““Sometimes, before I fall asleep or when I catch a piece of music that lifts my soul, I envision another way to live, like that moment last night when the setting sun hit the top of that rise and the leaves glowed. They were alight with life, and it lasted only a moment. That’s when I suspect I’ve gotten it wrong and I’ve wasted my time, tilting at windmills–not anticipating the unexpected or being present enough to recognize it.””— (via purplebuddhaquotes)
One may provide all of the nutrients, sun, and water in the world, but a flower will bloom when a flower will bloom.
“Music can transport you to another time with a couple of notes. It makes you feel the heartbreak or the love, right along with the singer. The right song speaks to your soul in a way nothing else can. It’s magic.”— Cindi Madsen, Cipher
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”— Maya Angelou
(via amargedom)
“Two souls are sometimes created together and in love before they’re even born.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald; The Beautiful and Damned
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