good words

words are constantly swarming around us. lyrics of the songs we listen to again and again, quotes we see on blogs, and original thoughts conjured up inside our heads go day and night. they never seem to stop. i wouldn't want them to.

words are the inspiration we seek.

now if i could just figure out a place to keep them all safe.

“Raise your words, not your voice.
It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”

- rumi

“There is an incredible malleability to human personality. We tend to become like the people we’re around. Our personalities and actual characters can mold themselves to our environment in unexpected ways. This is why it’s so important to choose our friends and close associates wisely. Their impact on us can be dramatic, and if it’s bad insidiously so, because we’re typically unaware of what’s happening as we begin to be transformed by the example of their presence. Your goodness, kindness, happiness, general optimism, and positive life force can all be slowly drained away, and a tangible negative transformation can occur.”

-If Harry Potter Ran General Electric: Leadership Wisdom from the World of the Wizards by Tom Morris

"let there always be children. let there always be mess. and children's books. let there be plentiful food and drink. fresh flowers on the table. the music of a good joke and the subsequent cascade of laughter. let there be shared looks between old friends and the gentle palm of a hand on the back by someone who's seen you cycle through good, bad and all that is between. let there be love. of friends. of partners. of children. of another memory in the making."

- meg fee

"We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day."

-brad meltzer