I'm Trying

 I've been doing a lot of this lately, you know hiding under the covers. I just haven't felt emotionally prepared to face the day. Some days are harder than others. My dad told me to take things one day at a time. I've been trying.

Sometimes I really just want to stay under the covers, or at least be invisible for a little bit. Some days I just don't feel like existing at all.

But today I decided to explore. The plan was to take pictures for my shop. I of course got distracted.

 I discovered,
Even in times of sadness,
The world is still a beautiful place.
Oh, and times can be real sad.
But the sun still shines.

Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true.

Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart.
I am, I am, I am.

The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

The trouble with fiction…is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense.

The Genius and the Goddess, Aldous Huxley

  Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.

Swann’s Way, Marcel Proust

  I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.

The Winter of Our Discontent, John Steinbeck

It is said that life is too short, and that’s quite true, unless you are lonely. Loneliness can bring time to its knees; an absolute and utter standstill.

Losing Julia, Jonathan Hull

Sometimes you’ve got to be able to listen to yourself and be okay with no one else understanding.

One for Sorrow, Christopher Barzak

 The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart.
Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupéry

Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there’s no room for the present at all.

Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh

Lately everyone has been telling me how strong I am. 

You have no idea how little I feel.