment, the road that is us quickly and dramatically becomes a beach. All of our worries go away because we are husbands. Man and man. Penguin and Penguin. We have become one and we shall stay one Forever. Our future? Daddy and Papa. But, for now, we just stare into each others eyes and know... we know that this is what we've been dreaming of all our lives.

This is it."


I've seen this person on random occasions throughout my life since our days at Peace Lutheran Preschool (when I was 3 or 4), but I've never spoken to him as far as I know... I just kept thinking how strange it is... 14 years ago I was learning to write my name next to him at the table. Now we're both graduating, moving on and away. We both managed to survive growing up in a state that's passed two separate bans on gay marriage since I was born. And our lives are both filled with so much love, and we're at constant new beginnings...

I actually cried when I read it.. had to sneak to the back room to compose myself because I felt so reassured that life is abound with true hope. I keep a copy of the words locked away behind the skeleton key compartment, for when I forget.


I'd been feeling sort of lonely before this weekend--that loneliness that's blind to the love that surrounds you because all you can think of is how you're single and going to die alone. But for four straight days, Friday through Today, I was reminded at every turn of the people I love and who love me in return... and I'm so thankful because of that.



"Ich liebe, und ich werde geliebt."



sorry for the length... it just sort of poured out...

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us,
or we find it not.
_EMERSON

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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us,
or we find it not.
_EMERSON

marvelous!

--
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us,
or we find it not.
_EMERSON

--
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,
we must carry it with us,
or we find it not.
_EMERSON