live extraordinarily

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“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.” Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children

I just finished reading this book. Like literally five minutes ago. The second I read this line–which is on the second to last page–I immediately knew I wanted to share it. 

True, perhaps I can’t hold a ball of blue fire in my hands or levitate or heave boulders over my head (like some “peculiar children” can), but I believe it is quite possible to live a life of quiet extraordinary….and with maybe just a little bit of peculiar.

live extraordinarily

(via: reblog)

“I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.” Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children

I just finished reading this book. Like literally five minutes ago. The second I read this line–which is on the second to last page–I immediately knew I wanted to share it. 

True, perhaps I can’t hold a ball of blue fire in my hands or levitate or heave boulders over my head (like some “peculiar children” can), but I believe it is quite possible to live a life of quiet extraordinary….and with maybe just a little bit of peculiar.

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“Nothing stays the same. You grow up, make friends, lose friends, go to college, lose track of people, meet new ones and sometimes you ask yourself why. But all I can tell you is that every single experience you go through changed you in some way. Every new person who comes into your life changes you. Every moral dilemma or emotional experience you come up against changes you. It’s your job to decide how…” -unknown.

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“Nothing stays the same. You grow up, make friends, lose friends, go to college, lose track of people, meet new ones and sometimes you ask yourself why. But all I can tell you is that every single experience you go through changed you in some way. Every new person who comes into your life changes you. Every moral dilemma or emotional experience you come up against changes you. It’s your job to decide how…” -unknown.

looking up……

The unwanted post has been (re)moved. I’m assuming it has served its purpose, and frankly, it rather depressed me to look at it every time I opened my lovely blog. 

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This is meant to be a happy space–where we share the little gorgeous things. Let’s say we save the major complaining and harping and general ugliness for somewhere else. Life is short. And gorgeous. Are we agreed?