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Loving someone should be hard and active, not easy and passive. When you sign up to actually love people – no fakers allowed – then you sign up for a life of runny noses, awkward car rides, hugs that last too long, pauses that demand no noise, and admitting you were wrong. If you want to actually love people then you have to be willing to be wrong. Love is forgiveness. And it’s atonement. And it’s basically like putting your soul in a washing machine – it’s not some gentle cycle, it’s a fierce whipping that rings you out good. It makes the stains fade. Best of all, it fills the holes.

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Little big reminders

Let your hair grow and sunshine freckle your face. Be comfortable and healthy. Eat beautifully. Eat happily. Food is not an enemy. It is a friend. It is not everything.

Drink water, bring it with you everywhere. Hydrate your skin with water and sleep.

Hydrate your brain with calmness and reading and sketching and list making.

Clean your house and hang up your clothes. Simplify and scrub and label but let it all grow and flow organically and mold to your lifestyle. Order is good but not everything.

Be more accepting of who you are. Accept yourself and so will others.