endocrine diaries
Kristjana Friðleifsdóttir ॐ
a delving into my mind; philosophy, art, whatever. if you don't dig it then that's cool cus i don't care
- and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people’s approval
and you will be their prisoner.
Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity."
Lao-Tzu, The Tao Te Ching
(via panatmansam)
lao tzu always got what i need to hear <3
(via tea-from-the-bodhi-tree)
Nestled deep among the woods of Middlebury lies an abandoned village. This isn’t your average abandoned village, however, as it consists of crumbling doll-sized houses. Aptly named Little People Village, legend says a local man was terrorized by fairies who insisted that he was living on their land. In an attempt to alleviate their threats, he built a tiny village for the pixies. As they grew in population, they expected more and more from the exhausted man. Driven to the brink of insanity, the man fled and abandoned the tiny village. Another legend is a bit more grim, and says that the man committed suicide. Anybody that visits can see that a lot of detail went into the tiny village, with intricate pathways between each building and stairs inside the petite homes.
(via thepurelands)
(via thepurelands)
Millions of people never analyse themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment; preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don’t know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realise complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots; conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.
–Paramahansa Yogananda
(via thepurelands)
(Source: lazyyogi, via thepurelands)