i will choose little rebellions… like the ache turned into empathy…

i will choose little rebellions... like the ache turned into empathy. my rage channeled into intention.

i will choose little rebellions… like the ache turned into empathy. my rage channeled into intention. my inspired heart will create beauty in rebellion… we need art and words and songs… someone, somewhere is barely hanging on, and something beautiful will be their lighthouse. my passionate heart will love more in rebellion… the way i feel about who and what i love will be even more and more and more… there is going to be passion and love here, no matter what. and my hope is going to be fierce, even if in spite of so much. darkness depends on us to stop feeling beautiful things and to stop believing in a better way… and i will make it my rebellion not to.

– butterflies rising

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when the world gets really dark and heavy…

when the world gets really dark and heavy, it may seem like your dreams don't matter as much

when the world gets really dark and heavy, it may seem like your dreams don’t matter as much… but maybe it’s when they matter even more. because anyone trying to hold on to something good and beautiful within is also holding space for the light while the world tries to find it again.

– butterflies rising

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if the year you’re about to live doesn’t look the same as anyone else’s year…

if the year you're about to live doesn't look the same as anyone else's year and doesn't feel like any other year you've lived before

if the year you’re about to live doesn’t look the same as anyone else’s year and doesn’t feel like any other year you’ve lived before, you don’t have to be afraid… it’s just a sign that you’re perfectly on the way to somewhere your soul is aching to go

– butterflies rising

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self-love era… at first, this all felt like loss…

self-love era... at first, this all felt like loss, like life was taking me away from places i'd felt love

self-love era…
at first, this all felt like loss, like life was taking me away from places i’d felt love. but in this new place, i’m just being asked to learn to feel love… but not need permission from someone or something else to feel it.

– butterflies rising

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i’ve been patient in so much waiting, always barely touching dreams…

i've been patient in so much waiting, always barely touching dreams at the ends of wanting fingertips

i’ve been patient in so much waiting, always barely touching dreams at the ends of wanting fingertips… but now i feel a spark, and i’m ready for life to bring me what it’s been holding in the “someday”… and i will let this be the time when dreams stop feeling out of reach, as they fall into my grasp and start unfolding all around me.

– butterflies rising

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