Mary-Michael Cecilia

Trad Catholic - Cello major - science geek - NCG vlogger - ISTJ. Welcome to my corner of the tumblr world.

[derofeba]

when my computer decides to deny me access because of “admin restrictions”

[trevenanl-deactivated20200913]

If the person in possession of my voodoo doll would PLEASE hug it

[bubgerkirb]

The people who dressed up their catfish to throw it on the ice are the true heroes of the Stanley cup

[bornanoriginalsinner-deactivate]

Being in love with God is never boring.

Thomas Dubay, Fire Within (via metanoia-its-like-noia-but-meta)

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“Those who live in the world, even though they are married, ought to resemble the monks in all ways. You are greatly deceived if you think that there are things that are required of laymen and other things of monks…. All are equally accountable.”

~St. John Chrysostom

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out of all the aspects of millennial-bashing, i think the one that most confuses me is the “millennials all got trophies as a kid, so now they’re all self-centered narcissists” theory

like— kids are pretty smart, y’all. they can see that every kid on the team gets a trophy and is told they did a good job; they can also see that not every kid on the team deserves a trophy, and not everyone did do a good job

the logical conclusion to draw from this is not “i’m great and i deserve praise”— it’s “no matter how mediocre i am, people will still praise me to make me feel better, so i can’t trust any compliments or accolades i receive”

this is not a recipe for overconfidence and narcissism. it is a recipe for constant self-guessing, low self-esteem, and a distrust of one’s own abilities and skills.

where did this whole “ugh millennials think their so-so work is super great” thing even come from it is a goddamn mystery

[geardrops]

what fucking kills me is, yeah, maybe we got the trophies, but who gave them out

[violent-darts]

this is not a recipe for overconfidence and narcissism. it is a recipe for constant self-guessing, low self-esteem, and a distrust of one’s own abilities and skills.

Which is pretty much what mental health practitioners observe happening.

It’s also what I observed happening as a singing teacher: the older kids literally would not believe a positive word I said until I had proved I would tell them they screwed up/had done badly/etc. I did so in as useful a way as possible (“So this passage. We really need to work on this passage. A lot. This passage is not good yet.”), but with almost every adolescent I taught I had to prove I would give them straight-up criticism before they would parse my praise as anything other than meaningless “the grownups always do this” noise.

[the-headless-vulcan]

All of this. And then you feel like you’ll never be good enough to stand out and it fosters obsessive perfectionism that leads to procrastinating and giving up so you can get things done on time and then you’re never satisfied with anything and see everything you do as mediocre. Our generation is depressed from shallow compliments that don’t mean anything or lead to anything, it’s all empty.

[angelicwarfaresoldier]

holy crap someone put it into words

[tradicionalistabrasil]

[nun-spam]

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[iamfitzwilliamdarcy]

I love that Mabel gets to be ridiculous about boys and still a valid character

[idiopathicsmile]

look, fandom as a whole certainly has its own built-in biases and problems that need to be addressed 

but like

every so often i think about all of the deep, nurturing lifelong friendships that only ever happened because one day two internet strangers were like ‘oh hey, we agree on which fictional characters should kiss!’

people who are right now helping each other survive via connections they initially forged by liking the same sailor moon girl or something

the internet is a goddamn garbage pit but it is also a goddamn miracle

[catholicknight]

[paprika]

[heldinhishands]

young married christian blogger: Guys. I get it. Singleness is SO tough. I’ve been there! During those 6 months in 8th grade before meeting my wonderful soulmate (jared the sexiest hubby in the world :):):) ) I was so alone. It’s a season of life that just knocks you off your feet, doesn’t it?! Haha. I’ve been there ladies. So if you’re 25 and have a crippling fear of being alone, WAIT ON GOD’S TIMING. His timing was conveniently perfect for me so I guess I just feel like I am the appropriate person to give you advice :) By the way, we’re expecting!!!!!!!!!

[sermoveritas-deactivated2023030]

My love for the carmelite spirituality will have to remain in my heart and soul because due to my health I would not be able to endure.

[coriesu]

Assumption of the Virgin Egid Quirin Asam ––ca. 1717

[saintquotes]

Do few things, but do them well. Simple joys are holy.

St. Francis of Assisi (via saintquotes)