Fisherman's Bride

For lack of a better term, "windswept-spirit."

I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.

humansofnewyork: “What do you miss most about the Midwest?” “Family, familiarity, certain details.” “What details in particular?” “Well one thing— the women have thighs.”  (Seen at Facebook HQ)

humansofnewyork:

“What do you miss most about the Midwest?”
“Family, familiarity, certain details.”
“What details in particular?”
“Well one thing— the women have thighs.” 
(Seen at Facebook HQ)

Writers don’t write from experience, though many are resistant to admit that they don’t. I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you’d get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

—Nikki Giovanni (via amandaonwriting)

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