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Sarayoo. eighteen. Loves most things, doesn't like some things. Optimist. Idealist. Irrational at times, lives spontaneously. Tries very hard to be a good person 99% of the time. Blogs sporadically, and whimsically.

Can be found typing streams of words at http://chimericality.livejournal.com
staypozitive: Take a second and think about the one thing that promotes attraction the most. I’ll give you a hint. The answer is not physical looks, wealth, having things in common, or even the person’s personality. I know, it’s crazy right? The answer is actually proximity. Study after study finds that most people tend to become attracted to people who are physically close to them. The theory is called the mere exposure effect, and it states that we tend to become attracted to a novel stimuli if it was repeated over and over again. I am sure you once saw a very attractive person who caught your attention while passing by your car, then you never saw him/her again. Why do most people forget about that very attractive person a few days later? Simply because they never see that person again. If the stimuli wasn’t reinforced we tend to forget about it even if we liked it. It really is true. Just talking to someone a lot can do so much. You may not even see it coming. But If you spend a considerable amount of time with someone, you could be friends one day, and before you know it, you’ve completely fallen head over heals in love with each other. Maybe this has happened to you. You can’t fight it, but why would you want to? It’s a beautiful thing, really.

staypozitive:

Take a second and think about the one thing that promotes attraction the most. I’ll give you a hint. The answer is not physical looks, wealth, having things in common, or even the person’s personality. I know, it’s crazy right? The answer is actually proximity. Study after study finds that most people tend to become attracted to people who are physically close to them. The theory is called the mere exposure effect, and it states that we tend to become attracted to a novel stimuli if it was repeated over and over again. I am sure you once saw a very attractive person who caught your attention while passing by your car, then you never saw him/her again. Why do most people forget about that very attractive person a few days later? Simply because they never see that person again. If the stimuli wasn’t reinforced we tend to forget about it even if we liked it. It really is true. Just talking to someone a lot can do so much. You may not even see it coming. But If you spend a considerable amount of time with someone, you could be friends one day, and before you know it, you’ve completely fallen head over heals in love with each other. Maybe this has happened to you. You can’t fight it, but why would you want to? It’s a beautiful thing, really.

(via untrimmed)

I'll Follow the Sun: How can one possibly make this decision?

How can one possibly make this decision?

Weigh the pros and cons? One can. Then the decision makes itself. But what have you lost? It’s a mystery that won’t ever be solved. It can’t be. Your choice has been made. You’ve taken a path and you can’t go back or change it or make it better if things turn sour.

That’s the scariest part of life, not knowing. Taking a huge leap into the darkness, because you can’t do anything else. All you can choose is exactly where along the cliff you’ve jumped from. From your perspective, though, everything is unforeseeable, and thus it is the same. Only when you have taken the plunge can you have that momentary realization that you were wrong. 

Then, of course, that is just when there is no going back.

And so you truly have only one option: Choose. Though fear may paralyze you, you must make a decision—however many tears you shed and however loudly you can scream, the inevitable approaches with unerring precision. 

Jump. Before someone pushes you.

Words to keep inside your pocket:

  • Quiescent - a quiet, soft-spoken soul.
  • Chimerical - merely imaginary; fanciful. 
  • Susurrus - a whispering or rustling sound. 
  • Raconteur - one who excels in story-telling. 
  • Clinquant - glittering; tinsel-like. 
  • Aubade - a song greeting the dawn. 
  • Ephemeral - lasting a very short time. 
  • Sempiternal - everlasting; eternal. 
  • Euphonious - pleasing; sweet in sound. 
  • Billet-doux - a love letter. 
  • Redamancy - act of loving in return.

(via thepicketfence)