Monday, January 31, 2011

"in order to be irreplaceable one must always be different." - coco chanel


it's a good drowning.


avec amour, 

athina.

thought for the evening: what good have YOU done today?




To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people and
the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics and
to endure the betrayal of false friends.
To appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch,
or a redeemed social condition;
to know that even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
Ralph Waldo Emerson


avec amour, 

athina.

"nothing is impossible. the word itself says 'i'm possible'." - audrey hepburn



the average person tells 4 lies a day.
or 1460 a year.
a total of 87600 by the age of 60.
and the most common lie is:
i'm fine.

avec amour, 

athina.

"i have no special talents, i am only passionately curious." - albert einstein

avec amour, 

athina.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

anything worth doing is worth doing well.


avec amour,

athina.

simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.






i've decided that today is one of those days where you sit by the window and wait for the world to change. 

a little more humility.
pinch more of understanding.
a dash of compassion.
an inkling of education.
a tad of dedication.
a glimpse of interest.
a bit of desire.
and a lot of love.
so dear world, get on that. 

avec amour, 

athina.

hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul & sings the tune without the words & never stops at all.


Il a foutu le camp, le temps du lilas,
Le temps de la rose offerte,
Le temps des serments d'amour,
Le temps des toujours, toujours.
Il m'a plantée là, sans me laisser d'adresse.
Il est parti, adieu Berthe.
Si tu le vois, ramène-le moi,
Le joli temps du lilas.

On en sourit du coin de l'œil
Mais on en rêve, du grand amour.
Je l'ai connu, j'en porte le deuil.
Ça ne peut durer toujours.
Je l'ai valsé au grand soleil,
La valse qui vous fait la peau douce.
Je l'ai croqué, le fruit vermeil,
A belle dents, à belle bouche.

J'en ai profité, du temps du lilas,
Du temps de la rose offerte,
Du temps des serments d'amour,
Du temps des toujours, toujours.
Avant qu'il me quitte, pour me planter là
Qu'il me salue, adieu Berthe,
J'en ai profité, t'en fais pas pour moi,
Du joli temps du lilas.

Il nous arrive par un dimanche,
Un lundi, un beau jour comme ça.
Alors, chaque nuit qui se penche
S'allume dans un feu de joie
Et puis un jour, c'est la bataille.
Meurent la rose et le lilas.
Fini le temps des épousailles.
C'est la guerre entre toi et moi

Et le voilà qui fout le camp sans nous crier gare.
La rose s'est trop ouverte.
On veut le rattraper mais il est trop tard,
Le joli temps du lilas.
Il vous plante là, sans laisser d'adresse
Salue et adieu Berthe.
Il vous file entre les doigts,
Le joli temps du lilas

Mais va t'en balancer à ses branches,
Va t'en rêver dans ses jardins,
Va t'en traîner, hanche contre hanche,
Du soir jusqu'au petit matin,
Mais va t'en profiter du temps du lilas,
Du temps de la rose offerte,
Du temps des serments d'amour,
Du temps des toujours, toujours.

Ne reste pas là, va t'en le cueillir.
Il passe et puis adieu Berthe.
T'en fais pas pour moi : j'ai mes souvenirs
Du joli temps du lilas...

Barbara - Le Temps Du Lilas

avec amour, 

athina.

everything you can imagine is real.





1. The only person that can ever truly make you happy is yourself. Stop depending on everyone else.
2. People lie, stuff happens. Don’t take it too personally.
3. Want people to think you’re amazing? Start believing you are, and then they will too.
4. Smiling is the ultimate anti-depressant. Smile and laugh out loud, it doesn’t look stupid, I promise.
5. The world is never just black and white, right or wrong, one way or another. Try and see things from as many points of view as possible.
        6."Let everything happen to you. Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final." 
7. Have empathy.
8. Gossip, problems of the past, events you cannot control, negative thoughts and negative people; time spent on these is time poorly wasted.
9. When you're jealous or find yourself filled with hate for someone/something, stop. The only person its hurting is you.
10. Although the newest, most expensive material things may make you feel as if you’re a better person, they won’t hold you at night or listen to you when you need it. Make sure your priorities make sense.
11. Step outside your comfort zone- it’s when you’ll really feel alive.
12. Don’t be afraid to be yourself, the people who really matter, don’t mind
13. Let your emotions out sometimes, humans have them for a reason.
14. Celebrate the things you have. Think only positively of the things you don’t (but would like to have) and they too will come.
15. Love unconditionally.

avec amour, 

athina.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

"the purpose of our lives is to be happy." - dalai lama



after all, it is important to find the light in the good things.

avec amour,

athina.

i don't suffer from insanity, i actually enjoy it.

“Love is a temporary madness; it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of eternal passion. That is just being in love, which any fool can do. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.” ~Louis de Bernieres


avec amour, 


athina.


keep calm & have a cupcake.

take chances. 
take a lot of them.
because honestly, no matter where you end up and with whom,
it alway ends up just the way it should be.
your mistakes make you who you are.
you learn and grow with each choice you make.
everything is worth it.
say how you feel, always.
be you, and be okay with it.
-unknown.


avec amour, 


athina.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

darling, be human.



avec amour, 

athina.

i may not have the softest touch, i may not say the words as such, and though i may not look like much, i'm yours.



beautiful sky.
beautiful snow.
beautiful day.
that i wish i could spend by your beautiful side.

avec amour, 

athina.

the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.



