Missives from a MadMan

[this-isakindness]

[childofshadowes]

Brilliant!

[lifeissucking]

[beautifully-tragic-not-wicked-d]

oh. my. god. 

[childofshadowes]

This is ahh-mazing! LOL!

[childofshadowes]

Who You Are Is Perfect

You are who you are and that is all you are. You are the sum of your best efforts. If who you are, at your best, is not good enough for someone then they aren't the one for you. Don't settle for anything less.

[childofshadowes]

One Foot in Front of the Other

Progress is not instantaneous. Sometimes it can only be measured in small steps. One step might not seem like much but take a step, then another... They add up. Never discount the power of a single step, for it can change everything.

[childofshadowes]

They Don't Like It? Fuck 'Em.

That sounds harsh, and I don't mean it to be. But, maybe I do. Here is the thing my lovelies...be YOU. Don't make the mistake of trying to be something you aren't to make somebody else like you, let alone love you. Why? Because then you are a liar and lies always catch up to you in the end. They show up as broken hearts and broken dreams. So cut the shit. Be real. And if they can't deal with who you are REALLY? They aren't worth then energy. There is something better - it's called the Authentic You. It takes balls to own it. So own it!  I'm still learning too. Don't give up. It's worth it. Shine on!

[childofshadowes]

You Won't Break

There will be times you will feel like you will break, falling into ruin, collapsing into ashes. You may fall. You might think you are losing your mind. But you WILL NOT break- because nobody has that power over you. And nobody, and I mean nobody is worth that. Stand tall. It gets better.

[starksdummy]

[lolzpicx]

Don’t forget

[connor-sexonlegswithahat-temple]

REBLOGGING FOR THIS STUPID BITCH ^

[childofshadowes]

I HATE Joffrey! What a DB!

[dontpause]

As we begin 2013, we find ourselves resolving, once again, to lose those unwanted pounds, and year after year, we fall short. Whether your motivation to lose weight is to get your bikini body back, look smashing at your reunion, or just fit back into the pile of jeans in your closet…here are some...

[childofshadowes]

A step-by-step approach to meeting your goals for the new year!

[childofshadowes]

Commit to manifesting greatness in yourself and greatness in each other. Bring it. Everyday.

[childofshadowes]

Taking Care of You

Previous generations will tell you that taking care of you is "selfish". Except that was long ago in a different time with different values. How many couples stated together because they had to due to cultural or religious constraints? And how many kids from those relationships are currently screwed up as a result? Exactly. Here's the deal Sparky: take care of yourself. Do things that make you happy and make you shine. No, don't be a douchebag about it, but respectful and inclusive. There is nothing hotter than someone who knows what they want in life and is willing to go after it. Don't sell yourself short, sacrifice yourself like a good little martyr, or give up your dreams. The right person will come along for the ride. The others? Hitchhikers. Wish them well and send them on their way.

[blueeyedcub10]

This goes out to all of you guys & girls out there who all have gotten their heart broken severely once or several times. It will get better, I promise you. If I can get through it, you can get through it. :) ♥

[childofshadowes]

A timely reminder - hearts break, and they will heal in time especially with the help of friends and loved ones.

[childofshadowes]

Don't Be Afraid To Cry

In our society, being "emotional" is seen as being weak. Not so. Honoring those emotions, being with them, breathing through them and flowing through them is far more healthy and rational than suppressing them. Like a forest fire burns through the brush and overgrowth, emotion allows the same cleansing within you. Let it rip.

[smithsonianmag]

Can Tattoos Be Medicinal?

“The earliest evidence we have of tattoos, not surprisingly, is cosmetic,” says Lars Krutak. Tattooed on the upper lip of a 7,000-year-old mummy from the Chinchorro culture of northern Chile and southern Peru is a thin pencil mustache. “But, the second oldest we have is medicinal,” he adds.

Krutak, sitting at his desk in the bowels of the National Museum of Natural History, is referring to Ötzi, the 5,300-year-old mummified “Iceman,” so named by researchers because he was discovered in the Ötztal Alps on the Italy-Austria border in September 1991. The preserved body has a total of 57 tattoos—short lines etched in groups on his lower back and ankles, a cross behind his right knee and two rings around his left wrist. - Continue reading at Smithsonian.com.

Photo: Bracelet-like tattoo of the 5,300-year-old Iceman. Courtesy of South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology / Eurac / Samadelli / Staschitz

Ed note: The ancient and mysterious history of tattoos.

[childofshadowes]

Considering the effects the tattoo process has on triggering natural endorphins, this is not surprising. I combine various types of essential oils when making henna. It all depends upon the symbol(s) I am placing on the body (mine or the client) and the nature of the dis-ease.

[meowzzar]

[childofshadowes]

Listen up my Children! This is the most important lesson of them all!

[selfloveishappiness]

To radically accept yourself, you must embrace and come to peace with all parts of you: the beautiful, the damaged, the powerful, the remorseful, and the divine. Radical self-acceptance means seeing yourself for all that you truly are – neither with rose-colored glasses nor with muddied glasses,...

[childofshadowes]

This is brilliant and worth reading, absorbing and putting into action.

[lezgaybitransadvice-deactivated]

I have made a decision that I am hoping will be good for me. From this point on I am not going to worry about relationships or dating (at least for now anyway). I’m driving myself to the brink of insanity with it when I should be focusing on myself first. My self esteem is at an all time low and I...

[childofshadowes]

This is the PERFECT place to be! Cheers and stand tall!

[highfiveforakiss-deactivated202]

I have been suffering these past couple days because my boyfriend of a year and a half dumped me and told me he never wanted to talk to me again. I didn’t want to wake up in the morning. I didn’t want to open my eyes, or hold my head up, or even tell people “I’m fine, thanks.” I cried more than...

[childofshadowes]

A great reminder that no matter how bad things appear to be - they can always be worse.