{from tinywhitedaisies via Pinterest}
When life gets a little too crazy, I rely even more than I normally do on quotations like “bird by bird” to get through the day. (I’m a bit of a quotation junkie.) I like how a good quote can take a big, abstract concept like happiness and boil it down into something meaningful. And quotes remind you that at least one other person in the world understands how you feel.
I’m not necessarily a fan of posters that offer a ton of advice all at once. You know the kind I’m talking about? They make my head spin with their tiny print urging you to “dance, sing, create, travel more, fly, soar, clean the carpets, dream, envision,” etc. But I like the “How to Really Love a Child” poster that I saw on Pinterest today. There’s no job description for parents, but if there were I’d want it to look like this. Especially the parts about reading books out loud with joy and keeping the gleam in your eye. I can handle that. (Usually.)