self love
True self-love is the gateway drug to emotional freedom. Why are we so timid about self-love? Self-love is not selfish, any more than self-feeding and self-exercise and self-hydration and self-education…
Author: batesthink
why i do not trust happiness
I do not trust Happiness. I have always been suspicious of Happiness, with it’s wafty, unpredictable whims. It acts the part of a social butterfly within my psyche, wandering around…
how to entertain sadness
with the dance of vivid dreams, sensed unseen with the improvisation of new hopes, lightly held with the joyful abandon of an audience, expectantly immersed with the sweet wine of…
mother of disappointment daughter of ideals
she passed thru my vision once in a lifetime caught my attention twice in a day i thought of her as she was not in new ways i reformed her…
tennessee williams
“The world is a violent and mercurial — it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love — love for each other and the love that…
love first and more
If love is central, it must come first. If love is the beginning of all that is good, it must be the beginning of all that I do. There is…
paint things blue
you paint things blue its what you do you do not paint things red or green or yellow you paint things blue other colors are good others like them too…
the kindness of others
It is easier to trust another’s kindness, than to quietly trust your own strength.
if you know
if you know where to look you may find it if you listen carefully you may hear it if you wait and quiet you may feel it in the darkness…
glass half
People who wonder whether the glass is half-empty or half-full have missed the whole point: the glass is refillable. It’s your glass. It’s your life. Fill it. Live it.