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poetrylesbian

does anyone know if we have joy and whimsy tomorrow

stlowens

May Sarton, from Journal of a Solitude

honeytuesday

i am at the very beginning of the rest of my life. this truth will not change with age

mockiatoh

You can’t deserve a person’s love. You’ll drive yourself crazy thinking like that. They either love you, or they don’t. That doesn’t mean you weren’t good enough for them to love you, because love isn’t something you earn by being good enough. It isn’t something that can be quantified or doled out. Don’t blame yourself for not being loved how you need to, just teach yourself how to look for love where love lives.

mockiatoh

This isn’t just about romantic love, or even skewed towards romantic love, although it does apply there too. One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to accept is that my mother simply wasn’t someone who was capable of loving me, and there is no version of me that I could have ever been that would have earned that love. But with acceptance came healing. I was able to love myself more instead of resenting myself for not being more than any one person could be.

mockiatoh

Are you listening? Even love for yourself isn’t earned. It is a kindness you give yourself.

stuckinapril

i love it when you start doing little things different & notice how much you’ve grown as a person just by that. like you from a year ago would not have handled that situation the way you are now. you’ve changed for the better. & that is so satisfying

nobrashfestivity

Unknown, Cat, 19th century

happyheidi

don’t invite me unless these are the plans

kosmogrl

in a few months we'll be going on walks at 8pm to watch the sun set without having to worry about bringing jackets in case it gets cold because everything will be warm and nice and colorful!

doodlingleluke

🍳🍲 🍞

#:)

stuckinapril

i’d say the best thing i have learned this year is to just let people be who they naturally are. no psychoanalyzing them, no overthinking my actions, no asking what i could possibly do to keep their presence in my life. i just bring my best self to the table and always move from a place of love and respect. how that person responds is ultimately up to them. if that causes them to exit my life, i just let it happen. i will never be in the business of changing people. people are only ever ready to change when they’ve made the conscious decision to. all i can do is check myself and be kind always.