my funny valentine

golden light, originally uploaded by Justin Davis Davanzo.

the below quote is one of my favorites from one of my favorite writers...it embodies the everyday man who is just living and not worrying too much about what should or shouldn't be...i think it speaks to me from a place that is a common ground when it comes to feeling a bit guilty at times for living life in ways that just feel normal to me...minute by minute...it is so easy to feel dread on a large scale when you have a moment to think of things while sitting on a brown couch in a brown robe...what will i do today? what will I do in 10 years? what will happen tomorrow? what do i want to do? who am i?

you know...all those things that swirl around in our heads each day...

so to all of us who have moments in between our super-hero moments...the moments we come down and feel little and mortal....breathe it in and pass through it...


FOR I HAVE ALWAYS LIVED VIOLENTLY, DRUNK HUGELY, EATEN TOO MUCH OR NOT AT ALL, SLEPT AROUND THE CLOCK OR MISSED TWO NIGHTS OF SLEEPING, WORKED TOO HARD AND TOO LONG IN GLORY, OR SLOBBED FOR A TIME IN UTTER LAZINESS. I'VE LIFTED, PULLED, CHOPPED, CLIMBED, MADE LOVE WITH JOY AND TAKEN MY HANGOVERS AS CONSEQUENCE, NOT AS PUNISHMENT. I DID NOT WANT TO SURRENDER FIERCENESS FOR A SMALL GAIN IN YARDAGE.

JOHN STEINBECK

love and understanding