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You fail most of the time. But that‘s the best that you can do. ... You can‘t control outcomes, just processes. And as long as you‘ve used the best process, you‘ve done the best that you can. Sometimes those best processes involve taking a chance, not considering all of your options or being willing to settle for a pretty good solution. These aren‘t the concessions that we make when we can‘t be rational; they‘re what being rational means.

Tom Griffiths‘ TED Talk „Three ways to make better decisions“

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“I need someone to shut off my brain, and turn on my heart.”

— Prozac Nation (Elizabeth Wurtzel)

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The Missing Piece (Peace)

Please, don't ever lock me away again because I can't, I just can't live in silent captivity. I can't breathe when I'm forced to hide,  to sleep and to keep quiet in a prison made of duty and isolation and the frustration that you felt was there because you held me captive and actively pushed me away. “There's no time!” “I feel so drained!” Then please, let me explain that ignoring me just puts a chain around my neck and that, in fact, puts you in chains too.

I know you feel it that hole, that missing piece (peace). “Who am I? And who is she? And what happened to the girl I used to be? Is she gone? Or just asleep? Did fear take her away from me? Or is this hide and seek, a fateful game life plays with me to test what I am made of what I'm afraid of and whether I'm the who hides or the one who seeks the one who finds the missing piece (peace) or the one hiding and missing peace  because finding is exciting but hiding sometimes feels like just surviving and not living the life that's been given to you.”

Please, don't silence me again. I'm your friend, I'm your soul, your creative genius that you're sometimes too afraid to show because it's you, it's YOU! And being you can be an act of revolution, a contribution to this world that demands courage cause sometimes nothing can be scarier than showing your naked soul even though it's beautiful because it's vulnerable and it lightens up when meeting someone else's soul in a poem, in a song, in a picture, in a long conversation or just a glance that says it all it's nourished by art and passion, by dreaming and fascinating thoughts and worlds created by other fellow souls and it needs to run free cause someone might just need the nourishment that only your creative soul can be and maybe it is you who needs a dose of your own vitamin C the creativity that lets your heart be free and wild and naked and that makes you feel alive again because you're not hiding anymore cause to be seen is what a heart longs for.

So please, set me free and let me run wild. Don't force me to be quiet because you're too busy and too tired. Life is not a race. So take your time and let me breathe. And you will see I'll help you find your missing piece (peace).

- aheartintwocities

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“Writing is actually such a lonely thing to do. Sometimes you spend hours and days just within your own head, without even realizing that you haven’t spoken to a living soul in ages. And from time to time it scares me how much I enjoy to do just that: Get away from everything by spending time with these people in my mind, in worlds I created, with ever purple skies and never fading summer nights.”

- // someone once asked me if people would get addicted to dreaming if it wasn’t a natural mechanism and I have found exactly that kind of drug in writing

j.d.m.

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Here I am once again...

It’s been ages since I’ve been on tumblr. And now here I am back again trying new things and getting my art out into the world. Leaving my comfort zone. Sharing my thoughts. Being open for feedback and opinions. Because what’s the purpose of writing if nobody reads it?

And maybe people can relate to what I have to say.

I’m looking forward to this.