#insignificant

[nobeerreviews]

A man who keeps company with glaciers comes to feel tolerably insignificant by and by.

-- Mark Twain

(Aletsch glacier, Switzerland)

#glacier #insignificant #thoughts #mark twain #travel photography #aletsch #switzerland #glacier aletsch #quote #nature photography #alps #swiss alps

[savemebecomemydemons]

A volte non riesco a controllare i miei pensieri, e continuo a combattere me stesso per cercare di stare male il meno possibile, a volte è vero che il peggior nemico di noi stessi siamo noi.

In particolare la sera diventa tutto più difficile, il buio, le stelle, il silenzio.

#pensieri #solitudine #tristezza #frasi #insignificant #vuoto #compagnia #notte #relazioni

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

I saw this and thought of you, while you don't care if I exist or not.

#at least I'm not a cheater :) #unrequitedlove #onesidedlove #indifference #apathy #heartbreak #longing #pining #missedconnections #breakup #exes #movingon #lettinggo #memories #nostalgia #wistful #bittersweet #existentialcrisis #insignificant #invisible #loneliness #isolation #disconnect #thoughtofyou #caring #hopelessromantic

[momentsbeforemass]

Small things

Very few things in life come out of nowhere.

My mother’s mastery of needlepoint? It didn’t come out of nowhere. It was the product of careful stitching, every day, for years.

My grandfather’s death from lung cancer? It didn’t come out of nowhere. It was the product of smoking, every day, for years.

All of life works this way – good and bad things alike.

It’s why the small, seemingly insignificant things that we do every day are so important.

Because those small, seemingly insignificant things don’t stay small. They add up. They become the building blocks of the conditions and events, the abilities and liabilities that shape our lives.

This is what Jesus is talking about in today’s Gospel.

About the importance. About the power of “the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter.” This is the “why” behind that teaching.

Even if we don’t see the importance right now. The importance of that smallest part cannot be overstated.

Because this effect – of small, seemingly insignificant things adding up – is always at work in our lives.

Everything we do, everything we say, everything we think, adds up. For better or for worse. Whether we want it to or not.

This is the source of the conditions and events, the abilities and liabilities that shape our lives.

Your relationship with God? Your ability to love? Who you are when it counts? How you handle the hard things in life? Whether you become who God made you to be?

This is the source of all of it.

And it flows in both directions. If you want to make a lasting change, this is where it has to start.

“Sow a thought, reap an action.

Sow an action, reap a habit.

Sow a habit, reap a character.

Sow a character, reap a destiny.” *

Today’s Readings

* This has been attributed to dozens of sources – whoever said it, it’s true.

#Everything adds up #Small Things #Daily #Insignificant #It all adds up #Sow a thought #God #Jesus #Catholic #Christian #Church #Moments Before Mass

[promiseofnothing]

"If I told you that you were just a side character in a world of books, would you still read your story?"

"Yes."

"Would you still read if I told you that you'd die? That you're insignificant beyond words?"

"Do you enjoy normality?"

"Excuse me?"

"Do you enjoy the spring wind that greets you every time you walk out the door?"

"Of course-"

"Do you enjoy the quiet lingering warmth of the fireplace you keep burning in the middle of the winter?"

"Well yes-"

"Then do you remember them consciously? Is it always at the forefront of your mind? Taking up every minute of your thoughts? Consuming your rationality?"

"Of course not, they're just little things..."

"But when that fire burns out and your house grows cold, when the wind no longer blows and the summer arrives, when you're dripping with perspiration, what do you long for? What do you rememeber?"

"Well,"

"You would think of rekindling the fireplace and a nice breeze of wind wouldn't you? But when the flame is snuffed out, there is no life fuel left to burn, you now realise how something so small could be so significant.

You will miss the breeze that only ever comes once in a lifetime, and that is not when you want it most. I am a small comfort that can change lives, I will always linger in your mind, bidding my time and keeping you warm.

But when I am gone, there is nothing more you want than for me to come back.

Such is life."

