Orange Meditation

A story written with broken sentences and unfinished metaphors of love.

[hgk477]

A Guide to Keeping your Heart Soft

Love Big.

Compliment often.

Expose the Greatness in everyone you meet.

Hold no unsaid expectations against anyone.

Forgive easily.

Tell the kid how cool their toy/picture/story/rock is-and watch the light flood their eyes.

If you hold anger against someone/if they said something that hurt you, talk about it in a healthy way.

When it comes to unsolicited wisdom, the very least you can do is listen and think about it, you don’t have to agree, but give yourself the option to learn and grow.

Purge bitterness from your bones, it makes you older faster and clogs your joints.

SMELL ALL THE CANDLES IN THE STORE; cake-scented candles never ruined anyone’s day.

Tell yourself one thing you love about yourself every day, to start, and more will follow: Toes, I love that you balance me; calves, I love that you’re strong; thighs, I love your power, etc.

Laughter is a healing balm.

Do not lie to yourself, acknowledge the power of you.

If you suffer, all you have to do is survive; AND THEN give yourself permission to thrive.

Do not be afraid to be extraordinary; in your craft, in your hugs, in your words.

I wish you the best of luck.

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[chaosmindthoughts]

my silence was never peace

it was a clenched jaw holding back a thousand reasons to break

it was sleep deprived from me every night

it was laughter rehearsed in the mirror because no one likes the sound of breaking

you called it calm I called it survival.

but you never noticed how my hands kept burying themselves into my thighs just to feel something still mine,

to keep my spine supported to seem stable—presentable

my body told you so

in the tightness of my fists the headaches that didn’t leave the way I fidgeted when I felt your eyes on me when we shared the same space

you didn’t listen, you never noticed

when my skin got goosebumps like a warning when my breath shortened like it wanted to run when you touched me

when you acted like you knew me

when affection was used as manipulation

you mistook my quiet for healing

but I was just trying not to bleed on your white floors

you would've made me clean

I stayed small so you wouldn’t deal with me with my heart with your fault

now, my silence will never be mistaken for consent i told you so —not with words but with the absence of me.

loud enough now?

—(My body) told you so

Source: @chaosmindthoughts

(based on prompt from @nosebleedclub "told you so")

[iusedtobecharming-deactivated20]

Do we have a franz kafka diary entry for july 1st, i want to know what he thinks!!!

[rehearsing]

happy too tired July everyone

[fairycosmos]

im not sure how anyone who works full time can have kids … or even a pet … like after commuting and everything how do you have the time … for any of it …. Like literally

[souljoy]

im like if my mom & dad Unfortunately had a baby

[ursulaklegay]

actually i love growing older and learning how i work as a person like realizing what kinds of fabrics feel best on my skin or what brand of yogurt i like best or how I want to be touched. watching myself change, enjoying brussel sprouts when I used to hate them as a child, understanding why I got angry in that one conversation 10 years ago… there are so many mysteries inside me that i have yet to unravel and there will always be more and sometimes i think maybe its all worth it

[inlovewithlies]

You know there's this kind of a platonic love shared between a girl and an older lady who is almost her mother's age but is not her mother. It could be her friend's mother, a teacher or a caregiver, maybe an aunt. And that love is not worldly or forced, it is often not expressed with words like "I wish I had a mother like you." or "I wish I had a daughter like you.". Rather, it's "I think we have a past life connection" or "I feel loved and safe around you" kind of love. That "I'd teach you how to wear a saree" and "I made cookies for my daughter and I made some extra for you." kind of love. It's the "My mother would've never listened to me like you did." and "I went on a trip and this one thing reminded me of you so I bought it as a souvenir for you." kind of love. It's "Come, I'll tell you the story of this one character of the Mahabharata" and "I need an advice from you." kind of love. It's "I crocheted this cardigan for you." and "I'd spend my holiday with you." kind of love.

[falaaafeels]

I think I would credit a lot of these older ladies for being a huge part of the way I am. They sensitized me, evoked empathy and told me a lot of prophet stories. I loved listening stories, still do.

Wherever you beautiful ladies are, I love you. Thank you for being a beautiful part of my life.

[surqrised]

“Tell the negativity committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.”

— Martin Seligman

[minimalistquotes]

Notice what you're not allowed to question. That's where the truth lives.

[refat-ahmed]

Our past may shape us, but it doesn’t define us. We’re not stuck or tied to where we’ve been. Our past is a lesson. We don’t live in the past; instead, we learn from it and move forward. Every day is a chance to begin again.

It’s not always easy. Healing and growth take time, and some days feel heavier than others. But even the smallest step forward counts. Be gentle with yourself. You’re doing better than you think.

[bismabmb]

A beautiful reminder ✨️

[perfectfeelings]

“I feel like everyone fakes who they really are, when deep down we’re all equal amounts of screwed up. Some of us are just better at hiding it than others.”

— Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

[perfectfeelings]

“Sometimes your world shakes so hard, it’s difficult to imagine that everyone else isn’t feeling it too.”

— Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

[kafk-a]

literally everybody who has ever been kind to me has made me kinder in return

[askyea-poesy]

The journey to healing gets dark far before it gets beautiful.

Alamir

[snoppy]

blocked. and i hope you're never alone in your kitchen

[65mpg]

Forever a "I understand" with a constant heavy heart.

[askyea-poesy]

You eventually reach a point where you're just too you to pretend anymore. When the need to be yourself is heavier than what people think of you, and the only thing that can lift that weight is being yourself, that's when your life truly starts.

Boii McCoy