Burt Shavitz, the bearded man whose face and spirit created the beloved brand Burt’s Bees, died on Sunday at 80. Shavitz passed away in his rural home in Maine, surrounded by family and friends. Shavitz was never one to embrace a crowd. In fact, his life story is as true to the Burt’s Bees images as you can get: unpretentious, wholly original and all natural.
If someone wants you in their life, they’ll make room for you. You shouldn’t have to fight for a spot. Never, ever insist yourself to someone who continuously overlooks your worth.
‘I love you’ means that I accept you for the person that you are, and that I do not wish to change you into someone else. It means that I will love you and stand by you even through the worst of times. It means loving you even when you’re in a bad mood, or too tired to do the things I want to do. It means loving you when you’re down, not just when you’re fun to be with. ‘I love you’ means that I know your deepest secrets and do not judge you for them, asking in return that you do not judge me for mine. It means that I care enough to fight for what we have and that I love you enough not to let go. It means thinking of you, dreaming of you, wanting and needing you constantly, and hoping you feel the same way for me.
Remember kids, if someone speaks funny in a language it’s probably because they know more than one language… and if you were going to make fun of them you probably only know one.
“Do you know how smart I am in Spanish?” That’s mad real. People really think that people who aren’t super fluent in their second language are less than intelligent. Simple ass mindset.
We arrived at White Sands in New Mexico for sunset and camped in the back country under a sky of endless stars. The sand here is made of gypsum crystals, which give it its snowy white color. This place is both eerie and magical…we all had a feeling that either aliens or the U.S. government were going to pop out of the sky and abduct us at any moment.
Why I Write by George Orwell
- On egoism, a love of beauty, the quest for truth and the desire to
change the world – Orwell’s ‘four great motive for writing’.
Christina likes poetry, smoothies, hydrangeas, and walking. She reads and writes enough to want to be an English teacher. This is her blog.