Cooler than Pixels

But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.

—Paulo Coelho (via inspiredbythisfeeling)

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inspiredbythisfeeling:

You know, it’s true what they say—if you don’t know what you want then you’ll end up with a bunch of things you don’t want. Tonight was like a morning courtesy wake-call reminding me how I haven’t the slightest clue what I want. Lately I’ve been “figuring things out” with my life. I thought I knew…

You have to take risks, he said. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. Every day, God gives us the sun—and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that we haven’t perceived that moment, that it doesn’t exist—that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow. But if people really pay attention to their everyday lives, they will discover that magic moment. It may arrive in the instant when we are doing something mundane, like putting our front-door key in the lock; it may lie hidden in the quiet that follows the lunch hour or in the thousand and one things that all seem the same to us. But that moment exists—a moment when all the power of the stars becomes a part of us and enables us to perform miracles.

—Paulo Coelho (via inspiredbythisfeeling)

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candylandandcookies:

we all have a past, present, and the mystery of a future unknown to me

we all have lies,hurt, and pain

we all have scars on are heart

we all have been the bad guy just as much as the good

we all have been lied to and backstab

we all have stories to share, and secrets to hide

we all have…

inspiredbythisfeeling:

People are not happy because they try so hard trying be someone they think others want them to be—they fail. In the process they lose themselves. They cover up every little remnant of themselves that they forget who they are, and who they used to be. Looking at old pictures they recognize their…

inspiredbythisfeeling:

“She has done a beautiful thing to me.” [Mark 14:6]

“If what we call love doesn’t take us beyond ourselves, it is not really love. If we have the idea that love is characterized as cautious, wise, sensible, shrewd, and never taken to extremes, we have missed the true meaning. This may describe…

(Source: meggielynne)