#livin

Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#horses

I thought about the earth then, really thought about it, the tsunami's and earthquakes and volcanoes, all the horrors I haven't witnessed but have changed my life, the lives of everyone I know, all the people I'll never know. I thought about life without the sun, the moon, stars, without flowers and warm days in May. I thought about a year ago and all the good things I'd taken for granted and all the unbearable things that had replaced those simple blessings. And even though I hated the thought of crying in from of Syl, tears streamed down my face. ↗

— Susan Beth Pfeffer

#living #sun #survival #change

All of us, poor & rich alike, have been conditioned by our upbringings. Impoverished men & women may become lulled into a state of "learned helplessness" without hope to change their lives. Likewise, the wealthy can walk in a state of "learned blindness" ignoring the desperation of the local & global poor. ↗

— John Green

#homeless-in-america #change

Yes, yes, no one denies, for example, that you're going to be able to fix the Murray through the Living Murray process without money, no one denies that. ↗

— John Anderson

#denies #example #fix #for example #going

What can I say at seventy-five? "Thank God for my good life,and for all the love that has been given to me. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#life

But it would be like going to Heaven and not finding any of your friends there. Her life would go all beatific and empty in the eyes. ↗

— Lorrie Moore

#home #life #living #where-you-live #home

What have you gained since you haven't prayed? What will you lose if you pray? ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#inspiration #motivation #prayer #success #inspirational

The decision to be positive is not one that disregards or belittles the sadness that exists. It is rather a conscious choice to focus on the good and to cultivate happiness--genuine happiness. Happiness is not a limited resource. And when we devote our energy and time to trivial matters, and choose to stress over things that ultimately are insignificant. From that point, we perpetuate our own sadness, and we lose sight of the things that really make us happy and rationalize our way out of doing amazing things. ↗

— Christopher Aiff

#depression #happiness #inspirational #life #living

You might be a big fish in a little pond, Doesn't mean you've won 'Coz along may come a bigger one. ↗

— Coldplay

#inspirational #life #life-and-living #life-lesson #death

I think about dying every day, because I can't stop thinking about living. ↗

— Libba Bray

#life #living #death