Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
(Source: payinginmynaivety)
Passenger Seat - Death Cab for Cutie
with my feet on the dash, the world doesn’t matter
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It is my junior year, 1978, when disco and Rocky movies are the cultural rage. We are in an unusual sociology class at Brandeis, something Morrie calls “Group Process”. Each week we study the ways in which the students in the group interact with one another, how they respond to anger, jealousy, attention. We are human lab rats. More often than not, someone ends up crying. I refer to it as the “touchy-feely” course. Morrie says I should be more open-minded.
On this day, Morrie says he has an exercise for us to try. We are to stand, facing away from our classmates, and fall backward, relying on another student to catch us. Most of us are uncomfortable with this, and we cannot let go for more than a few inches before stopping ourselves. We laugh in embarrassment.
Finally, one student, a thin, quite, dark-haired girl whom I notice almost always wears bulky white fisherman sweaters, crosses her arms over her chest, closes her eyes, leans back, and does not flinch, like one of those Lipton tea commercials where the model splashes into the pool.
For a moment I am sure she is going to thump on the floor. At the last instant, her assigned partner grabs her head and shoulders and yanks her up harshly.
“Whoa!” several students yell. Some clap.
Morrie finally smiles.
“You see,” he says to the girl, “you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too - even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling.”
Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie (via this-cup)
Man alone measures time, man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.
Mitch Alborn (via madwithinsanity)
Japanese photographer Tsuneaki Hiramatsu captured fireflies beauty in a whole new light, using time-lapse photography. The result – lush images that show patterns of light that looks more like celestial figures than arthropods. Fireflies use two chemicals – luciferase and luciferin. The former glows when combined with the latter, which is an enzyme that triggers light emission.
Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become.
Morrie Schwartz - Tuesdays with Morrie (via averageatbestiguess)
Morrie had told me: “So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning” - And I knew he was right.
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom. One of my favourite passages in any book ever. (via tryingtobeagentleman)
Maybe if I fall asleep I won’t breathe right
Maybe if I leave tonight I won’t come back
Can nobody hear me?
I got a lot that’s on my mindξ
pedantic-pontificating-bastards:
red pandas are the derps of the animal kingdom
Can someone genuinely explain to me how red pandas survive in the wild
I mean they have to have some kind of method of survival like a strong bite or claws or something
how do they survive
They survive because nothing can stand to eat them. Predators are just like “…I can’t. Too cute.”
If I had a a dollar for every time I asked myself that question I would be able to pay my way through art school without scholarships.
Parachute| Mess I Made
And it’s falling down, as you walk away
And it’s on me now, as you go
But oh, I’m staring at the mess I made
I ‘m staring at the mess I made
I ‘m staring at the mess I made
As you turn, you take your heart and walk away
Corgi Compilation - You are welcome
How I Met Your Mother & The Vancouver Canucks
“Lily, if one of the Vancouver Canucks walked in here,” Robin explained, “my panties would drop so hard, there would be a hole in the floor half-way to China.” - Robin Scherbatsky
