ever since i saw one of those flippable calendars in my house with a quote for every day, they've fascinated me. it's always been a little uncanny to me how all the quotes seemed to come from famous people: what? can't normal people say wise things sometimes?; but i didn't know what sampling bias was at the time. i never shy from quoting in my rambles; i think it can very easily enhance the standard of the overall reading experience, breaking up paragraph monotony, and often give people a nice starting point, if they wish for further reading. this time, though, it's going to be more than just a quote, as i've wanted to write about this post for forever.

okay. come on, then. i love you, get up, we are going to keep going. repeat this to yourself in a mirror or in a whisper or in the shower or in a shout. i love you, get up, keep going.
i am tired too. it's okay. we will sleep in the car ride over. we will sleep on each other's shoulders. we will sleep upside down and in the laps of new friends and on the bellies of our lovers and in the hands of better tomorrows. we will sleep and we will wake up rested and we will wake up happy and we will wake up home again.
i love you, get up. it's time to write "maybe next time" on our gravesite. it's time to write: it could not kill me, i would not die. it's time to write a love letter to the sun and our one-act play and the history of our keychains. it is time to write a future where despite everything, we are finally warm and safe.
i love you. i love you. i love you.
get up. keep going. we are going to be okay.
 -inkskinned, from their blog

despite wanting to run, it's not always that we can, and it's invaluable to get the strength we need to get up after a fall. few 'motivating' tools are able to do so without making you feel guilty, or being preachy, or both. is it so incomprehensible that i don't want to hear about how much of my potential i've been 'missing out' on because i spent two hours lounging while being so exhausted and overwhelmed from college that i couldn't muster up the energy to do anything else? i do want to do something, contrary to popular belief.

if you're trying to love yourself, you already do. where do you think the trying comes from?
 -i have no godforsaken idea, i just found this, tweet

so, i love you, get up, we are going to keep going. i am tired too. it's okay. we are going to be okay.