[04k96]

[weltenwellen]

Mary Oliver, from “Green, Green is My Sister's House”, A Thousand Mornings

[lyouve]

Let’s not confuse potential with reality

[dovai]

be busy. busy not checking messages. busy reading those books you never started or finished. busy having a good night of sleep. busy taking care of yourself and your skin. busy moving your body. busy helping your community. busy reflecting on your life and what you can improve. busy doing things aside from the capitalistic viewpoint of “productivity.” busy slowing down.

[kragehund-est]

problematic rage gap. one partner tries to bring nuance and understanding to a tough situation. the other wants to blow up the earth about it.

[theambitiouswoman]

[luna-azzurra]

Something neuroscience-y that helps with prose: attention is selective. A character will not notice everything in a room. They will notice what matters to their goal, fear, desire, training, wound, or obsession. A jealous character notices hands. a hungry character notices food. A soldier notices exits. A lonely character notices pairs. Description becomes character when attention has a bias.

[persianmom]

[stuckinapril]

Just try your best, get off your phone as much as you can, honor your hurt feelings and also the hurt feelings of others, favor sincerity over nonchalance whenever it’s appropriate to, reach out to people you miss, let go of people when it’s time, operate from a deeply rooted self respect rather than from a lens of what people think, try your best to read the room, sit in the sun on overcast days (with sunscreen on), drink lots of water, pursue everything you want aggressively, accept that your timeline will be different, welcome detours if circumstances call for them, hold both yourself and others accountable, try to move your body as much as you can and you will be okay diva

[kaikartel]

you are worthy of relationships that are reciprocal, considerate and intentional. and that isn’t limited to romantic love

[walkingproof]

the worst thing you can do is let this world steal your whimsy. protect your whimsy at all cost. don’t let these joyless doofuses steal your magic

[icaseybaybee]

[hermajestyimher]

The moments of pain should be used to as a catalyst for good. Let anger drive you to work harder for the things that benefit and passionate you. Let disappointment make you more disciplined in avoiding the things that keep you distracted and separated from the path to greatness. But don’t let them extinguish the flame that drives you to show up for yourself everyday. Regardless of the actions of others you still owe yourself the best there is to to offer.

[stuckinapril]

I’ve been thinking a lot ab this

[sawasawako]

- lighthousekeeping, jeanette winterson

[mournfulroses]

Nikolay Punin, from a diary entry featured in The Diaries of Nikolay Punin: 1904 - 1953

[hermajestyimher]

The moments of pain should be used to as a catalyst for good. Let anger drive you to work harder for the things that benefit and passionate you. Let disappointment make you more disciplined in avoiding the things that keep you distracted and separated from the path to greatness. But don’t let them extinguish the flame that drives you to show up for yourself everyday. Regardless of the actions of others you still owe yourself the best there is to to offer.