After that, Simon swam naked every night. By the third skinnydipping
session, I secretly peeled off my bikini top while I was in
the water. It was safe. Simon was splashing somewhere ahead of
me. He couldn’t see. It was an amazing feeling. I felt free. Or at least half of me did.
And right then that seemed to "t with the person I felt I was on
Long Island: half-cautious, half-spontaneous, surprising myself
with my random behavior, my sudden moves away from who I
thought I was.
“So how was it, your half skinny dip?” Simon asked as I was
drying off.
“You were watching me?” I blushed, horrified.
“Just a hunch,” he replied. “Feels good though, right?”
I hit him with the towel.
In those moments it's hard to remember that an angry voice is an invisible thing incapable of drawing blood.
Amanda HowellsTags: humor truth odd intriguing
Believing is never a waste of time." Simon looked at me intently his eyes flickering. "Even if you're wrong you could have been right. Take me with my painting I don't know if I'm any good. So maybe I shouldn't try because maybe I'd be setting myself up for disappointment. But it's like you looking for old coins on the beach. Whether you find any or not is for bonus points it's the search that counts. It's the belief that they might be out there.
Amanda HowellsIf you kept your light inside of yourself too long, it might burn out altogether.
Amanda HowellsYou can only take steps toward the future you want. It's not guaranteed to be there.
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I was being strong. Even though I felt weak.
Amanda HowellsIf you don't have any dreams then they won't come true.
Amanda HowellsAfter dreaming about being in love for so long I finally got what it meant to actually be in it.
Amanda HowellsTags: love
You can only take steps toward the future you want. It's not guaranteed to be there.
This is why you have to live inside each beautiful or terrible thing as it happens to you because the present may be all you've got. And if there's more ahead then the present is where you can really shape your future.
Putting yourself at risk...that was the only path to anything meaningful. The biggest risk was in not taking a risk.
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