la vie en rose

“I am a closed door that even I, myself, am knocking.” - Bshayer F.R.

[johnjacobjingleheimerschmidt]

I look at the sky. At the stars, the moon, the clouds, the sunset, the sunrise, the birds, the trees, the fog, the mist, the snow, the rain. I think, subhan Allah. Allah has created so many beautiful things. Every day He reveals a unique masterpiece. Then I think, He Himself has said that humanity is the best of His creation. I think, how? How can we be the best when there is all this beauty in the world? And I think I am privileged to be a human. To have free will. I am privileged to look at the world around me and see beauty and pain in everything. I am privileged to have the duty of making a choice and doing the right thing.

[thoughtkick]

“Do you ever miss yourself? The person you were before you had your first heartbreak or before you got betrayed by a person you trusted?”

— Unknown

[veryluckyclovers]

[newvision]

— Silas Denver Melvin, from GRIT: a poetry collection

[vampcraft-deactivated20231205]

i think as adults it's our responsibility to be nice to kids and treat them with the respect we wish we got at that age and im not kidding or exaggerating in the least

[keviinsito-deactivated20260512]

Just because something is normalized doesn't mean it's normal

[liryae-blog]

There is literally nothing in nature that blooms all year long, so do not expect yourself to do so.

[thoughtkick]

“I don’t know what living a balanced life feels like. When I am sad, I don’t cry, I pour. When I am happy, I don’t smile, I glow. When I am angry, I don’t yell, I burn. The good thing about feeling in extremes, is when I love, I give them wings. But perhaps that isn’t such a good thing, cause they always tend to leave and you should see me, when my heart is broken. I don’t grieve, I shatter.”

— Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

[grubs-and-bugs]

[tear-dropp-deactivated20241031]

“ur so quiet”

bro i lost all my communication skills

[womaninterrupted]

Here’s the true secret of life: We mostly do everything over and over. In the morning, we let the dogs out, make coffee, read the paper, help whoever is around get ready for the day. We do our work. In the afternoon, if we have left, we come home, put down our keys and satchels, let the dogs out, take off constrictive clothing, make a drink or put water on for tea, toast the leftover bit of scone. I love ritual and repetition. Without them, I would be a balloon with a slow leak.…Daily rituals, especially walks, even forced marches around the neighborhood, and schedules, whether work or meals with non-awful people, can be the knots you hold on to when you’ve run out of rope.

Anne Lamott, Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair

[her-written-thoughts]

عِيد مُبَارَك.

may this Eid bring unlimited joy. may this holy day bring you love and peace.

[bug-mp3]

they should make it easier

[mommy-mortis]

what?

[bug-mp3]

Everything. All of it

[johnjacobjingleheimerschmidt]

With God.

[iambad]

obsess over me or die

[catchymemes]

[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

“Nothing, not one thing, hurts us more—or causes us to hurt others more—than our certainties. The stories we tell ourselves about the world and the foregone conclusions with which we cork the fount of possibility are the supreme downfall of our consciousness. They are also the inevitable cost of survival, of navigating a vast and complex reality most of which remains forever beyond our control and comprehension. And yet in our effort to parse the world, we sever ourselves from the full range of its beauty, tensing against the tenderness of life.”

— Maria Popova, from “How to Love the World More: George Saunders on the Courage of Uncertainty,” The Marginalian (9 April 2023)

[fairycosmos]

horrible people thrive guilt-free all the time so why should you hide away for your whole life just because you internalised guilt from a bad childhood or whatever. you can create a life in this world too