Relax•Relate• Release

*Ebun*

[thegoodvybe]

[restbeyondtheriver]

I can’t stop thinking about Elijah sitting underneath the juniper tree & asking God to die.  God sent an angel who says, “This journey is too much for you.  Rest & eat.” & Elijah does.  He wakes up still feeling hopeless, & the angel repeats himself.  

It took Elijah longer than he wanted to get better.  Sometimes we want to move but we can’t.  Sometimes the journey is too much.  It is not a sin to understand your limitations.  Start there, get stronger, then get up.

[prettythorr]

me: *looks at all the unread books in my room*

me: *buys more books*

me: *watches netflix*

[78-s-deactivated20250512]

all i want is a clear mind & a happy heart

[theknowledgecorner]

Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands.- Isaiah 43:19 (MSG)

[jazzafari]

[minusmanhattan]

[elleroseblogs]

Sometimes self care is studying for that test. Sometimes it’s cleaning your room. Sometimes it’s having that conversation you’re afraid of having, confront that person you’re afraid to confront. Sometimes it’s not just wrapping yourself up in a blanket and relaxing. Sometimes instead, it’s taking action against the problem.

[revelation19]

“You crawl into bed, and you grab your phone. You start scrolling through your Instagram account. Here’s what you find: everybody’s marriage is awesome. Their kids are incredible. They’re counting money. And they don’t struggle at all. There’s no pain. There’s no sorrow. And here you are in your trial. You ate a whole gallon of ice cream watching a series on Netflix. You start to resent them. You start growing in anger against them. ‘Really? Me, Lord? I’m enduring this trial? What about them?’ In your trial, your insidious, wicked heart will be exposed, and comparison is how it plays itself out.”

Matt Chandler

[ithelpstodream]

[warm-human]

My goal in life is to be one of those people who are just light. You see them and you suddenly feel so warm inside and all you want to do is hug them. And they look at you and smile with the warmest light in their eyes…. and you love them. maybe not in a romantic way but you just want to be close to them and you hope some of their light transfers onto you.

[myboyfriendpetebuttigieg]

I think tumblr has left a lot of us emotionally stunted. This is a great community for empowerment, catharsis, or coping, but those things aren’t recovery in and of themselves. Comparatively, they’re easy when compared to the painful self-reflection and real-world scenarios you’ll have to encounter on the road to true recovery. Not only does Tumblr not focus enough on recovery, but there’s almost a disdain here for the very notion.

There’s a lot of time spent validating everything. “Your symptoms are valid! Your responses are valid! Your depression is valid! Your coping is valid!” Well, yeah, all that stuff is definitely valid, and understanding that is important step in recovery, but it’s certainly not the final step. All that stuff is valid in the same way a baby chewing on a teething ring is valid, and there’s nothing to be embarrassed about if your recovery is still in its infancy, but Tumblr almost encourages you to stay there, to never grow out of it.

There’s a difference between what’s valid and what’s healthy, what’s best for you. I recently saw a post that validated people who stay in their room all day. Is that a valid response to anxiety? Sure. Is it a healthy response? Hell no, and there isn’t a person on Earth who can convincingly make the argument that the best thing you can do for your anxiety is to never leave your room.

Or how about those “how to care for a _________” posts? They’ve got some great tips there, and a lot of what they say is true, but you cannot reasonably expect people to coddle your issues, insecurities, or self-perceived inadequacies. Your recovery has to come from you. It has to be a difficult decision you make with yourself and carry through with because you need it. Your recovery can’t come from hoping other people will validate you.

No one should be ashamed of where they are in their recovery process, but there’s also no reason why you should be in the same place with your issues as you were in 2010.

Your final goal is not validation. It isn’t empowerment. It isn’t finding a way to get through the day. It isn’t being comfortable with your problems, nor is it accepting that they’ll never go away. The final goal is health. The final goal is happiness. The final goal is contentment. The final goal is recovery.

[this-abounding-grace-deactivate]

“If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things.”

— Elisabeth Elliot

[jspark3000]

“If you really had faith, you wouldn’t be so depressed!” No—it’s actually faith that was the very last rock that kept me going right on through depression.

[thebeautifulcatholicfaith]

holy week

[childmagazine]

you will never regret being a better person

[wholesomethemedmemes]

MOOD