southern state of mind


est. august 2009

"if you're feeling frightened about what comes next, don't be. embrace the uncertainty. allow it to lead you to places. be brave as it challenges you to exercise both your heart and your mind as you create your own path towards happiness, don't waste time with regret. spin wildly into your next action. enjoy the present, each moment, as it comes; because you'll never get another one quite like it. and if you should ever look up and find yourself lost, simply take a breath and start over. retrace your steps and go back to the purest place in your heart...where your hope lives. you'll find your way again."

All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea—whether it is to sail or to watch it—we are going back from whence we came.

—President John F. Kennedy, 35th president of United States (1917 - 1963)

(Source: anoceanactivist, via prettygirlfromcarolina)

southernpartofheaven:

can we just all agree that it is dumb that if you’re gay, that’s a defining aspect of you and you’re expected to talk about it and tell everyone all the time? it’s not like the first thing i tell people when i meet them is that i’m straight.