states i am striving towards|where i find(found) myself|where i want to be.

signs on the waterfront, WA|2008

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states i am striving towards:

glass - the quality of total and complete clarity; the faculty of having an inside that shines outward; the necessity of having a clear chamber in order for light to shine through.

water - "i want to be like water. i want to slip through fingers but hold up a ship"

silence - thoughts appear when words are not spoken; words are heard when thoughts do not speak; there is a wellspring of wisdom where silence is heard. "the essence of true safety is to observe silence..."

strength - it is not hiding under grains of sand; nor underneath leaves... its found in climbing up the Mountain; its found in swimming through the Ocean. its what is made clear as the world gets larger and i feel smaller...

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to: being guided places you didn't know you needed to be. to being guided to pages you didn't know you needed to read. to openness. to acceptance. to learning to be silent. to bike rides at midnight through an almost silent almost dark campus. to trees dancing. to opened windows. to notes written in Books i had forgotten about until now. to not holding back tears. to you. to. you. to me. to existing. to being able to laugh. to being able to sit down in the mess of things with relaxed shoulders and a smiling face. to "it'll be ok". to acceptance. to the sounds created that wrap around my heartstrings. to heartstrings. to breaths of air. to exhaled breaths of air that carry with them the former.worn.obsolete. to inhaled breaths of air that bring with them new.fresh.hopeful. to wide-eyes - yours and mine.