It Starts Now.

Most people spend years wishing for “happily ever after,” when all that time spent wishing could be spent living, making. Sure, we all have our ups and downs, but it is us and us alone who choose our paths, our lives, our route to happiness. Happiness is an attitude, not a final destination. Happiness is found in moments. By definition, we can’t be happy all the time or we would never really know what happiness was. If everything felt the same all the time, what would be the joy in, well, joy? Happily ever after starts here, it stars now. You just have to stop wishing it, and choose to start believing it. Choose to start LIVING it.

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May 22 2012

Doubt.

Sometimes, no matter how well things seem to be going, and no matter how much you fight it, doubt creeps in. And when that happens, you have two choices: fear, or faith. You can allow fear to take hold of your mind and your actions, or you can take a breath, leave the world behind for a moment, and know, that everything happens for a reason and you cannot control the future. Don’t allow doubt to ruin your now, because after all, that’s all we really have.

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May 22 2012

"It’s the oldest story in the world. One day, you’re seventeen and planning for someday. And then quietly without you really noticing, someday is today, and then someday is yesterday. And this is your life. We spend so much time wanting, pursuing, wishing, but ambition is good. Chasing things with integrity is good, dreaming. If you had a friend you knew you’d never see again, what would you say? If you could do one last thing for someone you love, what would it be? Say it. Do it. Don’t wait. Nothing lasts forever. Make a wish, and place it in your heart. Anything you want, everything you want. Do you have it? Good. Now believe it can come true. You never know where the next miracle’s gonna come from. The next memory. The next smile. The next wish come true. But if you believe that it’s right around the corner… You open your heart and mind to the possibility of it, to the certainty of it. You just might get the thing you’re wishing for. The world is full of magic. You just have to believe in it. So make your wish. Do you have it? Good. Now believe in it. With all your heart."

One Tree Hill, final voiceover (via ship-of-promises)

via megleithh

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May 21 2012

"You think fairy tales are only for girls? Here’s a hint - ask yourself who wrote them. I assure you, it wasn’t just the women. It’s the great male fantasy - all it takes is one dance to know that she’s the one. All it takes is the sound of her song from the tower, or a look at her sleeping face. And right away you know - this is the girl in your head, sleeping or dancing or singing in front of you. Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much. And they don’t want a very long courtship. They want to know immediately."

David Levithan & Rachel Cohn (via nakedintellect)

via kissesatmidnight

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May 19 2012

"Be a best friend, tell the truth, over-use “I love you;” Go to work, do your best, don’t outsmart your common sense; Never let your praying’ knees get lazy, and love like crazy."

Lee Brice

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May 16 2012

"Falling in love is the easiest thing you’re ever going to do. It’s the most exciting thing. It’s the most powerful thing. That’s why falling out of love hurts like hell. But falling in love? There’s nothing better. It’s the best it ever gets."

OTH

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May 11 2012

"

Love is always patient and kind
it is never jealous

Love is never boastful nor conceited
it is never rude or selfish

It does not take offense
it is not resentful

Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins
but delights in the truth

It is always ready to excuse
to trust
to hold
and to endure whatever comes

"

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

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May 8 2012

"Go after her. Fuck, don’t sit there and wait for her to call, go after her because that’s what you should do if you love someone, don’t wait for them to give you a sign cause it might never come, don’t let people happen to you, don’t let me happen to you, or her, she’s not a fucking television show or tornado. There are people I might have loved had they gotten on the airplane or run down the street after me or called me up drunk at four in the morning because they need to tell me right now and because they cannot regret this and I always thought I’d be the only one doing crazy things for people who would never give enough of a fuck to do it back or to act like idiots or be entirely vulnerable and honest and making someone fall in love with you is easy and flying 3000 miles on four days notice because you can’t just sit there and do nothing and breathe into telephones is not everyone’s idea of love but it is the way I can recognize it because that is what I do. Go scream it and be with her in meaningful ways because that is beautiful and that is generous and that is what loving someone is, that is raw and that is unguarded, and that is all that is worth anything, really."

Harvey Milk (via thatkindofwoman)

(Source: cite-belle)

via thevoicesinsideher

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