This Blog Is My Vow

Who we are is based on what we notice and pay attention to and then act on. This blog is where my attention is shared.

[perfectquote]

“Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.”

— Rae Smith

[minimalistquotes]

You will be forgotten either way. So live in such a manner that, while you remain, you belong to yourself.

-Marcus Aurelius

[iandavidsway]

One of the most difficult aspects of being nonjudgmental is how others will judge you and assume you're judging others. There is an inevitable asymmetry.

[madamlaydebug]

[litsnaps]

[iandavidsway]

i think it's important to recognize that when no one wants to be with you, when you're all alone and no one chooses you, when you can't act the way you want to because you're not under control, that others will blame you for your circumstances and avoid you, and that's not your fault.

[ioshk]

We keep forgetting that people in general are complex multifaceted creatures. No, babe, you're not too complicated to deal with. You were just taught on poorly written characters in modern media that you have to be easy to comprehend piece of personality shaped cardboard. You are so much more than that. So much more.

[quotefeeling]

“So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better (which it will) or that there are worse things in the world (which there are). But that’s not what I actually needed. What I actually needed was for someone to tell me that it hurt because it mattered. I have found this very useful to think about over the years, and I find that it is a lot easier and more bearable to be sad when you aren’t constantly berating yourself for being sad.”

— John Green

[remanence-of-love]

[undisclosed-desires-3]

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[perfectquote]

“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.”

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

[remanence-of-love]

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[thoughtkick]

“Be the love you never received.”

— Rune Cazuli

[quotefeeling]

“Note to self: You’ve gotta do this for you. This is for you. This isn’t about anybody. Live for you. Honor you. Never lose sight of that.”

— Unknown

[thoughtkick]

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

— Maya Angelou

[quotefeeling]

“People start to heal the moment they feel heard.”

— Cheryl Richardson

[thoughtkick]

“Someone who truly loves you, sees what a mess you can be, how moody you can get, and how hard you can be to handle, but still wants you.”

— Unknown