Little pieces of hope, smiles and loveliness.Tumblr (3.0; @hopeandpatchwork)http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c2a436f4509d84640c03bcb99d462d35/tumblr_mk6x8nV8AO1qlict8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://corsicans.tumblr.com/post/51194780115/essentially">corsicans</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cinnay/8412328577/in/photostream/">essentially</a></p> </blockquote>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53107721430http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53107721430Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:28:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1a55dae7afa990ec78e0810c6c66d7f7/tumblr_moenqpIyw81qkgl21o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53107447938http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53107447938Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:21:27 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/34bb08ab8d8b3ee1d7cfd2501630fd1a/tumblr_mlkqmay5uH1rxzliio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://saskiakeultjes.tumblr.com/post/53046254488/today-new-by-saskia-keultjes-facebook-twitter" class="tumblr_blog">saskiakeultjes</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span>Today: new </span><em>by <a href="http://saskiakeultjes.tumblr.com/">Saskia Keultjes</a>  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Saskia-Keultjes/134621043384114">facebook</a>  <a href="https://twitter.com/SaskiaKeultjes">twitter</a></em></p></blockquote>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53049217794http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53049217794Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:56:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8e9295c05693b84755a779615f2e434a/tumblr_mogcoetgbx1rs8tjjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I used to adore these books!</p>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53049025182http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53049025182Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:53:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/080d2c43674252e5c520e07c79b41d0f/tumblr_mlomvhtnca1rnchxso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53044528628http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53044528628Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:43:59 -0400<a href="http://youtu.be/qGFR3zz12p0">Muppet Show. Robin the Frog - Halfway Down the Stairs s01e10 - YouTube</a>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53044388773http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53044388773Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:41:50 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/867dcef56a32e17ad44f7884060c3731/tumblr_mof2hyDK3s1qc9ey0o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://wildsunshine.tumblr.com/post/53028427975" class="tumblr_blog">wildsunshine</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/270145677620783257">pinterest.com/pin/270145677620783257</a></p></blockquote>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53031750393http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/53031750393Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:23:52 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9655a8279561b3671709fac2cce51307/tumblr_mocj7o0Ctf1rs8tjjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I want this wedding cake. Actually, no, sod it - I want this cake, full stop!</p>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52886377667http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52886377667Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:23:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2793d7b4059d77a1b791e20b6fc98205/tumblr_mjqrjcwoef1s25nepo1_r3_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52809273070http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52809273070Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:43:28 -0400“Dropping in and out of your own life…isn’t like getting off a train at one stop and later getting back on at another. Even if you can get back on (and the odds are not in your favour), you’re lonely there. The people you boarded with originally are far, far ahead of you, and now you’re stuck playing catch-up.”<br/><br/> - <em>The Centre Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks</em>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52796417399http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52796417399Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:24:08 -0400<p>I&#8217;ve just finished reading The Centre Cannot Hold by Elyn R. Saks, which is about her life with schizophrenia. It contained some interesting and brutally honest ideas and opinions about living with a mental illness, and the couple of quotes below really stood out for me and made me think about myself and others, and life and society in general.</p> <p>&#8220;&#8230;I had a Republican superego when it came to mentally ill friends. I&#8217;d pushed myself for years; that pushing had helped me survive. So I wasn&#8217;t yet ready to allow for someone else what I could not allow for myself.&#8221;</p> <p>&#8220;I think you&#8217;ve given in. You&#8217;re way too comfortable in the role of a mentally ill person.&#8221;</p>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52796268154http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52796268154Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:21:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/18f40db8ec65cf86212ef63e31fbc9e8/tumblr_moadwn2cRS1rs8tjjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52793560089http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52793560089Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:33:59 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a510e94606a149fcc243a78d46690070/tumblr_moadw7eBv51rs8tjjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52793545704http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52793545704Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:33:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0c7b4bac05f13cf364696077a68606ad/tumblr_moadvpFyg71rs8tjjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52793530434http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52793530434Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:33:25 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fe4bd77bad74b1da064b2b4dd817f563/tumblr_moadv9kz9z1rs8tjjo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52793515777http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52793515777Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:33:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e4bda17f61782e595156ebae8963e6d9/tumblr_mmxbdfDMR01renyrao1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52790496235http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52790496235Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:33:55 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QBHeDIH0V98?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://copycats.tumblr.com/post/52653729695/the-district-sleeps-alone-tonight-by-ben-marwood" class="tumblr_blog">copycats</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>The District Sleeps Alone Tonight <br/>by Ben Marwood, Frank Turner and Franz Nicolay<br/></strong>originally by The Postal Service</p></blockquote>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52654714420http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52654714420Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:24:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9lc97Zfli1rs97d1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52574156450http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52574156450Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:22:23 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/954bfd9b3ca05bb27de92a1441f830bb/tumblr_mo4h5upwA81rs8tjjo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52535802117http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52535802117Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:58:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d0e7117f9f80f3d6370f873e50de2aa/tumblr_mo4h55H3pY1rs8tjjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52535759413http://hopeandpatchwork.tumblr.com/post/52535759413Sun, 09 Jun 2013 06:58:17 -0400