Michaela.

[kafaminguzelligi]

[histinworld]

[exposenature]

[wetheurban]

The bravest thing you can do is stop mourning the life you expected and start noticing the one that's trying to find you.

[wanderlandjournal]

Sunset over the Swiss alps

[pnwander]

[fuckyeahlotrcast]

Elijah on the set of Fellowship

[smorzando]

[ohjardin]

[requiem-on-water]

''Summer Faeries series'' by Kazuaki Koseki

[beardedmrbean]

Next up someone is going to claim that the Narnia series isn't kids books.

Kids books is probably not the best way to word it, you can enjoy them at every age, including your childhood, as you get older you may find new truths in them, but they're still good for any age.

[fungusamongusblg2]

[quoteastic]

Normalize apologizing after you were wrong instead of being defensive and disrespectful because you're embarrassed.

[eyecandyandsoulfoodie]

[lichen-punk]

honestly i think the reason why it’s so common for kids to have the “it’s not a phase, mom” argument in their adolescence is less because they genuinely plan for their current state of being to remain utterly unchanged forever and more because they’re tired of having their interests/self expression/beliefs/etc dismissed as foolish due to being probably temporary

i know that when i was that age i certainly wasn’t thinking about whether or not i’d be into whatever shit i was into then when i was 80, all i knew was that i was sick of feeling like the adults in my life were just rolling their eyes and waiting out everything that was important to me at that moment

[screambirdscreaming]

I think another key thing conveyed by "it's not a phase" is that you won't return to being what they expect. Not necessarily that you're going to be This exact way forever, but that the next thing after STILL isn't gonna be the mold they're trying to put you in.

Whether or not being goth or w/e is a phase, *being your own person with your own priorities and interests* is NOT a phase, and that's what really rankles for people to not get.

[the-squeaky-junk-drawer]

And even if it is a "phase"...so f-ckin' what? Hair grows out/back. You can get new clothing. You can listen to different music. I can understand being leery of big tattoo choices, but still.

You know what IS weird? Asking kids to choose their whole career path (*coughcollegemajorcough*) before their brains are fully cooked.

[wetheurban]

May you have the courage to stay soft in a world that gives us every reason to harden.

[theadventurouslife4us]

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