how to deal with life

how to deal with life one thing, one moment, one photo at a time. self-taught lessons in self-care because i don't want to do yoga.

[emotional-algebra]

You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.

Paulo Coelho (via invaderxan)

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Your moment of zen of the day.

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دیگران را ببخش، نه به خاطر اینکه لایق بخششند، به خاطر اینکه تو لایق آرامشی

[lesbian-a-la-mode-deactivated20]

Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.

[kiyoaki]

[kushandwizdom]

[nevver]

Switch off your brain

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[wasbella102]

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.

Kurt Vonnegut (via nirvikalpa)

[munacarabiner]

Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.

Andrew Boyd (via coffeeislovely)

THIS.

(via sleepydumpling)

[nevver]

Life #2

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taking your work home with you

This is something that was inevitable, given who I am, but I was not expecting it to happen so soon. Three weeks in.

I was assigned a new case yesterday. It is still unofficial. I haven't met the child yet. But I attended a team meeting yesterday and met the birth parents. The father is diagnosed with mental retardation and the mother evidently presents with some cognitive issues that weren't diagnosed in childhood. I didn't see anything during the meeting. Given what I know about her cognitive abilities, I was really surprised by how articulate she was. What is keeping these parents from adequately providing their 6 children with the care they need is unclear. What is clear, painfully, heartbreakingly clear, is that they love them. At least the mother does. Hearing a woman admit that she can't care for her children and express gratitude to foster parents who are willing to take in her children and do the things parents need to do to attend to their needs, the same things they themselves can't do, is heartbreaking.

On top of that, this 9 year old girl whom I have yet to meet is exhibiting some scary and bizarre behaviors. Self mutilation. Feces smearing.

I'm scared. I'm scared about my abilities to stay impartial. About my ability to really be able to help this family. I haven't met this girl yet and I've already been thinking about her and her family nonstop ever since I heard about their case.

Sigh.

[sevenplusminustwo]

“We need to remove the barriers of care so that every door you go through is a door that gets you the help you need,” Major General Mark Graham speaking about living in the years after his son’s suicide from untreated post-combat PTSD.

(via adnauseam)

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Suicide Prevention Week is this week. Educate yourself. Raise awareness. Reach out to those that are hanging by a thread.

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Today is one of those days where I watch this over and over again.

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South Brooklyn proper (Taken with Instagram)

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Don't forget where you came from.