[memoryslandscape-deactivated202]

“You know the ache of hiding, of pretending to believe something, of words in conflict with the spirit. It does something to the soul—not in time but immediately and every time—when by choice or bondage or shame we are dragged out of ourselves into a miraged self. That journey erodes the marrow of the soul. The miraged self has no concern for the sound of the genuine in you, for the body, for the mind. It will not breathe for you. Do not be deceived; it does not want you hidden, it wants you dead. It is not dress-up; it is suffocation—a murderous exile. To survive it, we must gain a certain loyalty to our selfhood. We must free the part of ourselves that seeks to protect the self.”

— Cole Arthur Riley, from This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us (Hodder & Stoughton , 2022)

[beguines]

Nick Flynn, from "Horse Thief", I Will Destroy You

[authorkims]

[heinous-bitch]

you forgot the best one

[stuckinapril]

“Do it scared” “do it alone” are all great tips, but my biggest takeaway from therapy is do it messy. This is especially true if you’re getting out of a burnout, which I experience often. Literally just do it messy. You don’t need to pick the perfect trail to walk, the perfect playlist to listen to, whatever the fuck it is. You don’t need to have a meticulous to do list and wake up at the exact time you planned and drink the exact amount of water you planned to drink. Like the biggest thing for people like me to remember is sometimes it’s okay to do it messy. Put on a random yt workout and just get it done in sweats. Do 5 minutes of a daunting task and go from there. Sometimes just getting up is a win during intense burnouts or depressive funks. Literally just do it messy.

[loveridden1999]

problematic sudoku solving skills gap

[featuringmarkhoppus]

[hel7l7]

You say you love me, but you can’t stand looking at me

[januaryhoney]

Late Spring, Mary Oliver

[weltenwellen]

Taking Care  Callista Buchen

[the-dauphine]

“The most precious thing is vitality – not in any sinister Lawrentian sense, but just the will + energy + appetite to do what one wants to do + not to be ‘sunk’ by disappointments. Aristotle is right: happiness is not to be aimed at; it is a by-product of activity aimed at.”

— Susan Sontag, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks 1947—1963  (via sartreuse)

[lilcowgirl7-deactivated20210223]

[pbs-r]

DECLARATIONS OF A HEALTHY ADULTHOOD 

DAVID RICHO

[primulaceas]

John Steinbeck, East of Eden

[peoniepoetals]

“I go on loving you like water but / there is a terrible breath in the way all of this”

— John Ashbery, in “The Tennis Court Oath” from The Tennis Court Oath

[squidlar0182]

affirmations

[ruhrohrexia]

i wont worry about it i say to myself with the always worried disorder

[weltenwellen]

Wildness Before Something Sublime Leila Chatti

[hagiomoto]

All Western media show their true colors every time Muslims are violently killed, whether in the West or in our own countries. Islamophobia is institutionalized, normalized, and profitable. There are millions to be made from it by careerists, politicians, media figures, and states like the United Arab Emirates, India and Israel, which rely on Islamophobic narratives to manufacture consent for violence against Muslim communities around the world.

[h-isforhome]

they don't tell you this but if ur really lonely for a long time, a hole starts forming in ur heart and the longer u feel lonely the bigger the hole gets and it doesn't matter if u feel less lonely when ur older bc the hole stays forever and ur life just grows around it. But the hole is always there.