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““Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.””

— Edward Abbey (via wordsnquotes)

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David Fullarton

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we're just skin and bones and endless mistakes just trying not to feel miserable every second of every day & it's okay to take a break from holding the whole world on your shoulders. it's okay to close your eyes and imagine a world where your heart can bloom and flourish.

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I’m getting back into the idea of a tattoo.

The bee is symbolic of the Empress and feminine energy. Bees are often considered a symbol of the Goddess or Divine Feminine because they are ruled by queens. In particular, they are associated with the goddess Venus because part of their labor is the indirect fertilization of flowers, all of which come under the dominion of Venus. Without bees, many species of flowers would die out, and so the bee may justly be considered a handmaiden of that goddess. There is a Greek tradition, too, of the Nine Muses, the divine patronesses or music and poetry, taking on the form of bees. This comports well with the rulership of Venus over the arts. The bee is also a symbol for wisdom, as it collects pollen from many flowers and turns it into honey, which is the gold of bees. Just so, the occult aspirant collects experience from the varying circumstances of his life and from it extracts spiritual gold. As the spiritual alchemists imply, the life of the occult aspirant is his laboratory, and his consciousness and his body the subjects of his spiritual experiments.

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It is better to lose someone with your entire self than to hold on to him with just a fraction of yourself.

— Marina Tsvetaeva, Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922

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I wonder why I don't go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip on hour more of sleep and live.

— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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“It’s mortifying to be the one who remembers.”

— Ryan O’Connell

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“In my memory, it doesn’t end. We just stay there, looking at each other, forever.”

— John Green // Paper Towns

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“There are feelings you will never find words for; you will learn to name them after the ones who gave them to you.”

— Maza Dohta

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“This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go.”

— Nicholas Sparks

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“If you focus on failure, you can never succeed.If you focus on being hurt in a relationship, you can never be loved.Whatever you focus on, you create.”

— John Assaraf

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Self care is whatever keeps you alive. This can mean different things to different people at different stages in their lives, because of different needs and priorities either short or long term.

Paying your bills and budgeting keeps you alive. Buying groceries keeps you alive. Eating healthy food keeps you alive. Exercising keeps you alive. Proper sleep hygiene keeps you alive. All of these are true.

Being kind to yourself keeps you alive. Listening to your favorite music keeps you alive. Staying in bed when you’re exhausted keeps you alive. Watching netflix all day when you’re exhausted instead of doing chores or hygiene keeps you alive. All of these are true, too.

They’re not mutually exclusive. All of these are important, but when you are disabled you often do not have the energy or brainpower to do all of them. Some days you need to triage one task for the sake of another. And that’s your business and your business alone - no one else can see the inside of your head, only you know what is best for yourself and what you most need, in any given moment, to stay alive.

You have a right to make those decisions for yourself without being shamed. You have a right to live your life at your own pace, on your own terms, to the extent of your energy and abilities. All you can do is your best, and some days that will look different from others, and that’s okay, it’s not a static thing. Do what you need to do, one day at a time, to take care of yourself how you best see fit.

You don’t deserve to feel shame for struggling. You are valid. You are doing your best. You deserve to have your right to autonomy and your choices respected.