me: look at that dog!
me: look at the moon!
me: look at that cloud!
me: look at the sunset!
me: look at that tree!
me: look at those flowers!
me: look at that leaf!
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me: look at that dog!
me: look at the moon!
me: look at that cloud!
me: look at the sunset!
me: look at that tree!
me: look at those flowers!
me: look at that leaf!
[Drawing of a fox wearing boots and a backpack walking outside with a caption that says “It’s possible to let go of a life that’s wrong for you without giving up on life itself. You don’t have to stay where you are in life. Just stay alive. You deserve it.”]
is there any sight in the world more healing than the that of a cat trotting daintily towards you
"Sometimes scientists change their minds. New developments cause a rethink. If this bothers you, consider how much damage is being done to the world by people for whom new developments do not cause a rethink."
- Terry Pratchett, with Ian Stewart and Cohen - The Science Of Discworld #1
Relevant because climate change because Go Vegan!
🕯 | Today, like many days, I found myself sweating uncontrollably by our nurturing suns inescapable heat. As I reach into my bag for a handy-dandy handkerchief to wipe the sweat from my brow, I am horrified to discover I’ve left my whole prep bag at home. It’s okay to have a hiccup, so long as we learn from our mistakes. My current lesson is to prep my bag the night before at all costs! . . . For those of you who are wondering what is in my daily sustainability prep bag for my on-the-go adventures:
Power bank Produce bag Water bottle Handkerchief Charger cord Prepped lunch Tupperware Fork/spoon Metal straw Journal Headphones Book Keys Mirror Fountain Pen Wallet . . . What are your adventure must haves? #circus #livemoremagic #lowimpactmovement #zerowaste #zerowasteliving #aquietlife #autumnvibes #aseasonalshift #harrypotter #hobbiton #aesthetic (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1e9pBJFiK7/?igshid=yszhtosgi1og
how you program your mind when you’re at a low point is so impactful. resorting back to toxic patterns when you’re low is only strengthening those neural pathways and programming your mind to make those unhealthy choices or think those unhealthy thoughts every time you’re not feeling well. alternatively, trying your hardest to cope in a healthier way every time you’re feeling bad will strengthen those positive neural pathways, and as time goes on, it will become easier to make healthy choices and say no to toxic patterns. this of course isn’t to say that you should feel guilty if you relapse, it is not by any means easy to reprogram your brain and sometimes we relapse and that’s okay, so long as we’re trying our best to treat ourselves better.
Do not unjustly eat fish the water has given up, And do not desire as food the flesh of slaughtered animals, Or the white milk of mothers who intended its pure draught for their young, not noble ladies. And do not grieve the unsuspecting birds by taking eggs; for injustice is the worst of crimes. And spare the honey which the bees get industriously from the flowers of fragrant plants; For they did not store it that it might belong to others, Nor did they gather it for bounty and gifts. I washed my hands of all this; and wish that I Perceived my way before my hair went gray!
-Al-Ma’arri (973-1057), a renowned poet from the classical Arab world.
15 min warm ups
15 min warm ups
i’m just so sick of ‘cat people’ who don’t actually give a shit about cats. cats have this undeserved reputation as easy and disposable pets because people get them and let them outside instead of entertaining their cat and when it doesn’t come back home they go out and get a new one. a properly cared for cat is just as much work (more imo) than a dog. just because you don’t HAVE to walk it doesn’t mean it doesn’t need both physical and mental simulation.
so many people defend letting their cat outside unsupervised by saying ‘if i don’t let my cat outside it sits and cries at the door for hours!’ which only shows that they aren’t providing their cat with enough enrichment. the cat is bored and the only place it got it’s physical and mental needs met is outside, of course it’s going to cry for it! play with your cat, have more than one or two types of toys for it, give it puzzle feeders, hide treats thru the house for it to ‘hunt’, clicker train it! those are just off the top of my head - googling ‘cat enrichment’ will give you hundreds of different ideas to entertain your cat.
if you don’t have the time or energy to do these things then you don’t have the time/energy to own a cat.
European gray wolf, Wingham Wildlife Park
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“Oh that animal doesn’t LIKE you it just TOLERATES you” …..So? If that’s the most a non-social organism can feel towards you isn’t that just as special an honor as whatever it is you think affection means??
“This creature with no natural social instincts outside of mating allows me to freely interact with it, while causing it little stress” is fucking DOPE AS SHIT
also… are you SURE? like, we’re still finding out so much about animals. Wolverines fathers, who we thought were not involved in caring for kits, turn out to travel around and collect all their kits from multiple mothers and take the whole group out on camping trips. Some spiders have tiny frog pets (!) or group up to communally raise their young. Wild sharks, crocodiles, and snakes have formed strong, documented relationships with people.
this man Gilberto (Chito) Shedden nursed this crocodile back to health after it was shot in the eye, and they were best friends for the rest of the crocodile’s life.
this python came in out of the wild as a baby snake and curled up next to the family’s infant, Oun Sambat (or Oeun Sambat?) and they were inseparable for 12 years
Cristina Zenato removes hooks from sharks and they let her stick her hand down their throat to do it and they even bring other sharks who need help to see her.
