he had beautiful eyes

I think life is about listening to music that gives you goosebumps, closing your eyes & letting the sun shine on your face, recognising the smell of grass and rain soaked asphalt and your mum’s perfume, wrapping your arms around people and burying them into your chest until they’re only breathing in love, seeing new places and learning new things. Really, learning and learning and learning until you don’t feel like judging anyone for anything.

Lately I've been thinking about who I want to love, and how I want to love, and why I want to love the way I want to love, and what I need to learn to love that way, and who I need to become to become the kind of love I want to be... and when I break it all down, when I whittle it into a single breath, it essentially comes out like this: Before I die, I want to be somebody's favourite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret, every solitude, every nervous prayer, and be absolutely certain I will keep it safe. I will keep it safe.

issues

Don’t let society shape the person you become. Don’t sit there and let the opportunities to become a better ‘you’ pass you by. If you have a vision of what you’d like your future to be and what person you’d love to be but you’re assuming change will happen in the future, say goodbye to that mindset and change your attitude right now, because your future depends on the now. If you want to climb Everest, you can; if you want to be an actor and create standing ovations, you can; if you want to be healthy, fit and lean; you can, the only thing stopping you is yourself. Have a lovely day, wherever you are. You have the opportunity to become anything you’d like.

dreams are forever

Don’t get stuck. Move, travel, take a class, take a risk. There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming. Don’t lose yourself at happy hour, but don’t lose yourself on the corporate ladder either. Stop every once in a while and go out to coffee or climb in bed with your journal. Now is your time. Walk closely with people you love. Don’t get stuck in the past, and don’t try to fast-forward yourself into a future you haven’t yet earned. Give today all the love and intensity and courage you can, and keep travelling honestly along life’s path.