A Few Of My Favorite Things

lauracricket: Seriously, NonFic is exhausting. But I have like...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:10:11 -0400

lauracricket:

Seriously, NonFic is exhausting. But I have like 30 checked out right now anyway.

"Stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:54:07 -0400

“Stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive.”

- Hafiz (via outcamethesun)

Quote of the Day, from Mr. Rogers

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:19:22 -0400

adulting:

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’”

― Fred Rogers

Nothing says "He Is Risen" quite like a Peeptini.

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:27:03 -0400

pinterestyouaredrunk:

Source: homeiswheretheboatis.wordpress.com via Christel on Pinterest

5 Moments That Prove Mr. Rogers Was The Greatest American

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:43:41 -0400

5 Moments That Prove Mr. Rogers Was The Greatest American:

lauracricket:

(I’m not sure what being American had to do with it, but) I think this is the first time a Cracked.com article has made me cry.

Sit down, neighbor, and hear of a man who did not conquer the world, but did it one better; he reminded us that the world needs unity rather than conquest. He walked among us as a man, although he was a hand-to-God saint. They say the difference between a saint and a psychopath is empathy, and Mr. Fred Rogers had an ocean of it, which makes him either the sanest man in history or the craziest hero we ever had.

A kind, loving, smart, real, hardworking, strong, steadfast, and really Christlike man if ever there was one. There’s such a hunger in this world for goodness and gentleness and sincerity, and he invited us all to the feast. Thank you, Mister Rogers. 143.

Oops, I Accidentally Wasted My Entire 20s (And I Feel Fine)

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:29:00 -0400

Oops, I Accidentally Wasted My Entire 20s (And I Feel Fine):

“The work you’ve been doing, that looks like no work at all to society, is some of the most important work that you’ll ever do.”

Like this. Like this a lot.

"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees—just as things..."

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:30:31 -0400

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees—just as things grow in fast movies—I had the familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope."

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:27:34 -0400

“Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope.”

- F. Scott, Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

"Why couldn’t people live together, spend their whole lives together, just because they liked..."

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:06 -0400

“Why couldn’t people live together, spend their whole lives together, just because they liked each other’s company? Just because they liked each other more than they liked anyone else in the whole world?
If you found a person like that you wouldn’t have to have sex. You could just hold them, couldn’t you? You could sit close to them, nestle into them so you could hear the machine of them churning away. You could press your ear against that person’s back, listening to the rhythm of them, knowing that you were both made of the same exact stuff. You could do things like that.”

- Carol Rifka Brunt, Tell the Wolves I’m Home

lauracricket: cocoku: surrealscorpion: In India, a snake...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:33:30 -0400

lauracricket:

cocoku:

surrealscorpion:

In India, a snake protects two pups for 48 hours after they accidentally fall into a hole. At first it was thought that she wanted to attack them, but then noticed she was caring for the puppies. When rescued, the snake was released into a forest.

Nature is whoa, unpredictable.

LOOK AT THE PUPPIES. LOOK AT THEM.

"Drudgery is one of the finest touchstones of character there is. Drudgery is work that is very far..."

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:36:29 -0500

“Drudgery is one of the finest touchstones of character there is. Drudgery is work that is very far removed from anything to do with the ideal—the utterly mean grubby things; and when we come in contact with them we know instantly whether or not we are spiritually real. Read John 13. We see the Incarnate God doing the most desperate piece of drudgery, washing fishermen’s feet, and He says—“If then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.” …Some people do a certain thing and the way in which they do it hallows that thing forever afterwards. It may be the most commonplace thing, but after we have seen them do it, it becomes different…Our Lord took on human flesh and transfigured it, and it has become for every saint the temple of the Holy Ghost.”

- Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest

"My heart started racing, not the bad kind of heart racing, like, I’m going to die. But the..."

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:29:22 -0500

“My heart started racing, not the bad kind of heart racing, like, I’m going to die. But the good kind of heart racing, like, Hello, can I help you with something? If not, please step aside because I’m about to kick the shit out of life.”

- Maria Semple, Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Spiritual Journey: The Mad Season

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:48:18 -0500

Spiritual Journey: The Mad Season:

Great piece on a frowned-upon subject. It has taken me years to figure out that the questions are a gift. Asking them, wading through the confusion they bring, and, often, being angry at the lack of answers that accompanies them, is not failing. It is seeking truth and living honestly.

Sarah Kay: If I Should Have A Daughter

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:17:15 -0500

Sarah Kay: If I Should Have A Daughter:

“You have to grow and explore and take risks and challenge yourself. And that is step three: infusing the work you’re doing with the specific things that make you you, even while those things are always changing, because step three never ends.”

AFTER READING A REALLY SAD BOOK

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:52:36 -0500

librarianproblems:

"‘Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should..."

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:57:51 -0500

“‘Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murderers. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or our purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls.’”

- Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

"‘The most beautiful of altars,’ he said, ‘is the soul of an unhappy man who is..."

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:54:40 -0500

“‘The most beautiful of altars,’ he said, ‘is the soul of an unhappy man who is comforted and thanks God.’”

- Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

"Expectations kill relationships—especially with God. And that’s what a child..."

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:12:15 -0500

“Expectations kill relationships—especially with God. And that’s what a child doesn’t have: this whole edifice of expectation. Without expectation, what can topple the surprising wonder of the moment?”

- Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts

I know this is old news, but mad, mad props to Russell Brand for...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:35:17 -0500

I know this is old news, but mad, mad props to Russell Brand for the manner in which he conducted this interview. Which is something I never thought I’d be saying.

"…But remember: there is no relationship between two people that does not include considerable..."

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:57:33 -0500

“…But remember: there is no relationship between two people that does not include considerable irritation.”

- Garrison Keillor, Love Me