Change is scary when

it leaves me behind and makes me wonder

if something is wrong with the way things were-or even worse

if there is something wrong with

me. 

Change is beautiful when

it invites me into a fresh gust of wind and 

pulls me from a world that is stagnant into a land of

endless possibilities and

dreams. 

Change was inevitable when 

I took my first breath and found that 

growing up means nothing stays the same;

this breaks my heart but brings me

hope.  

Change is proof of life

like when a seedling pushes through the ground to

tell the world it can grow

because it has

courage.

dadsaretheoriginalhipster: Your dad lived YOLO before you did and he’s set himself adrift in the ocean to prove it. In the uncharted waters of adventure and death-dodging (somewhere in between the bikini-bramuda triangle and PBR sea), he was the Christopher Columbus of discovering new ways of being awesomer. He lived each day like it was a person challenge to experience everything people only dare to dream. Authors can’t fabricate better stories than the ones he’s survived. Ridiculously intelligent doctors, super-scientists and psychologists gave him a life expectancy of yesterday, but not even the grim reaper can stop the force of a man who lived like a human hurricane.  So hipsters, next time you’re yelling YOLO before you do something that is a huge mistake because you want to justify your stupidity, remember this… You’re dad was too busy killing it back in the day and didn’t have time to invent stupid sayings.  P.S. Say YOLO in front of your dad and see if he doesn’t look at you like you’re an idiot. 

dadsaretheoriginalhipster:

Your dad lived YOLO before you did and he’s set himself adrift in the ocean to prove it. In the uncharted waters of adventure and death-dodging (somewhere in between the bikini-bramuda triangle and PBR sea), he was the Christopher Columbus of discovering new ways of being awesomer. He lived each day like it was a person challenge to experience everything people only dare to dream. Authors can’t fabricate better stories than the ones he’s survived. Ridiculously intelligent doctors, super-scientists and psychologists gave him a life expectancy of yesterday, but not even the grim reaper can stop the force of a man who lived like a human hurricane. 

So hipsters, next time you’re yelling YOLO before you do something that is a huge mistake because you want to justify your stupidity, remember this…

You’re dad was too busy killing it back in the day and didn’t have time to invent stupid sayings. 

P.S. Say YOLO in front of your dad and see if he doesn’t look at you like you’re an idiot. 

Grace

The woods is shining this morning. 

Red, gold and green, the leaves

lie on the ground, or fall, 

or hang full of light in the air still.

Perfect in its rise and in its fall, it takes

the place is has been coming to forever. 

It has not hastened here, or lagged. 

See how surely it has sought itself,

it’s roots passing lordly through the earth. 

See how without confusion it is

all that it is, and how flawless

its grace is. Running or walking, the way

is the same. Be still. Be still. 

“He moves your bones, and the way is clear”

-Wendell Berry