People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.
A soul mate’s purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life…
Elizabeth Gilbert in Eat, Pray, Love
Song: “See Through Blue” by Beth Orton
this could be the year for the real thing: eulogy
i am okay with
the world ending
soon, because
all it means is
all my favorite songs
will no longer
serve as a pitiful
reminder
of you
and the memory of you,
standing with your back
against the watching woods
your bottom lip curved, as if
to keep it all from spilling out,
as if you could barely…
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Texting with Secretary Hillary Clinton.
(Proof of her submission.) (via: Stacy & Adam)
36 Hours: Park City, Utah
Park City, Utah, is the rare ski resort that offers lively diversions on and off the slopes.
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Washington Post
What’s your favorite holiday craft? I’m voting for the garland.