Hier encore
J'avais vingt ans
Je caressais le temps
Et jouais de la vie
Comme on joue de l'amour
Et je vivais la nuit
Sans compter sur mes jours
Qui fuyaient dans le temps

J'ai fait tant de projets
Qui sont restés en l'air
J'ai fondé tant d'espoirs
Qui se sont envolés
Que je reste perdu
Ne sachant où aller
Les yeux cherchant le ciel
Mais le coeur mis en terre

Hier encore
J'avais vingt ans
Je gaspillais le temps
En croyant l'arrêter
Et pour le retenir
Même le devancer
Je n'ai fait que courir
Et me suis essoufflé

Ignorant le passé
Conjuguant au futur
Je précédais de moi
Toute conversation
Et donnais mon avis

Que je voulais le bon
Pour critiquer le monde
Avec désinvolture

Hier encore
J'avais vingt ans
Mais j'ai perdu mon temps
A faire des folies
Qui ne me laissent au fond
Rien de vraiment précis
Que quelques rides au front
Et la peur de l'ennui

Car mes amours sont mortes
Avant que d'exister
Mes amis sont partis
Et ne reviendront pas
Par ma faute j'ai fait
Le vide autour de moi
Et j'ai gâché ma vie
Et mes jeunes années

Du meilleur et du pire
En jetant le meilleur
J'ai figé mes sourires
Et j'ai glacé mes pleurs
Où sont-ils à présent
A présent mes vingt ans?

avec amour, 

athina.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

everyone is fighting their own battle, to be free from their past. to live in their present. and to create their future. so have heart.


On a winter Sunday I go
To clear away the snow
And green the ground below

April all an ocean away
Is this the better way to spend the day?
Keeping the winter at bay

What were the words I meant to say before you left?
When I could see your breath lead where you were going to

Maybe I should just “let it be”
and maybe it will all come back to me
Sing oh January oh!

How I lived a childhood in snow
And all my teens in tow
Stuffed in strata of glow

Hail the winter days after dark
Wandering the gray memorial park
A fleeting beating of hearts

What were the words I meant to say before she left?
When I could see her breath lead where she was going to

Maybe I should just “let it be”
And maybe it will all come back to me
Sing oh Janu...
Oh January oh


avec amour, 

athina.


when nothing goes right...go left.



Angie, Angie, when will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
But Angie, Angie, you can't say we never tried
Angie, you're beautiful, but ain't it time we said good-bye?
Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried?
All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear:
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?

Oh, Angie, don't you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet
I hate that sadness in your eyes
But Angie, Angie, ain't it time we said good-bye?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
But Angie, I still love you, baby
Ev'rywhere I look I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
Come on Baby, dry your eyes
But Angie, Angie, ain't it good to be alive?
Angie, Angie, they can't say we never tried 

avec amour, 

athina.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

january 18, 2011. a day to remember what i miss the most.



avec amour,

athina.

people are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.


Smile though your heart is aching 
Smile even though it's breaking 
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by 
If you smile through your fear and sorrow 
Smile and maybe tomorrow 
You'll see the sun come shining through for you 

Light up your face with gladness 
Hide every trace of sadness 
Although a tear may be ever so near 
That's the time you must keep on trying 
Smile, what's the use of crying? 
You'll find that life is still worthwhile 
If you just smile

That's the time you must keep on trying 
Smile, what's the use of crying? 
You'll find that life is still worthwhile 
If you just smile


avec amour,

athina.

we're gonna show the world that something good can work and it can work for you.



avec amour, 

athina.

some things just need to be said.



avec amour,

athina.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

about time.




you took up so much room in my mind.

crowded every inch of space.
with memories, good and not.
time, used and spent.

my heart, that once beat lively, ended up in shreds.

for years, i wished to ease my soul.
to finally hear the silence.
to let those memories run and go.
to let the time flow by.

the lies, the treason, the hurt that came and went.
like seasons, warm to cold.

appeasing, in a sense, it is to know i've finally...let go.

avec amour, 

athina.

"true love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly"

avec amour, 

athina.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

"if there ever comes a day where we can't be together, just keep me in your heart, and i'll be there forever."


because the world and its people are beautiful when you take the time to look.

avec amour, 
athina.

"your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. who looks outside, dreams. who looks inside, awakens." - carl jung


Voilà combien de jours, voilà combien de nuits,
Voilà combien de temps que tu es reparti
Tu m'as dit: "Cette fois, c'est le dernier voyage"
Pour nos coeurs déchirés, c'est le dernier naufrage
"Au printemps, tu verras, je serai de retour
Le printemps, c'est joli pour se parler d'amour
Nous irons voir ensemble les jardins refleuris
Et déambulerons dans les rues de Paris!"

Dis, quand reviendras-tu?
Dis, au moins le sais-tu
Que tout le temps qui passe
Ne se rattrape guère...
Que tout le temps perdu
Ne se rattrape plus!

Le printemps s'est enfui depuis longtemps déjà
Craquent les feuilles mortes, brûlent les feux de bois
À voir Paris si beau en cette fin d'automne
Soudain je m'alanguis, je rêve, je frissonne
Je tangue, je chavire, et comme la rengaine
Je vais, je viens, je vire, je me tourne, je me traîne
Ton image me hante, je te parle tout bas
Et j'ai le mal d'amour, et j'ai le mal de toi

J'ai beau t'aimer encore, j'ai beau t'aimer toujours
J'ai beau n'aimer que toi, j'ai beau t'aimer d'amour
Si tu ne comprends pas qu'il te faut revenir
Je ferai de nous deux mes plus beaux souvenirs
Je reprendrai la route, le monde m'émerveille
J'irai me réchauffer à un autre soleil
Je ne suis pas de ceux qui meurent de chagrin
Je n'ai pas la vertu des femmes de marins

(Barbara - Dis Quand Reviendras-tu)

avec amour, 

athina.