Compass of the Wanderer

I love learning about everything. Most especially I love learning about different people and their unique life story. I am a storyteller at heart, and I see a story in everything. The wind and rain tell a tale that you can only hear if you listen closely, song conveys the story of the heart better than any pen, each of us have a story to tell, and each is worth the hearing.

Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here.

—Eve Ensler (via misswallflower)

Lake Situ Gunung in Indonesia, photographed by Hardi Budi via National Geographic. Sunshine filters through the mist, warming all that it touches. Seeing this, I can hear the sound of the oar gently cleaving the water, and a few early birds wishing each other a good morning.

Lake Situ Gunung in Indonesia, photographed by Hardi Budi via National Geographic. Sunshine filters through the mist, warming all that it touches. Seeing this, I can hear the sound of the oar gently cleaving the water, and a few early birds wishing each other a good morning.

(Source: filchingmagpie, via gypsy-sun)