[remanence-of-love]

[thoughtkick]

“My biggest regrets in life are being too damn nice, apologizing when I didn’t do anything wrong, and making unworthy people a priority in my life.”

— Unknown

[thoughtkick]

“I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.”

— Elsie de Wolf

[iambrillyant]

“allow the pieces to fall apart no matter how rough it feels, allow what doesn’t want to stick to crumble away beautifully, allow what has no desire to stay to find a home elsewhere, allow the energy of everything shifting from you to create space for everything that you need.”

— iambrillyant

[lifeinpoetry]

When I go to the doctor, they hand me paperwork with a chart to locate my pain. I can’t pinpoint it. I “X” my whole body. My entire life.

— Glenis Redmond, from "I Stay Sick," The Listening Skin

[lvgvcy-deactivated20260523]

do you know how much chaos It took to be this calm

[sakurabreeze]

““When you are a young person, you are like a young creek, and you meet many rocks, many obstacles and difficulties on your way. You hurry to get past these obstacles and get to the ocean. But as the creek moves down through the fields, it becomes larges and calmer and it can enjoy the reflection of the sky. It’s wonderful. You will arrive at the sea anyway so enjoy the journey. Enjoy the sunshine, the sunset, the moon, the birds, the trees, and the many beauties along the way. Taste every moment of your daily life.””

— Thich Nhat Hanh

[luthienne]

Gregory Orr, Orpheus & Eurydice: A Lyric Sequence; "It's winter..."

[Text ID: What / keeps me here? / Only my heart / that won't give up — / a puffed sparrow / gripping a twig, / a stubborn / leaf in a bare shrub.]

[thecosmiclawofattraction]

[carriec031]

the course of life

How can you follow the course of your life if you do not let it flow Quote: Lao Tzu quoted in Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening Photo: Path By Creek, Adobe Stock

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[luthienne]

“From a young age her life has been abnormal, she knows that. But so much is covered over in time now, the way leaves fall and cover a piece of earth, and eventually mingle with the soil. Things that happened to her then are buried in the earth of her body.”

— Sally Rooney, from Normal People: A Novel

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

your worth isn’t defined by how much you do for others

[anancientheart]

I believe that I am taken care of.

I believe that the good I give carries meaning and touches those that need it.

I believe that good will come to me at the right times.

I believe that I am financially secure.

I believe that I am loved, that I am loving.

I believe in the firmness of boundaries as an expression of love for myself.

I believe in my child heart and what it wants from life.

I believe in healing.

[lifeinpoetry]

“My heart is a sky embalmed and bright.”

— — Sumita Chakraborty, from “Dear, Beloved,” Arrow

[lifeinpoetry]

“I drag my body around lovingly but / it still won’t let me go”

— — Nikki Wallschlaeger, from “This Body Keeps the Keys,” Waterbaby

[gaycommunist]

i’m missing from myself

@putridpink “a piece about loving while borderline” // anaïs nin // lori gottlieb “maybe you should talk to someone: a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealed” // “red doc” anne carson // fernando pessoa “the book of disquiet” // unknown // jeanette winterson “written on the body” // normal people (2020) // olivia laing “the lonely city” // anaïs nin // autumn sonata (1978)

[luthienne]

paramore, “interlude: i’m not angry anymore” / martha gellhorn, selected letters / adonis, selected poems; “rage” (tr. khaled mattawa) / anne carson, plainwater: essays and poetry / carole maso, the art lover / jade bird, “furious” / carmen maria machado, in the dream house