A. Trinidad

When you finally get a grip on our fleeting love. Hold on. We are fickle and slippery. We will always want more the times you give us your bravery. Bravery—to the chaotic—isn’t enough to love the beasts we feed inside. We want to unravel your fears with our tongues. We speak soft. But often it is read as loud. We are impulsive. We shatter like cheap glass when we finally see beauty. Because much too often, it is the ugly that we focus on. We are flightless phoenixes looking for a home. In someone—not brave—but scared enough to stay.

—via Jerrica Escoto

Thanks Cathatron.

luanlegacy:

I’m a HUMAN BEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING.

love this bitch.

(Source: yeah-yougotme)

I grew up playing basketball in the streets of SD. The only girl on most days. Basketball taught me that you shouldn’t be intimidated by anyone, and respect could be earned through hard work, persistence, and practiced skill. And to know that those who thought those credentials weren’t good enough, weren’t worth my time. I’ve always had to prove myself time and time again to all the boys who picked me up last. I make it known, without shame of being offensive or fear that someones huge ego will get shattered that I will school the weakest link you pair me up with because I am a woman.

To me, street ball is the essense and the purest form of basketball. The passion, the energy, the temporality, it’s acceptance to anyone who is ready and willing to step up and the community that basketball creates is a dynamic that is so rare now a days. Where else can you be so competitive to the point of wanting to beat someone so bad one minute and help up an opponent with a smile the next? I treasure the game and have learned so much from the people who it’s brought into my life. 

Apparently I gotta play some pick up in NY. Care to join? 

thedailywhat:

Early Bird Special: Co-directors Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau visited some 180 basketball courts throughout the five boroughs of New York City — the “Mecca” of the game — to gather footage for their documentary Doin’ It In the Park: Pick-Up Basketball.

The film, which premieres this summer, features Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Kenny Smith, “Pee Wee” Kirkland, “Fly” Williams, God Shammgod, Tim “Headache” Gittens, Corey “Homicide” Williams, Kenny Anderson, Jack Ryan, Richard “Crazy Legs” Colon, Niki Avery, Milani Malik, and the Park Pick-Up Players of NYC.

[highsnobriety]

Teacher or student. I aspire to be either one of the people speaking in this video.

thedailywhat:

Inspirational Motivational of the Day: Arthur Boorman, a paratrooper in the Gulf War, made so many jumps that he blew out his back and knees. He grew depressed and packed on the pounds, ultimately requiring crutches to get around; doctors told the veteran he’d never be able to walk unassisted again. For 15 years, Boorman accepted that he was disabled.

Then he discovered yoga.

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