“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right.”
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Søren Kierkegaard, from a letter to his favorite niece, Henriette Lund, in 1847
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
— Rudyard Kipling, Interview with an Immortal (1935)
i decided to spend my summer studying in New York City. in hindsight it doesn’t seem like a big deal, but this is the first time I have been truly left alone. It’s hard, lonely, i find courage in the idea that i am brave for pursuing something. It has been magical and simultaneously horrifying. confronting my solitude, where things could go wrong, anxiety over possible failure, first-generation-guilt. it’s a lot. i am so so so so so so so grateful for everything I have seen and felt. there is more in store for me. there is more in store for me. there is more in store for me. the universe is beaming to include me in its plans.
most beautiful movie <3 probably seen it 15 times. it makes me wish I could go back to high school and spend time with people. something in the solitude of the soundtrack makes me think i should’ve slowed down, gotten out of my head, and valued the ones I loved around me.
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