I
am a sap for all things motivational and inspirational. The Olympics.
Hallmark commercials. Quote images on Instagram. These are things that
make me feel all the feels, and I am not too ashamed to admit it. The
worst offender at the moment is the quote images on Instagram. I love
love LOVE quote images. I don't even care if it's a famous person's
quote or not; if the pic is pretty and there are words, there's a 90%
guarantee I'll double-tap that.
Side note: I hate when quotes are attributed to someone who never said them, but that's another post.
I
am fully aware that most of these are cliches, and not particularly
well thought out. I don't care. It's my not-so-guilty pleasure, just
like yours might be watching Empire or singing along to the Spice Girls'
first album in your car. Here's what goes through my head:
This
one. YES! Life is hard but DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP! Also, pretty blue
sky and lake and is that a sailboat? Where is that? I want to go to
there!
This is SO TRUE! Also, I want to go hiking so bad! When will winter be over?! Oops, I guess that was kind of like "counting the days", wasn't it? Look how green and lush it is!
A
SUNSET! I love sunsets! I want to be an adventurer, with someone who
calls me "darling", like we're in a movie in the 1940's with those
adorable Mid-Atlantic accents!
I like what I do! That's why I'm so happy!!! This quote GETS ME. Also, mountains. *sigh*
OMG
a DEER! And it's in the forest and it's magical! I want to do all the
things that are good for my soul - like finding that deer in that forest
and hugging it.
...
It pretty much goes on like that until my boyfriend gives me a look
that means "get off your phone and have a human conversation, please." I know that some of them are absolutely lame, but I still like them!
What are YOUR guilty pleasures? Are you as obsessed with motivational quote images as I am?
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