literally everybody who has ever been kind to me has made me kinder in return

— Charles Spurgeon

George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin) in her letter to Gustave Flaubert dated 27 June 1870, featured in The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert letters

simple reminder: You are loved by the King of Kings. He knows your heart. He knows how you’re doing. You don’t have to pretend to be someone you’re not. You are covered by grace. 

Why is it that a single stranger’s thoughtless insults mean more to a sensitive soul than a thousand compliments from a loved one?

O. Leary

“Life” via weheartit

the smell of the wind, rain, and earth all at once is so overwhelmingly calm and gives me so much serotonin it’s unimaginable

Sometimes, God calls us to wait. Sometimes, the wait is long because He is pruning and teaching us to put absolute faith and trust in Him. He is faithful and He will bring those promises to pass.

“I wish I could write. I get these ideas but I never seem to be able to put them in words.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald

E.E. Cummings, Complete Poems, 1904-1962

“I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind?” - Langston Hughes

“I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind?” - Langston Hughes

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” - Charles Bukowski

small things we should appreciate more