[lelif]

grieving the person you used to be

marian keyes// ?// bigger than the whole sky, taylor swift// fiona apple// @inkskinned// would've, could've, should've, taylor swift// father, the front bottoms// @inanotherunivrse// ?// memento mori, crywank// @dakotajohnsongf// @ryebreadgf// quote: deathless, catherynne m. valente edit:? // bojack horseman s6 e16// a pearl, mitski// would've, could've,should've, taylor swift// ?// ?// ?// @heavensghost

[fromdarzaitoleeza]

Jamie Anderson/Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior

Grief and love are interconnected

[oldsamarie]

i love listening to MUSIC!!!!!! and imagining things happening

[d-dessire]

I lovelovelovelove it so much!!!!!!

[grlonth3m00n]

[anancientheart]

I can’t believe we live in a world where people dance and sing and write and paint and laugh and eat food together and go on walks and that we have always done this forever. I could cry at the thought of it all.

[ruiiplume]

"Unmasked"

I wanna add more but maybe next fan art 👍🏾

[sproutlett]

feel your feelings!!!! tap into them into your body and let them grow!!! grow!! grow!!! release it in whatever way that it looks like!! whether you cry or scream or dance or shake !! whatever it looks like!! please allow yourself to feel it all. it is okay.

[cestlaviepeople]

[a-cloak-deactivated20241120]

i’m not as mean as I would like to be. and I really wish people appreciated that more

[freshbrewedlife]

Vanilla Bean Iced Coffee | Half Baked Harvest

[jupiterlicivciv]

[visit-ba-sing-se]

Me, lying on my bed, face down, desperately trying to get up: come on body yip yip

[laikaslife-deactivated20230316]

[weltenwellen]

Emily Henry, Book Lovers

[anoudertyj99-deactivated2024050]

former gifted kids who now just want to be called dumb and let a man think and decide for them

[tearstainsandspilledink]

I’m not saying that the world should stop spinning to give me a second to breathe, in fact, maybe I wish it would spin faster to help the stumble in my mind every now and then; perhaps speed will ensure I don’t have the time to trip. It isn’t that I’m ungrateful for the blessings I’ve been given, because I know, taking them for granted would be almost lethal. Trust me, I know what I’ve got and I wouldn’t change it for the world. My hands still tingle when I lounge in hot baths and my favourite ice cream is still the best thing on a warm day and I’ll still sing along to the radio. I think, maybe, I’m just a little bit behind. My brain hasn’t processed the ascent in my happiness, like a blip on a computer a screen, a lag on the console. I think, maybe, I’m still a little bit broken, but give me some time, and I shall heal.

@tearstainsandspilledink // anon question. (via tearstainsandspilledink)

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

Honestly something that bothers me more than most things is having my compassion mistaken for naivety.

I know that another fish might eat this bullfrog right after I spend months rehabilitating it.

I know that turning a beetle back onto its legs won’t save it from falling over again when I walk away.

I know that there is no cosmic reward waiting for my soul based on how many worms I pick off a hot sidewalk to put into the mud, or how many times I’ve helped a a raccoon climb out of a too-deep trashcan. 

I know things suffer, and things struggle, and things die uselessly all day long. I’m young and idealistic, but I’m not literally a child. I would never judge another person for walking by an injured bird, for ignoring a worm, or for not really caring about the fate of a frog in a pond full of, y’know, plenty of other frogs.

There is nothing wrong with that.

But I cannot cannot cannot look at something struggling and ignore it if I may have the power to help.

There is so much bad stuff in this world so far beyond my control, that I take comfort in the smallest, most thankless tasks. It’s a relief to say “I can help you in this moment,” even though they don’t understand.

I don’t need a devil’s advocate to tell me another fish probably ate that frog when I let it go, or that the raccoon probably ended up trapped in another dumpster the next night.

I know!!!! I know!!!!!!! But today I had the power to help! So I did! And it made me happy!

So just leave me alone alright thank u!!!!

[shrineart]

THIS.

[the-rain-monster]

I heard a story about this, a parable I guess.

There was a big storm and a ton of starfish were washed onto the beach, stranded much further up than they could get back and beginning to bake in the post-storm sunshine. A little girl was walking down the beach, picking up starfish and throwing them back into the sea. Some guy comes up and asks her what she’s doing. “Saving the starfish,” she says.

He looks around at the huge beach and the hundreds of starfish, and says “You can’t possibly save them all. I’m afraid you’re not gonna make much of a difference.”

She throws another starfish back into the ocean, and replies “It made a difference to that one.”

[the-real-seebs]

Yeah, I mean, we know we can’t change all the things. But have you ever noticed how much better life is when you’re around people who change things when they can?

[theangriestlittleunicorn]

Kindness is a choice. Even if it’s small, it’s worth it.

[itsladykit]

This is what I’m talking about, when I say that kindness and compassion do not equate with ignorance, stupidity, or naivety. Being cynical does not make someone more intelligent or more worldly. 

Kindness is not weakness.

Kindness is brave. Especially when you also know that your kindness might not be returned, may even be met with anger or cruelty. It’s reaching out with an open hand, knowing that it’s just as likely to be bitten as it is to be held. 

Kindness is hard. If you can’t find it in yourself to be kind, then fine. But don’t make it more difficult for those that can.

[tsukishine]

Reminds me so much of mini-prinz and his tales of picking up snails off the sidewalk 😊