The Moon And Mars

The Moon and Mars

The veil nebula is 110 light-years across, covering six full moons in the sky, seen from Earth, and resides about 2,100 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus the Swan.

Image credit: NASA, ESA & Hubble

there’s something so sensual about reading a borrowed book:

how did their fingers turn these pages?

was it a delicate flip of the top corner or was it frantic and hurried, punctuated with the sharp crack of folded paper?

did they clutch the book by its spine, supporting it in the nook between their ring and pinky fingers?

did they fall asleep while reading, leaving faint ink imprints and messy accidental creases on their cheeks?

how did their eyes dart around those words?

did they fold down the page to mark where they stopped or slip in a piece of paper in order to remember it?

did they carelessly throw the book on their desk or gently place it in one of their drawers?

better yet, did they forgetfully leave behind a piece of themselves, pressed between the pages?

a folded note crammed with messy thought? a cluster of words frantically scribbled in the margin?

did their scent permeate and fold into the hundreds of pages?

what tales can this book tell, not just by what is written in ink but rather what is silently spoken by the unseen ghosts of those who read that book before you?

Forgive yourself. You are much stronger now more than you’ll ever think. You are much wiser now more than you’ll ever feel. The past may return in the present like experiencing winter while you’re surrounded by all the flowers in spring. Forgive yourself for that as well. Forgive yourself for still being in the process of recovering from all the guilt, shame, and stress. Forgive yourself for simply being human who deserves to have another chance to keep living a well-fulfilled life. You will make mistakes, and that’s inevitable but like the sun, you keep on rising each time you forgive yourself. Forgiving yourself means accepting you’ll never be the same again and allowing the peace that follows from doing so to change you forever.

Juansen Dizon, Forgive yourself (via juansendizon)