And the calm has settled :)

Shoulda caught onto the signals way earlier

Coolest thing I've seen in a while

http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/

The Dandelion Child versus. The Orchid Child

Dandelion Child, refers to the capacity of some children to survive and even thrive in whatever circumstances they encounter, in much the same way that dandelions seem to prosper irrespective of soil, sun, drought, or rain.

Orchid child, might better describe the context-sensitive individual, whose survival and flourishing is intimately tied, like that of the orchid, to the nurturant or neglectful character of the environment. In conditions of neglect, the orchid promptly declines, while in conditions of support and nurture, it is a flower of unusual beauty.

22

But when we're 22 

Anything can happen
But now you're liberated
You're free
From everything you put on hold for me

And people keep saying
"Don't let it get in the way"
But they just don't see
That this isn't a wall
Everything from now on
Is for you and I to breathe

Cause you know I want to see the seven seas
And you know I have hopes and dreams
And you told me to live them
In honor of what we should've been
No need to hang on to what could've been

Because at 19 nothing is constant
Change is a shadow on your shoulder
So when we're 22
Everything will happen

Hardiness

"Hardiness is composed of several characteristics. the first is a sense of commitment, or the tendency to involve oneself in whatever one encounters. The second factor is a belief in control, the sense that one causes the events that happen in one's life and that one can influence one's environment. The third component is challenge, a willingness to undertake change and confront new activities that represent opportunities for growth."

Unbreakable Smile (1 Mic, 1 Take – Top of the Tower) (Vevo LIFT): Brough...

Jaymes Young - Habits Of My Heart (Elk Road Remix)

And I already know that the mornings are going to be the worst because they'll consistently remind me that I'm only at the start of a whole day without you.

Raleigh Ritchie - Stronger Than Ever

What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life?

Well, it’s so amazing as a result of our kind of educational system, crowds of students say well, we’d like to be painters, we’d like to be poets, we’d like to be writers, but as everybody knows you can’t earn any money that way. Or another person says well, I’d like to live an out-of-doors life and ride horses. I said you want to teach in a riding school? Let’s go through with it. What do you want to do?

When we finally got down to something, which the individual says he really wants to do, I will say to him, you do that and forget the money, because, if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living, that is to go on doing things you don’t like doing, which is stupid. Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way.

And after all, if you do really like what you’re doing, it doesn’t matter what it is, you can eventually turn it – you could eventually become a master of it. It’s the only way to become a master of something, to be really with it. And then you’ll be able to get a good fee for whatever it is. So don’t worry too much. That’s everybody is – somebody is interested in everything, anything you can be interested in, you will find others will. But it’s absolutely stupid to spend your time doing things you don’t like, in order to go on spending things you don’t like, doing things you don’t like and to teach our children to follow in the same track.