we can still choose.

i finally read the perks of being a wallflower. 

and now, i get it. 

it's the kind of book i wish everyone i love would read.

maybe it's because it explains a lot.

without really trying to explain.

it conveys a beautiful lesson.

without trying so hard to teach the lesson.

but it's the kind of lesson i want to hold on to

for the remainder of 2010,

for the upcoming year,

and for always.

or sometimes we just need to be reminded.

about the charlies and sams of the world.

of our lives.

of who we are.

and that's what this book does.

"i guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons.  and maybe

we'll never know most of them.  but even if we don't have the power

to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we

go from there.  we can still do things.  and we can try to

feel okay about them."

(from perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky)

If you haven't read it, I hope you do.

                                  

*photo by Rachel