Lilac Wine

Why do opposites attract ?

This is why in darkness, you reach out for the twinkling taunt of stars although dying embers of dead suns will singe, and no matter how hard you try to hang on to the edge of sensibility, you are but metal to its magnetic inevitability.

Because you need a voice that syncs unspoken thoughts. Because the antidote to caution can only be administered by one not yet infected by second-guesses and sound reason.  Because the breath of life has to be lived, and cannot be taught. The way that cold hearts need warm hands to hold, beautiful things are uncaged when logic wars with abstract feelings.

Why do opposites attract ?

Because raw edges complement soft curves, and bravado is empty without the strength of vulnerability. Because the flutter of soaring dreams need anchors of reality and in the way that forbidden fruits are sweeter, there is a sparkling allure in the things that are difficult, even impossible.

Why do opposites, attract ? 

“If you will look about you (which most people won't do)," says Sergeant Cuff, "you will see that the nature of a man's tastes is, most times, as opposite as possible to the nature of a man's business.” - Wilkie Collins

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- Inner Voice

Gimme Love

Stop questioning, stop second-guessing, and for Pete’s sake stop worrying about things that have not happened and might never happen. Instead, allow yourself to fall in love with everything. It’ll take courage for you to step off the ledge of Playing it Safe and leap unto the roller coaster with your name emblazoned on that seat upfront and center. Please believe me when I tell you you’re capable of doing it and so much more.

Let it turn you inside out and upside down. Let it swish inside you from side to side, head to toe because when you do, it will show. This passion and lust for life will seep out in the spring of your step, it will be heard in the lilt of your voice, the song of your laugh, and you will be contagious.

You’ll realize how passionate and beautiful a lover Life is. You will revel in wonder as she blooms and shows you her core, you will touch and feel the different textures in her many layers. You will listen, really listen to the way life whispers her secrets and you will marvel at the complex tastes of her kisses. Let go of the things weighing you down because you will need both arms to fully embrace life and fall, unbridled, head over heels in love.

If you must flirt, flirt with life in its entirety. If you must fight, fight all the things that are coming between you, and love. Because when you learn to fall in love with everything, then, and only then will you start living.

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” - Rumi

Ride, Picture Collaboration : Scenes de Rue

- Inner Voice 

Look what they’ve done to my song

So I heard your day didn’t go as perfectly planned. Right now you’re probably beating yourself up over the things you failed to accomplish.

It was important,

it was life changing,

it was the cornerstone of a profound discovery.

But wait.

I hope you also think about all the things that did happen today. Start with the simple things. Start with the fact that you woke up not to the sound of bombs dropping and the wails of inequality. Move on to the fact that you breathe, taste, smell, see and hear how this day got to be. Build upon that foundation the fact that today you listened to someone’s troubles, you were compassionate when others were judgmental, and you soothed, not because you knew how to, but because you felt where it hurt.

The wars you fight are in your head, each negative thought a wall in the prison you put yourself in.  The limitations you have are not yours, every obstacle that stumbles you was put there by the limitations of someone else’s imagination. Not yours. Someone else’s. You might have to learn a thousand ways how not to do something, before you get the satisfaction of figuring it out. Just don’t get distracted by someone else’s “That’s impossible” and you’ll get there. When you lose hope, and the climb gets steeper, I hope you remember that the majority never did anything major, it was always the minority who made history. And when they try to pull you back down to their realities, I hope you see that you are the minority.

The you I know doesn’t stay down when hit with a hard blow. The you I know is not a quitter.  The you I know, is a friend, a listener, a human being with mortal fears, ups and downs. If you really need to accomplish something today, make peace with and learn to love that you again. 

" Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are " - Marilyn Monroe 

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- Inner Voice

Imagine

People will tell you you’re ‘unique’ like unique is synonymous to not being normal. They’ll tell you to think different, when all they’re really comfortable with is consistency. Soon, you’ll retreat inwards, and god forbid if you start changing to fit someone else’s shell.

Stay away from the naysayers, lest their short-sightedness transmit through your idle worries. Stay away too from the people who are too generous with their “let’s see”s , and “Buts” and “Maybes”. Instead, surround yourself with people whose motivation is infectious. The ones who say “ Bring it on “ and “Let’s get this ball rolling”. These are the ones who don’t see obstacles, instead they see oppurtinities, and dreams. And dreams.

Surround yourself with the dreamers, the misfits, the ones who are different, the ones who dare, the ones who do.

When your psyche becomes invincible to the appraisal of others, you will be too.

“ The only boundaries for me are those I place on myself. I can make my own dreams come true. “ – Shelly Wu

Purity, photo collaboration : Scenes de Rue 

- Inner Voice

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

Sure, they’ll make you promises of standing by you in a storm and fighting the raging seas with you, but life is not always about wars and battles.

What you truly need is someone who’ll be the calm in your storms. That person who’ll tell you to be still when the world around you is spinning, this person will tell you that it’s alright to live in the moment, even when the moment consists of things you cannot control, well, especially then. Sometimes life sends hurricanes to knock you off your feet, even as those hurricanes zoom past as fast as they arrived. And then you’ll left in a state of confusion, and broken-down rubble. We all need a break from it all. We need to drift, to sway, and to throw caution to the wind. Essentially, you need to find someone who’ll slow dance with you in a burning room.

“ Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast " – William Shakespeare

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- Inner Voice

Gravity

Someone once told you to fight for the things worth fighting for. 

You know this law of physics. Everything that goes up, comes down again. And it’s the same rule that applies in everything. Life is a juggling game between success and failure, between new relationships and lost love. Between fragile friendships and sturdy bonds. Nothing is ever permanent, nothing is ever guaranteed. What matters is that you catch the ones that matter before they hit the ground and shatter.

Sometimes you’ll have friendships that are so wonderful, the world seems a better place. And sometimes, sometimes those shatter into a million pieces, so much so that when you finally piece those pieces back together, you no longer recognize the final picture. It doesn’t matter, love. Be grateful for the memories, for the seasons you had and the seasons you never will.

But if you have a friendship or a relationship worth fiighting for, the ball is in your court. For heaven’s sake. Fight. 

Watching Over You, Photo Collaboration : Scenes de Rue 

- Inner Voice