it's the unexpected that happens...

Have you ever had one of those days where nothing all that monumental happens, but by the end of it you have no idea who you are or what the hell you are doing with your life? Do you ever have one of those days?

Robin. How I Met Your Mother (via racheldelmar)

∞04:25 am, reblogged by lostintheunexpected ∩13

[how i+met+your+mother] [Today]

Whenever I talk to anyone I care about, I am always seeking approval. There is always a pleading lilt in my voice that demands love. Even the people I work with, the ones I am supposed to have a professional relationship with, all business, get pulled into my need. I can’t help it. I want to be adored.

Elizabeth Wurtzel, Prozac Nation (via seemyeveryflaw)

(Source: larmoyante)

∞11:39 pm, reblogged by lostintheunexpected ∩107

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One of my proudest possessions is the flag that the SEAL Team took with them on the mission to get bin Laden. On it are each of their names. Some may be Democrats. Some may be Republicans. But that doesn’t matter. Just like it didn’t matter that day in the Situation Room, when I sat next to Bob Gates – a man who was George Bush’s defense secretary; and Hillary Clinton, a woman who ran against me for president.

All that mattered that day was the mission. No one thought about politics. No one thought about themselves. One of the young men involved in the raid later told me that he didn’t deserve credit for the mission. It only succeeded, he said, because every single member of that unit did their job – the pilot who landed the helicopter that spun out of control; the translator who kept others from entering the compound; the troops who separated the women and children from the fight; the SEALs who charged up the stairs. More than that, the mission only succeeded because every member of that unit trusted each other – because you can’t charge up those stairs, into darkness and danger, unless you know that there’s someone behind you, watching your back.

So it is with America. Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those fifty stars and those thirteen stripes. No one built this country on their own. This Nation is great because we built it together. This Nation is great because we worked as a team. This Nation is great because we get each other’s backs. And if we hold fast to that truth, in this moment of trial, there is no challenge too great; no mission too hard. As long as we’re joined in common purpose, as long as we maintain our common resolve, our journey moves forward, our future is hopeful, and the state of our Union will always be strong.

Obama (via kateoplis)

∞10:24 pm, reblogged by lostintheunexpected ∩478

Every person in this chamber can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory of their lives. Most teachers work tirelessly, with modest pay — sometimes digging into their own pocket for school supplies, just to make a difference. Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal: give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job and keep the best ones. And in return, grant schools flexibility to teach with creativity and passion, and stop teaching to the test — and to replace teachers who just aren’t helping kids learn. That’s a bargain worth making.

President BARACK OBAMA (via inothernews)

∞10:19 pm, reblogged by lostintheunexpected ∩2587

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thebigspacefuck:

Wires and Waves - Rilo Kiley

“how did you survive all your insufferable friends?”

∞01:20 pm, reblogged by lostintheunexpected ∩2

[jenny-lewis] [Rilo Kiley] [Wires and Waves] [2001]

I have no idea what’s going on lately, and I just wish you would come over and explain things.

Rilo Kiley, “Plane Crash in C”. (via farewelltothebraincells)

∞01:18 pm, reblogged by lostintheunexpected ∩2

[jenny lewis] [rilo kiley] [plane crash in c]

I really should get a passport. I always think I’ll just leave one day.

(Source: fuckyeahtravels)

∞01:05 pm, reblogged by lostintheunexpected ∩46

[passport] [vintage] [travel] [traveling] [documents] [stamps]

newspaperblackout:

A blackout by emptycarousels

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∞12:50 pm, reblogged by lostintheunexpected ∩1122

[emptycarousels]

I sometimes wish I could just tell people how I truly feel. Just once I’d like to tell someone I’m close with, “I’m not fine, I’m actually quite sad.

Unknown

∞03:26 am, by lostintheunexpected ∩3

[depressed] [sadness]

Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.

Mitch Albom (via seemyeveryflaw)

(Source: darlingrachel)

∞02:24 am, reblogged by lostintheunexpected ∩284

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