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“The heart is the size of a fist because you were born to fight for what you love.”— Beau Taplin • T h e F i s t F i g h t
“In a world where so much is expected of you, one of the most important lessons you’ll ever learn is that growing up doesn’t mean leaving behind who you are—that acting your age doesn’t mean letting go of your youth. The truth is, you are never too old to dance in the rain until your skin turns blue. To ride a bicycle through the night with the wind on your face and all of your troubles long behind you. You are never too old to blast the volume on your favourite song. To mark your name into the wet concrete on the sidewalk just because you want the world to remember you were here. You are never too old to run away from home. To put down all that is expected of you and wander lightly into the wild unknown. You are never too old to rediscover yourself. To dream and hope like anything is possible. It is. You are never too old to make love like it is for the very first time. Full of nerves and clumsy laughter, and hands that don’t know what to do with themselves. You are never too old to take a chance. To be as reckless and bold as you were with your heart before years of rejection left you cynical and cautious. You are never too old to reach out for help. To fall apart gently in the arms of a friend. To hold onto your mother like she is the last thing anchoring you here to the earth. You are never too old to remain young at heart. While maturity may bring you wisdom and strength, it is the playful, curious child in you that makes the world magic—that makes a life enchanting and worth living at all.”— Beau Taplin • A c t Y o u r A g e
“Truth is, I can go months at a time without thinking about you. I don’t like it, but it’s the only way I know how to survive. Though now and again, it will hit me, a terrible, hopeless dread will overcome me, as I realise you really are gone, this time for good.”— Beau Taplin • W a r r e n
“Settle your heart, child, your time will come. One of these days you will meet eyes with someone who makes you feel so at home in the world you will think to yourself, Ah, there you are.”— Beau Taplin • T h e P a t i e n t H e a r t
“We all have slow days, off days, days we feel tired or uninspired, but they are nothing to concern yourself with. Like an ocean, the stillness is just another of our natural states. Soon, the winds will return, the waves will rise, and your imagination will flow freely again.”— Beau Taplin • C r e a t i v e B l o c k
“The greatest gifts you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, and your concern.”— Joel Osteen
(via minuty)
“Never forget: there is no perfect age for anything - no perfect age to fall in love, to have the right job or to have your life figured out. You don’t have to be married before the age of 30. You don’t have to settle down if you’re not comfortable just because others expect it of you. Don’t let anyone make you believe that there is a normal age, a perfect age for anything. Life is neither a race, nor a competition. There is no deadline to being successful or in love or happy. Take your time.”— gentle reminder / n.j.
You are everywhere,
but never with me.
Parallel // ma.ca.
Let go of the things that don’t make you grow. Promise yourself this: choose yourself, even when the voices are howling and vow to never give up, even if you easily can. It’s going to be worth it, whether it’s the outcome or the journey to somewhere.
my words
are the other way of your laugh
and i write just to remind myself
how beautiful things
sometimes go unseen
how i miss your voice
when our eyes are yet to meet
k.m
