Sunday, July 31, 2011
life lessons
I am a lot stronger than I gave myself credit for. Sometimes it takes being disappointed in everything around you to decide to rise above.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
The Righteous Brothers
Playing fifties music just to get my daddy to sing. And also because I love it.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
The Velveteen Rabbit
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
"You were Real to the Boy," the Fairy said, "because he loved you. Now you shall be Real to every one."
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand."
"You were Real to the Boy," the Fairy said, "because he loved you. Now you shall be Real to every one."
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