Love Is All Around

Rachel, age 26-- I post here on and off. Mostly scroll through other blogs. On a path to bettering myself. Spiritual journey has begun. Taking back my health 💛 Battling mental illnesses since 2013. Much love to all 💖

[rachel3octaves]

Pressing flowers 🌸

#wildflowers #speedwell #springthings

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[acelessthan3]

While I enjoy a good polycule joke and will read fluffy daydreams of stable, supportive throuples/triads.

I want to be explicitly clear that I also support you if your polyamory looks different than that.

I see you solopoly folks maintaining your independence while engaging in a variety of relationships.

The metamours that barely know each other let alone frequently enter the same spaces together.

The closed-again relationships that are nurturing their own growth before maybe opening again later down the road.

The swingers and only sexually open couples.

And for all you young folks exploring polyamory, remember that at it's core, polyamory and ethical non-monogamy is defining your relationship(s) as the dynamic and sometimes-fleeting connections that they are and not having to rely on the cultural narratives around what a relationship looks like and how it develops. There is no one right way to be polyamorous as long as everyone involved is informed and consenting, so if you don't want to settle into a long-term throuple, that's okay!

Create the relationships you want.

[queen-of-the-cuckcakes]

It’s time to shake the stigma!!

[sosuperawesome]

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[arospec-daybook]

When will people realize that the rules of monogamy are not some kind of universal moral code and therefore don't apply to people who are not in a monogamous relationship? Like some people really call polyamory and open relationships an 'excuse' to sleep around. They also think lowly of people who have casual sex or those who like to flirt without committing.

Apparently, even if you don't engage in monogamy, you're still selfish, immature and unfaithful in nature because you're still 'morally' breaking these rules which makes people believe that they have the right to look down on you and treat you with disrespect. According to them, if you were truly a mature and loyal person, you'd settle for monogamy just like many others do. To them, comitting romantically and limiting your sexual desires to one person is the proof of their love. They believe that everyone else is supposed to have this mindset and therefore are convinced monogamous relationships would certainly make you fulfilled if you were truly willing to compromise, make sacrifices and put in effort.

But what they never tried to understand is that maybe monogamy is really not for everyone. That some people simply don't feel happy in monogamous relationships regardless of how much it's implied that they should be. Some people find happiness in dating multiple people. Some people find happiness in having purely sexual relationships, some in having casual sex and some don't want to have sex or date at all. None of them should be forced to settle for something that doesn't feel right for them.

There is no such thing as 'morality' when it comes to choosing the things that work the best for you (and other people involved). People who believe that everyone should pursue monogamous relationships in order to be worthy of respect are the ones who need to reevaluate their outlook on relationships before trying to make you change yourself to fit their own perception of morality.

[allweneedishugs]

Daily reminder: give yourself time to heal.

It's not going to be easy, but you deserve it.

You deserve all the happiness this world can give.

You deserve beautiful things.

Take your time, go through every phase of your healing process at your own pace, love every version of yourself during this process and don't let other people tell you how you should heal, because they're not you, they don't know what you've been through, they don't know how you feel.

If you want, you can let them help, but it's your time to heal, so be sure you're the one in charge.

[ogihci]

You’ve never done anything wrong.

[ohsresearchlibrary]

[rachel3octaves]

Dewdrops and flowers 💚🌸

[intosnarkness]

Hey, take it from someone creeping towards 40:

Ignore the fun police.

If you like it, order your steak well done. Get your bagel toasted with jam and butter. Put ice in your scotch and ketchup on your hotdog. Get red wine with fish and white with steak. Who cares?

If you want to, listen to pop music. Watch blockbuster popcorn flicks. Read dime store novels. Enjoy them.

Dye your hair or cut it off. Paint your fingernails blue. Wear whatever the fuck you want on your own time (ie, when not at a job or school or whatever where you can get penalized for breaking rules) as long as you aren’t like welding or shoveling snow.

Anyone who tries to tell you you’re wrong? Say “okay” and go back to what you were doing. You’re not hurting them by enjoying yourself or having things the way you like them.

There are no caveats or addendums to this. No “but what about x?” Nah. You’re allowed the things you like. You don’t have to justify your taste or apologize for it if it’s not hurting anyone.

And likewise, let other people live their lives. We’re all dead in the long run, so tend your own garden before you become fertilizer in it.

[nickysuttonmeditations]

Perhaps it's an intuitive knowing that arises during our awakening. The material seems to matter less. The show we used to put on for others to prove we are doing well, we lose motivation to keep maintaining. The aspects of life that are truly eternal like the love we have for family and friends, our bonds, are unending and transcend this earthly lifetime. The knowledge and experience we gain remains within our consciousness for all time. Many things are impermanent, but some things, perhaps mental and emotional aspects, last for eternity. ❤️

[neckkiss]

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING

[unsubconscious]

[drxgonfly]

Paradise (by Casey Horner)

[colorisbyshe]

watching teenage girls get famous, get sexualized as minors, get SUPER sexualized the second they turn 18 because now all the freaks who were sexualizing them as minors but knew to be quiet about it can be loud about it without getting in as much trouble, and then have super sexualized eras “reclaiming” their bodies is so fucking depressing

especially when they’re still like 18/19 doing the “I am going to do super sexual, clearly for the male gaze stuff for MYSELF now, it’s for ME not YOU which is why it’s on the cover of a magazine” stuff like it hurts my soul and makes me so sad for them

i’m not saying this in a puritanical ‘young women shouldn’t be sexy’ way but just watching it become a very clear public display which these girls are just replicating things forced onto them… it hurts it just hurts i don’t have deeper, more profound language to describe it. it just hurts

and i hope they’re okay and everything they’re doing truly feels like it’s for themselves and stays feeling like that.

[paledreamy]

THESE GLASSES HAVE SPECIAL LENSES WHICH TURN LIGHTS INTO HEARTS

edit: for everyone asking they’re called love lenses & they were $20 on lovelenses.com

[darknightwing]

Bitches really paying $20 for an astigmatism… its me, im bitches

[hotwreck]

Good news! They’re only $9 at the moment

[bitchin--wiccan]

THEY ACTUALLT WORK this changes everything

[lifeasisabella]

THESE MAKE LATE NIGHT WALKS AMAZING

The hearts are way clearer than you’d expect and they don’t mess with your vision too much to walk in them

[harrryhasmyheart]

this is how harry styles sees the world

[sensitivelilghost]

these seem like a truly necessary purchase

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