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Oetics

A Map of the World

“One of the ancient maps of the world

is heart-shaped, carefully drawn

and once washed with bright colors,

though the colors have faded

as you might expect feelings to fade

from a fragile old heart, the brown map

of a life. But feeling is indelible,

and longing infinite, a starburst compass

pointing in all the directions

two lovers might go, a fresh breeze

swelling their sails, the future uncharted,

still far from the edge

where the sea pours into the stars.”

-Ted Kooser

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Quotes

“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

-Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Quotes

You don’t have to be where you think you want to be in order to be happy. You just gotta be on the way to where you want to be in order to be happy.

-“Abraham Hicks”

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Chillin Oetics

I Broke the Egg Yolk. So What?

I was feeling good, then the egg yolk broke.

And I felt a moment of disappointment, but went back to feeling good.

It wouldn’t have mattered if the egg yolk had stayed intact, I would have still felt disappointed at something.

Then, in the same way, it would be up to me to feel better 🙂

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Chillin

Meaning is Different for Everybody

Meaning is different for everybody.

You have to follow your own meaning.

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Chillin Oetics

I want to Be Happy

Where I am Now.

Nothing else can come and

Give me Happiness.

The Key to Happiness is only found

In this Moment.