“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them.” — Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Most of us call someone selfish for only thinking about themselves. We call someone selfish because they don’t consider the feelings of other people, or worse, our feelings. They are selfish because they’re only focused with themselves and not concerned with the well-being of the ones around them.
But when you really think about it, it’s the other way around — we’re the selfish ones. We’re the selfish ones for wanting our feelings to be considered, for wanting to be acknowledged properly, for wanting so bad to fit it and be a part of their world. I guess that’s why they never gave us the chance, I guess that’s why they don’t seem to care at all, because we’re the selfish ones.
“I’m on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves, the deck shifting beneath my feet.” — Katniss Everdeen, Mockingjay (Chapter 16)
“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.” — Finnick Odair, Mockingjay (Chapter 11)
“thanks for the adventure, now go have a new one”
“The Carl/Ellie love story without dialogue from Up is easily one of my top 5 movie scenes of all time. Perhaps even best ever.”
-The Dark Knight (2008)
Received these strings last night. (Dance Leaders’ Outing 2012)
Pink = Thank you.
Blue = I want to know you more.
“No one in their right mind would let me make the plans. Because I obviously can’t tell a friend from an enemy.” — Katniss Everdeen, Catching Fire (Chapter 27)
(Source: derangedmembrane)
“Everything happens for a reason” is cliche. Yes, I know.
We can all remember the times when we feel like we deserve more than what we have. I think it’s human nature. There are times when we just don’t want to lose anything. But sacrifice is part of life. We need to understand that we cannot gain everything. Everything in life is a choice. We need to give up something in order to get the other. Our attitude about our decisions comes with two choices. We either regret every wrong choice we made and every opportunity we lost OR accept the consequences by believing that we make our own choices for our very own special reasons, and that every choice is essential to life’s journey.