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whatever was left, that was ours for a while.

sunrise - louise glück

Nothing I’ve read has changed me more than “you do people a favor by accepting their help” like I repeat this constantly to so many people because it’s true!!! People like to feel useful, they like to feel kind, they like to feel like they have an ability to impact people’s lives so just let them!! Not everything is a thing to be owed back — accept people’s kindness without making a competition out of it

bogleech

I figured out too late in life that refusing random help will more often make the person feel unwanted or not trusted : (

queeranarchism

This is true on the interpersonal level and on the community level. Your friendsgroup/family/house/affinity-group/street will thrive so much better when people accept each others help. When there is a regular back and forth of people helping each other and people accepting that help, you get a generous community where needing help is not stigmatized. Accepting help is an essential component of that. You literally can’t have a functioning community without it.

mhnaffirmations

“There will be times in life where learning to embrace slow and steady growth is one of the hardest things we will ever have to do, but when we are able to practice the courageous act entering into this space, we discover that, even here, there is room to learn something new that will prepare us for what’s to come.” Morgan Harper Nichols

brytning

Self-care Sunday: Does anyone else feel like they need more concrete instructions than "just let go" of intrusive thoughts? Hunter Clark-Fields (author of Raising Good Humans) explains that the reason labeling thoughts works to help let them go is because the process activates the prefrontal cortex---the part of the brain responsible for logic, reason, and decision-making, i.e. the part of the brain that's good at focusing and setting emotions aside. It's been really helpful in my meditation practice to notice where my thoughts go, give them a label, and find it easier to refocus on the present. Labeling thoughts isn't just helpful during meditation! It's a useful practice at any time of day when you notice unwanted thoughts cropping up. The key is in the noticing.

Nikki Miles

Happymillenialmonk

Camey Yeh

Abbie Smith | @abbieimagine

inkflowergarden

…and all of a sudden, everything was golden.

r-jects

This really is how it feels looking back, but I know that recovery is a slow, painful, non-linear process. It does get better ❤️

makeuphall

safe-haven-safe-place

prsephonies-deactivated20200815

when i was a teenager it felt very revolutionary to be cruel to myself. like some kind of slow passive protest against how much everything hurt. i starved myself of sleep and food and tenderness because it felt right. it felt sharp and angry and radical and i wanted to be those things. adulthood is the realisation that the world is already working to cut into you well before you learn how to do it yourself. caring for yourself and others is the real protest