Beau Taplin's Blog, page 18

"Even exceptionally powerful and passionate connections require care and attention. Chemistry might..."

“Even exceptionally powerful and passionate connections require care and attention. Chemistry might bring two people together, but it is quiet, consistent, everyday effort that makes a relationship truly remarkable.”

- Beau Taplin • C h e m i s t r y  V s  C o n s i s t e n c y  

"I need to move around a bit. To shuffle my surroundings. To wake up in cities I don’t know my way..."

“I need to move around a bit.

To shuffle my surroundings.

To wake up in cities

I don’t know my way around

and have conversations in languages

I cannot entirely comprehend.

There is always this tremendous

longing in my heart to be lost,

to be someplace else,

to be far far away from all of this.”

- Beau Taplin • V a c a t i o n 

"It happened slowly at first, small arguments here and there, sleeping in opposite directions,..."

“It happened slowly at first,

small arguments here and there,

sleeping in opposite directions,

waking up on far ends of the bed, 

but that was only the beginning.

Before long, came the forced laughter,

half smiles, and false promises.

The two of us conversing

in a language of blinding white lies.

In the end, what you and I

shared was no longer a relationship at all,

but an awful, prolonged goodbye.

The two of us, for whatever reason,

were both too terrified to take the final leap,

to find the courage to say, “It’s time.”

- Beau Taplin • I t ’ s   T i m e  

"A funny thing happens when you miss someone badly enough. I can be in a room full of friendly faces,..."

“A funny thing happens when you miss someone badly enough. I can be in a room full of friendly faces, surrounded by laughter and celebration, but to me, it’s all just light and noise. I’ll smile and make small talk, but it’s all a performance. The truth is, I’m someplace else with you.”

- Beau Taplin • L i g h t  A n d  N o i s e  

"There’s no therapy or medicine like sharing meaningful time with someone you feel at peace and..."

“There’s no therapy or medicine like sharing meaningful time with someone you feel at peace and comfortable with. A little music for atmosphere and some quality conversation, and all of your wounds and sorrows heal themselves.”

- Beau Taplin • F r i e n d l y  T h e r a p y  

"You bring out the best in me. I don’t mean better manners, or a sense a maturity, or whatever else..."

“You bring out the best in me. I don’t mean better manners, or a sense a maturity, or whatever else this tired world expects of me. I mean you make me want to climb roofs, run wild, and act inappropriately, take risks and pursue my dreams with passion and integrity. Around you, I start living.”

- Beau Taplin •  T h e  B e s t  I n  M e

"You completely redefine my idea of what love is and should be. That it needn’t be possessive,..."

“You completely redefine my idea of what love is and should be. That it needn’t be possessive, volatile or detrimental to your well-being, but can be selfless, honest, and consistent. That it should balance and enrich your life, not tear it to pieces.”

- Beau Taplin • T h e  R e d e f i n i n g

"You make the small moments special. Life’s not always going to be full of heart-throbbing thrills..."

“You make the small moments special. Life’s not always going to be full of heart-throbbing thrills and non-stop adventure, but when it slows down, I’ll know I can sit with you, speak with you, or hold you in these hands, and still feel like I’m going 1000 miles an hour.”

- Beau Taplin • 1 0 0 0 m p h 

"Remember that love is a noun and a verb, not just a feeling, but also an action,and demanding..."

“Remember that

love is a noun and a verb, 

not just a feeling,

but also an action,

and demanding the world 

while offering nothing in return

is the surest way to lose it.”

- Beau Taplin • T h e   V e r b  

"In the real world, happy endings are a rarity.Some of the things you love most will disappear..."

“In the real world, happy endings are a rarity.

Some of the things you love most will

disappear without a trace and you’ll

never really know where they went off to.

You won’t always have the answers.

You won’t always find closure

or receive compensation for the hurt.

Sometimes, you’ve just got to take a breath, 

make peace with yourself,

and do your very best to move forward.”

-  Beau Taplin  • H a p p y  E n d i n g s