[pi-la]

I see stars

[thoughtkick]

“Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.”

— Victor Hugo

[abiding-in-peace]

“Don’t give up. Only your practice of love and awareness will take you to liberation. Everything else, no matter how much you can argue for its importance and value, will only keep you spinning round and round in your life continually looking for the next thing to satisfy your endless desires.”

—

​Michael Kewley

May all beings be happy.

[mangosandmermaids-blog]

“We want someone that we can be at our weakest with, and not feel so. That our vulnerability isn’t taken advantage of, but taken care of.”

— Dae D. Lee  (via purplebuddhaquotes)

[lauramakabresku]

[wintercorrybriea]

Viola Davis for Elle Brasil september 2022

[blackisdivine]

Viola Davis in ELLE magazine

She is absolutely stunning ❤

[violentwavesofemotion-deactivat]

“Wherever you are, I hope you’re listening. Kindness is easy, as you know perfectly well. Because with kindness, you’re not really giving anything. I’m talking about giving your soul to your fellow human beings—and not just to the ones you love. I’m talking about compassion. Compassion means “to suffer with”: to suffer because someone else is suffering, to endure with the other, or in place of the other. You have no idea what that even means. 

I can finally speak my mind, because I’m not afraid of you anymore. You always functioned as a mirror for others; you changed according to what each person wanted from you. But you always came up short, your whole life. You were always telling me, “I give to you, I give you everything.” But you never gave me anything. I can’t remember a single thing you’ve ever given me, other than exhaustion—and that exhaustion came in perfect doses, just enough so I wouldn’t be completely destroyed, and would stay with you for exactly as long as you needed me.”

Margarita Karapanou, tr. by Karen Emmerich, from “Rien ne va Plus,”

[dentalstealth]

"Forgive yourself for needing tough lessons."

- Maryam Hasnaa

[aseaofquotes]

Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements

[haterd-deactivated20160801]

[marthajefferson]

“Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it.”

— James Baldwin, Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone (via soracities)

[hakonohanayome]

[beastarstrike]

by Paru Itagaki

[ginghampicnic]

[blooooom]

are you allowing your loved ones to pour into you? take stock of the past few months. how many times have you said “don’t worry about it” when you wished someone would worry, when’s the last time you said “i got it” when you didn’t really have it? there is no healing without help, and support circles exist around you but may have been shrouded in shadow due to living in this individualistic paradigm. honor yourself by accepting and inviting help when you need it.

[redrola]