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4:12pm | May 19th, 2010 “Look at you. You’re young. And you’re scared. Why are you so scared? Stop being paralyzed. stumble Tumblr

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The greatest irony of life The greatest irony of life is loving the right person at the wrong time, having the wrong person when the time is right and finding out you love someone after that person walks out from your life. Sometimes you think you’re already over a person but when you see them smile at you, you’ll suddenly realize that you’re just pretending to be over them just to ease the pain of knowing that they will never be yours again. For some, they think that letting go is one way of expressing how much you love the person. TED Quotes: Facts, insight and humor from TEDTalks — in shareable bites TED Quotes are made possible by Allianz SE Facts, insight and humor —in shareable bites TED Quotes brings you salient bits of TEDTalks, on everything from activism to storytelling, from chemistry to curiosity. Have thoughts about TED Quotes? Want to suggest a quote? Share your ideas with us.

Vintage Tattoos Wednesday 20 February 2013 Pics of Vintage Tattoos Showcasing cool pictures of old school vintage tattoos. The Top 10 Relationship Words That Arent Translatable Into English Here are my top ten words, compiled from online collections, to describe love, desire and relationships that have no real English translation, but that capture subtle realities that even we English speakers have felt once or twice. As I came across these words I’d have the occasional epiphany: “Oh yeah! That’s what I was feeling...” Mamihlapinatapei (Yagan, an indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego): The wordless yet meaningful look shared by two people who desire to initiate something, but are both reluctant to start.

The Best Kind of Love If You Don't Know Me By Now The Best Kind of Love By Annette Paxman Bowen A New Paradigm of Happiness From the rise of Buddhism, the positive psychology movement and critical thinking of the extreme ways humans look for pleasure nowadays comes new ways of thinking about happiness. If you want to find out what the latest scientific findings have in common with old wisdom regarding happiness, don’t look any further. These books provide all the answers you are looking for. 1) The Art of Happiness He grew out of a culture that studied the art of happiness for thousands of years. Disney Princesses In Accurate Period Costume These are very beautiful drawings! Although I am sad to see Belle looking so unlike herself. On a different note: I’d love to know what the reference was for the period costuming for each Princess. Given what I know about the stories, a lot of these seem a little inaccurate time period wise (I have no idea about the costumes other than that they look gorgeous): - As far as I know, the German “Snow White” was published in 1812 with the rest of the Grimm’s collected works; even her supposed ‘real’ influence lived in the 18th century.

Never Ignore a Person Who Loves You When you are around someone so long who loves you it is easy to take them for granted. One of the many challenges of a relationship is keeping it fresh, and not taking for granted that you are in one. In order to do this we must show how much we love one another everyday, forgetting to do so will simply lead a relationship to its demise. There are many things you can do to show someone how much you appreciate and love them. Maybe try taking them to a place you might not like going so much, but know that they will enjoy. Simply showing your lover affection at a time when you usually don't will also show how much you appreciate them, maybe a simple hug if you don't hug much, or maybe sending flowers to their work may earn you some extra brownie points, and maybe even a tad bit extra.

A Simple Guide to Being Yourself Instead of People Pleasing To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. ~Thich Nhat Hanh Many people I talk with feel that they have no joy in their life.

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