What if the deeper that emptiness carves into our souls, the deeper we allow ourselves to be filled with happiness? If that’s the case, doesn’t that make this kind of living so excruciatingly beautiful?
To be selfish means to know who you are as a person and what you need. It means taking the time to do things that you want to do. It means not changing your plans, your thoughts, your words, your actions, yourself for the sake of someone else.
Eerily, OJ says “Given the right circumstances, I guess anyone is capable of murder.”
Some of these stories will make you lose your faith in humanity. Other stories will make you regain it.
As I watched my friends tease one another, spill drinks, talk, and toast this random, insignificant Thursday night, I felt a sense of peace.
What was so different back then? Where did we go wrong? How did we lose the essence of love and romance along the way?
You still don’t know how to answer the phone. Do you say “Hello. Ola. Alo. Pronto. Aloha.”?
These are books that might just take a few hours or even minutes to read—but will stay with you far longer than that.
She loves to gossip and talk about other people and she loves to hear things about other people as well. Initially he might be entertained by her anecdotes but eventually, he begins to wonder what she is saying behind his back.
Your trust is gone. It felt like it was just ripped away from you without warning, almost like the sharp pain of a paper cut slicing open your finger, but a million times worse. It’s just gone.
I remember running across the tops of hay bales, heart beating hard in my chest, playing chase with my friends. When you get older, you’re playing chase from far worse.
