iguessthatscool:brokenwing:dancehallhiips:holdmyhand:flourhoneymilk:bellicosity:christinefriar:
- Holding doors open for other people — not like, out of your way douchebag status — just “I see you there three seconds behind me, and I’m going to open this wide enough that it doesn’t shut at the exact moment you reach it.”
- Responding when someone in a service position says “Have a good day!” or thanks you for something — and not just a one word response, either. Give em something genuine. Have a convo.
- Saying thank you and please and how are you.
- Smiling. Now, again, not walking around smiling all the time — but if you make eye contact with a stranger, give em a little smile action. Acknowledge one another.
- Say thank you to your teacher every. single. time you leave class. Even if you hated the lesson, even if you fell asleep, even if they were grumpy, even if they failed you. Almost all teachers *could* be doing something else, but instead they chose to teach. Make it worth their while.
@7 months ago with 196 notes
"Mom, Listen, I haven’t been together with Topanga for twenty-two years, but we have been together for sixteen. ‘Kay, that’s a lot longer than most couples have been together. I mean, when we were born, you told me that we used to take walks in our strollers together in the park. When we were two, we were best friends, I mean, I, I knew everything about this girl. I knew her favorite color. I knew her favorite food. Then we became six, you know, and Eric made fun of me because it wasn’t cool to have a best friend that was a girl or even know a girl, so for the next seven years I threw dirt at her. I like to call those “the lost years”. Then when I was thirteen, Mom, she put me up against my locker and she kissed me. I mean, she gave me my first kiss. She taught me how to dance. She was always talking about these crazy things and I never understood a word she said. All I understood was that she was the girl I sat up every night thinking about, and when I’m with her I feel happy to be alive. Like I can do anything. Even talk to you like this. So that’s, that’s what I feel is love, Mom… When I’m better because she’s here… and now she won’t be. So we’re finished."
@7 months ago with 374 notes
"A good library will never be too neat or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them."
@7 months ago with 80 notes