I don't think like this all the time

Just a reminder I don't think and talk like this all the time. Most of my thoughts are mundane, they're not published here for that same reason but please remember these are just my little highlighted lines.

The goal of Shorts was to capture little thoughts would otherwise just pass by and probably be forgotten, and would be as frustrating to try to recall as the details of a dream.

Take

You can make me change my language,
But you cannot make me change my mind.
You can cut off every hair,
But my Father's love is still there.
You can kill the body,
But you cannot destroy the soul.
You may even break my heart,
But not the spirit that it holds.
You can rewrite history,
But the sky saw the real story.
Even if you took the ground on which we stand,
I would still take a stand.
You might tie my hands,
But cannot undo what they have done.
You could take my life right here,
But not the battles I have won.
You can take the things I own,
But you can never make me disown
What I know to be true,
No, you cannot take the truth I know.

Pause on long stories

I'm still mourning the loss of my novelist-type mind. It's just that there is no longer anything I want or need to say with so many words at this time.

On one hand it makes me feel lost, missing the slow process. On the other, it is a relief to know that the thoughts and characters as all they mean and live for can be saved with less; there is less fear of running out of time, fewer corners to make mistakes. On one hand I miss the characters constantly developing in my mind, but they feel much closer now.

It's bittersweet.

Like children growing up. Or maybe it's more like I've grown up, grown into them or at least to a point where instead of the me the writer only living through them, there is hope that perhaps they might live through me.

From the 1900s

Lil sibling: Wow, that's so 80s

Me: Maybe. I'm feeling more 90s actually.

Lil sibling: Oh. I wouldn't know I wasn't born in the 1900s.

Me: o_O

As of this year there are no more children from the 1900s. They are all 18+.

SAD pun

Second degree frostbite pain and numbness *pales* in comparison to spring depression-type pain and numbness.

Emotion like an ocean

I want to feel like the ocean...

Branching out to ecosia, a search engine that raises funds for tree-planting!

Title says it all!

https://www.ecosia.org/

Personal counter: https://ecosia.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201657341-How-does-the-personal-counter-work-

Their mission: https://info.ecosia.org/what

How to make it your default search engine in Chrome:
http://theinsiter.org/features/68200/time-to-start-using-ecosia-as-your-default-search-engine/

For more nature and environment-related posts, check out my other blog, Nature~Nimbus, at nature-nimbus.blogspot.ca

Edited April 9, 2018

Nightmares of the holocaust

Stayed in bed too long today still caught up in all the nightmares.

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Last night a gargoyle crawled through the window,

And left a gap when we closed the blinds.

It peered from behind a wardrobe,

Soiled my sisters clean laundry,

And maybe hurt the mouse we'd later find.

I keep first thinking it's my cat

But then I think twice,

The cat was somewhere else I thought,

And why would she spare any mice?

A taste of paradise

Often we can be talking, and there are things have really been bothering me so much throughout the day but I don't tell you, just because within that moment you make me literally forget about whatever it was that was making me sad altogether.

       It is a taste of "the former things will not be called to mind". It is a taste of paradise to have and talk to friends like you.

      So if ever you hear trough the grapevine "Mel's going through x" and you haven't heard about it already, it's literally because the second you crack a smile or laugh you literally make me so happy I forget about my problems, which means we constantly need to make plans to "catch up". Hope you're okay with that. I'm okay with that.

All-emoji conversations are great.

Happy international women's day, all

Featuring: Because I Am a Girl
I may not work for Plan anymore, but they are still one of my favourite charities. I really appreciate what they do to help who they can, and also appreciate that the logo is bright pink. Along with the name of the movement it subtly and artfully conveys the message that girls do not need to be seen as "like boys" to be respected, but rather deserve fair chance to be respected on the basis of who they are themselves.

Thank you to all the women and girls, and thank you to all the men and boys who show this every day despite the way the world is right now.

Happy international women's day, all :)

So another day goes on

So another day goes on

Another night went by

Talking with this feeling I couldn't shake,

Though I know you didn't mean to make me cry.

No matter what becomes of us

Each day and night will still have their bright side.

Oh the moon and sun will still move as one.

Matcha

Want some matcha green tea?

I'm not really familiar with matcha.

What do you mean?

Lots of people talk about it, but I don't know matcha bout it.

"I never cared much for Friday nights until you came along."

My new alarm names are motivational sayings.

Lately my sleep schedule has been a 4am bedtime and up sometime between 10-12, so will let you know how 6am rise-and-shine goes next week.