#insignificant #quotes #writing prompts #writing #if you can’t love them then at least don’t harm them #thoughts #love #life #life quotes #literature #late night thoughts #deep thoughts #emotions #feelings #longing #overthinking

[screaming--agony]

Dear Diary,

I’m done saying things that are constantly overlooked, enjoy my silence.

#dear diary #heart vs mind #invisible #overwhelmed #weight of the world #alone #overlooked #insignificant #detach before getting attached #enjoy my silence #numb #anxiety #struggling #ptsd #unwanted #meaningless #silly me thinking you care #idc anymore #wholeheartedly tired #exhausted #i have nothing left to give #it is what it is #i don’t matter

[solelystardust]

Feeling remarkably insignificant.

#feel #mood #feelings #insignificant #remarkably #feeling #small #blip

[the-stoic-goat]

#ward farnsworth #insignificant #living well #stoic #stoicism #goat #goats #goats and quotes #the stoic goat

[enbeemagical]

Me: I don't like math

Also me: okay so 1,000 real-world years equals how much in Avalon time if an hour in Avalon equals a day in the real world? let's see, times 365 days in a year, and that's 365,000 hours in Avalon, divide by 24 for the number of days, and then again by 365 for the years....

#and then i calculated in the leap days #and IF I DID IT RIGHT they aged about 41 years and 8 months while in avalon #which makes tom somewhere between 46 and 50 because that is a whole entire 6ish year old right there #gargoyles #the leap days equal about 10 extra avalon days btw #insignificant

[nobeerreviews]

About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.

-- Christina Stead

(Cluj, Romania)

#observe #insignificant #unimportant #christina stead #travel photography #cluj #cluj napoca #Romania #switzerland #observer #distance #quote

[xibalbaa]

Making maps was the one small dream of his one small life. Who had the right to make fun of him for that?

Murakami, H. (2000). Norwegian Wood. Penguin Random House.

#haruki murakami #norwegian wood #japanese literature #feels #insignificant #literature

[savemebecomemydemons]

Essere abbandonati in un momento difficile è un altro tipo di dolore.

#compagnia #pensieri #tristezza #solitudine #frasi #solo #vuoto #insignificant #my drawimg

[howifeltabouthim]

It was that I had lost me. I was no longer the hero of my own life. Instead, I was lurking in the proverbial shadows as some goddamned minor character with only a couple of lines of dialogue here and there.

Siri Hustvedt, from The Blazing World

#loss of self #sidelined #supporting character #disappearing #loss of identity #sad #bleak #the worst feeling #unnoticed #insignificant #in the shadows #quotes #lit #words #excerpts #quote #literature #siri hustvedt #the blazing world

[thatone-highlighter]

I feel like theres some kind of irony in the ship wars when Peridot first got redeemed and got shipped with Literally Everyone In The Show, only to end up being confirmed as canonically aroace

#people who have never been in the SU fandom guys it was Insane #i wasnt even IN any fandom spaces at the time all i had was YT and even i knew #they shipped her with EVERYONE and there were huge debates #it was a whole fucking thing. so for it to turn out that shes aroace it is SO funny to me #you may think im exaggerating but i am 100% convinced if you looked for fics you would find something for her with every character #the main 3 i remeber tho were lapidot amedot and stevidot. the last one was thankfully a ways behind the otherbtwo but it wasnt by any means #insignificant #Tree Man Posts #steven universe #peridot #aroace #guys ive forgotten how to tag things again oh well

[glass-spark]

It is important, nay, healthy and essential to take bad selfies with your friends' pets.

Corrie the Westie

#insignificant #pets #bad selfies #westie #dogs of tumblr

[screaming--agony]

Dear Diary,

I miss when someone would ask how my day as if they’re interested in my life. Kinda feel like I’m floating on by. How do I care less so it doesn’t hurt.

#dear diary #heart vs mind #invisible #overwhelmed #anxiety #weight of the world #struggling #alone #the small things matter #do i matter #unwanted #ptsd #insignificant #friends break hearts too #depression #why do i care #i care too much