may happiness alight upon you
Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
[ via Nathaniel Hawthorne ]
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I don't know if it is actually useful anyone who reads it, but I love the clarity it gives me to write it.
Perspective
Today I feel thankful for perspective. Specifically the perspective this picture of earth provides. BTW, if you zoom way way in, you can even notice the moon off to the bottom right of our pale blue dot. Sagan's original speech describes a version of humanity still worth striving
Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough when guns have more rights than women in this country.
“Once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain”
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. James Baldwin