It’s a relationship that goes beyond a single helpful interaction. For example one of the sharks that would show up when she first started swimming with them was a shark she called Foggy Eye who really didn’t like to be touched. One day, Foggy Eye showed up with a hook in her mouth that Cristina Zenato removed, and ever after, Foggy Eye cuddles when she visits, putting her head in Cristina’s lap and enjoying some petting
We don’t know SO much. Some wolf spiders will adopt unrelated orphaned spiderlings and raise them. We recently discovered that the ant-mimicking jumping spider (below) produces “milk” and suckles its young until they are nearly fully grown.
SO. Don’t assume we know all about what creatures do or feel or whether or not they form social connections or bond with others.
#GrowingUpUgly When guys in middle school would get dared by their friends to ask you out and see if you say yes as a joke
How about growingupugly and then turning out sort of okay looking but you don’t know for sure because your self esteem is shot and you’re convinced you look awful?
#GrowingUpUgly Being so wholly convinced of your hideousness that as an adult you now literally cannot even imagine that someone would pay you a compliment and mean it; the only conceivable thing that could be happening is that they’re either a) taking the piss like the boys in school used to or b) so repulsed by you that they feel sorry for you and are telling you you’re pretty because they think you need to hear it.
I don’t know if this helps, but I’d like to say it anyway just in case it does.
None of you were ugly.
The other day I found a class picture from fourth grade and I looked everyone in it, and then I saw the “ugly girl” – the one people constantly harassed, whose desk kids would pretend was contaminated, the one kids would invent complex songs about just to voice their disgust toward her.
And she looked like a normal little girl.
She looked no different than the rest of the class.
She was never ugly. And I know that you may be thinking to yourself “but I WAS ugly” – I just want you to consider for a moment that maybe you weren’t.
Maybe you were tormented by your peers for no reason except that they were experimenting with and learning the rules of callous human cruelty that would define the rest of their lives – and recognizing this, the adults who should have protected you, let it happen. Cruelty and social shaming – the foundations of how human beings police their society is learned and it is practiced.
Since I’ve become an adult, I don’t recall ever seeing an “ugly” kid. Kids are all just strange-looking works in progress that the artist seems to have abandoned intending to finish them later.
I want you to think about our racist and unhealthy “standards of beauty”. Are any of the things that society fixates on as “ugly” truly ugly? No. We take things that are beautiful and we associate them with ugliness and badness and coarseness – to control them – to batter the will of the already oppressed down to the point where they think the abuse they receive is justified.
The children who demeaned you were learning to crush the human spirit to the point where the target internalizes all that hate and keeps hating themselves even when the bullies are no longer there. Those children were learning the sadism that defines our social hierarchy – we live in a culture where success is achieved through exploiting others.
No one deserves to be treated that way. LGBT children shouldn’t grow up ashamed of themselves. Black children shouldn’t grow up thinking white children are inherently prettier.
You were not ugly. You were told you were ugly so that people could have an “excuse” to target you, to ostracize you, to other you, and to abuse you.
An “ugly child” wouldn’t know they were ugly until someone TOLD them they were. They don’t grow up ugly, they grow up emotionally abused.
And still if you feel that you were the exception and you were objectively and unquestionably so ugly as a child that everyone noticed – even if you feel you are still that ugly now…
That doesn’t mean you don’t deserve love. It doesn’t mean you won’t find love, and trust and happiness.
You are worthy of respect. You have worth. You have value.
And if the rest of the world doesn’t seem to notice your worth – look at the evil and vile things the world does value and count yourself lucky not to be among that number.
There are people who will see your worth. There are people who will look at you and not see “ugliness” – they will see a friend, a mentor, a hero and even, yes, a lover.
If no one else says it today, and even if you can’t say it yourself, I would like to tell you that you are not ugly. That you were not ugly. That you did nothing wrong. That you did not deserve to be treated the way that you have been and that you deserve happiness and love and respect. And you will find it.
I really needed this, thank you.
Reblogging for the kids who need to hear this.
You were never ugly.
[Drawing of two trees with a caption that says “I’m really tired. I couldn’t believe how tired I was then I got even more tired, but it’s okay to get tired. I’ll manage and be fine. It won’t be as hard as it seems when I’m overwhelmed. It will be okay.”]
Y’all: Be kind to animals and don’t hurt them!
Vegans: *endeavour to not kill animals whenever possible*
Y’all: No, not like that.
“1. You must let the pain visit. 2. You must allow it to teach you 3. You must not allow it to overstay.”
— Ijeoma Umebinyuo, three routes to healing