Just an eighteen year old caught between staying little and growing up as I awkwardly try to find my place in this wonderfully weird world.
Standing in the Sunlight Laughing
This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Earlier this month, a North Carolina pastor suggested rounding up gays and lesbians and starving them to death.
Just yesterday, an audio file of a Kansas pastor saying the government should kill gays made the rounds.
Now, we are confronted with perhaps the most egregious homophobic offense in recent weeks — a youngster at Apostolic Truth Tabernacle in Greensburg, Indiana,belted out “Ain’t No Homos Gonna Make It To Heaven,” and the congregation rewarded him with a standing ovation.
this makes me sick.
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
(via quote-book)
“Cognitive dissonance is simple. You convince yourself that whatever it is in front of you is exactly what you want—that it’s good and right.
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The mind’s ability to fool itself knows almost no boundaries. But eventually, the lucky among us come to our senses. The smoke fades, and we see things for how they really are. Whether by words of wisdom or the flicker of a flashight, we muddle through the fog, landing on the long and winding road we’re meant to travel. However baffling, we learn to trust the path, or at least stay on it. And having no earthly clue where the hell it’s heading means we’ll never be lost. At least not for long.”
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The mind’s ability to fool itself knows almost no boundaries. But eventually, the lucky among us come to our senses. The smoke fades, and we see things for how they really are. Whether by words of wisdom or the flicker of a flashight, we muddle through the fog, landing on the long and winding road we’re meant to travel. However baffling, we learn to trust the path, or at least stay on it. And having no earthly clue where the hell it’s heading means we’ll never be lost. At least not for long.”
