haiku (xxxiii)

it's Christmas morning

and FUCK I LOVE YOU so much

Happy Holidays.

haiku (xxxii)

i wonder if you

dream of me when you close your

eyes and lay quiet.

13,000

I'm so excited to be sharing this with you. This is life and it's totally fucked up.
What are we really supposed to do before and after we eat breakfast? Would you follow the new protocol that had you going to sleep 30 minutes after dinner time? Hell no.
I do what I want and maybe that's my problem but for a couple decades it seems to be working. But this isn't about me. This is about you and your problem. Wouldn't you know about 50% of people sleep with the lights open? Ha! I'm just kidding. You have no idea what your facial expression just looked like when you were trying to figure that one out. OK, neither do I.

When was the last time you lost yourself? 

I think it was just this morning.

You grow every minute, did you know that? Every second of every day is made up of something called, growing time - and it's especially confusing when you're under the age of 40. But at the same time that it's confusing, damn this growing shit is fun.

On the first and last Sundays of every month, try to remember to write a letter to somebody that you love.

When you want to, take yourself out for dinner. Alone.

If you're up for it, try a restaurant that you've never even been to.

If you're really up for it, mark it in your daytimer, slap a sticker on your calendar, make a Post-It.

Did you know that Romi and Michelle invented those things?

Wrong again. That was just a movie about a high school reunion.

Pretty soon your life is going to be a reunion. I'm talking about tomorrow. Live today.

Don't stop. Keep reading. Keep laughing and talking and giving the 'thumbs up' - in person.

Strangers are only called strangers because you haven't asked their name.

jonathon reed

i am part of a lost generation

and i refuse to believe that

i can change the world

i realize that this may be a shock but,

"happiness comes from within."

is a lie, and

"money will make me happy."

so in 30 years i will tell my children

they are not the most important thing in my life

my employer will know that

i have my priorities straight because

work

is more important than

family

i tell you this

once upon a time

families stayed together

but this will not be true in my era

this is a quick fix society

experts tell me

30 years from now, i will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of my divorce

i do not concede that

i will live in a country of my own making

in the future

environmental destruction will be the norm

no longer can it be said that

my generation is apathetic and lethargic

it is foolish to presume that

there is hope.

and all of this will come true unless we choose to reverse it

now read this again

start here, and work your way up.

hearts and cards.

when you laugh there is a sound like happiness and magic tricks that cannot be explained. the awe and resulting wonder of a trick completed is the ultimate satisfaction; the smile that can't be wiped away - the endless questioning. the love. magic tricks are simply in disguise. can you imagine living as surprised as ever, all of the time? can you imagine diamonds were not diamonds and clubs were not clubs? would a spade still be a spade?

I did a lot of stupid thing

i knew it from the beginning it was a bad idea and I only knew because it was happening then. the sun sets again and rises the next morning and your mind doesn't play any tricks on you, it just knows. the last time you felt this way was probably in a dream- and if you're lucky enough to remember the dream at all. we live and we grow and we try and we fail and when we've figured it out we've succeeded. to be on top of the world and to be content you have to be vulnerable...or maybe that's. just. me. Who Am I? Yes. Who Are You?
take the last number you ever thought about and divide it by two. to figure out what you need in your life, don't hesitate to ask. fill your ears with music of a different era. smile at the lady taking her kids to the park. wait a little longer, with the door open, for the man coming into the gas station as you leave. these things are all part of the bigger picture- the better idea. who you are doesn't just come from what you think of yourself. who you are is a large combination of the decisions you make and be people who are around to see them.

haiku (xxxi)

since we all grow up,

can i choose to sparkle if

i promise to shine?

haiku (xxx)

you are beautiful.

you, Victoria's Secret-

unlike no other.