happiness is a journey.

“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.” NOTE: this is a side blog so messages can only be replied to privately from personal accounts; please put a '*' if you would like a private response.

[chibird]

With much sadness, it was announced that Studio Ghibli will be -briefly pausing- its animation production department. [EDIT: The news is not final.] Their films have been some of my favorites, and their characters have inspired me since childhood. Here’s to them and the wonderful stories they have given us.

[chibird]

I would like to REPEAT, this news is not final but was posted on many notable news sites as such before people realized that it wasn’t necessarily translated correctly. I edited my original post seconds after to reflect the uncertainty.

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To be happy:

•listen to happy music •tell yourself each and everyday that you’re great. •look at yourself in the mirror and say “wow I’m hecka cute” •go touch plants •drink pink lemonade •sit in the grass •play with animals •take a shower and play your all time favorite tunes!!!

[chibird]

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rotition:

I’m looking for a tumblr girlfriend to make famous! Following everyone back :) <3

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[copingdaily]

[fuckyeahdepressingshit]

copingdaily:

Helping loved ones who deal with anxiety/panic attacks, ptsd, or even just depression can be difficult, but here are some really great pointers.

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thedevilontheradio

I know you don’t always know how to help me during these. So here. This.

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To all my friends that are around me when I am having a panic attack.

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[phoebe-bird]

[breezeymama]

a friendly reminder

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[missmagrathea]

[saiasus]

[hopefulsmiles]

Role model.

[natala1908]

[agirlnamedboy]

I’ve always been really interested in the concept of “happiness” and how to achieve it, mostly because I think the only reason anyone does anything is in pursuit of this happiness. What’s interesting to me is that, people always like to think of happiness as an emotion: “I feel happy”. The way I see it, happiness is a state of mind; it’s what you are, not how you feel. Nervous, stimulated, restless, frustrated, elated — these are emotions. And you can be all of these things, and be happy at the same time: “I feel challenged, I feel confused, I feel curious; but I am happy.”

So I tried to narrow the root of my happiness down to three…what would you call them? — tips? Happiness Tips, I guess, a self-diagnosed list of three things that I tend to do, and have done from a young age, that I think has instinctively made happiness my default.

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