thoughts & stuff

hey

[outherepassionateandall]

feels like a lifetime ago

[outherepassionateandall]

God is so good.

[outherepassionateandall]

despite all that’s happened, and all that is still happening, i have managed to find my way back to find beauty in most things. and for that, i am eternally grateful.

[verytiny]

i love crying about everything it’s very humbling

[outherepassionateandall]

on nights like these, when i cannot seem to articulate into words this feeling i have in my heart, i just lie down, and reminisce on all that i, we, have become.

[outherepassionateandall]

it comes in waves, and in each wave, a new ray of sunlight shines through. i try to hold on to it, but it only burns. so instead, i let the warmth carry me over the wave. a beautiful, painful, wave of grief.

[watchoutforintellect]

“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”

— Toni Morrison, from her 1993 Nobel Lecture

[beyondstyx]

[outherepassionateandall]

Tomorrow is going to do a lot. And inshallah for the best.

[outherepassionateandall]

July 6th, 2019

Beirut, Lebanon 🇱🇧

[embracingwild]

the girls you read about, the girls you admire and long to be like, the girls that inspire you - they break down. i promise you. hermione granger, malala yousafzai, elizabeth bennet, jo march, katherine johnson - they all have broken down. they have had moments, days, even weeks, where they wanted to give up, to let go, to settle. even if it’s not written in the pages, i promise you that it happened. there is no shame in falling on your knees before you pick up the sword.

you are not weak for breaking down. that is where strength comes from.

[helpingg]

[outherepassionateandall]

here’s a photo of the month that was on my door tonight. i angled the streetlight behind him. looks magical to me.

[outherepassionateandall]

people, movies, and media who romanticize illness <<<

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

“I think it’s beautiful the way you sparkle when you talk about the things you love.”

— Atticus

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

“I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.”

— Hafiz of Shiraz

[outherepassionateandall]

confidence is silent with others,

but loud with self love.

confidence embraces the growth of everyone,

without feeling insecure about their own.