Run For Your Life

Ashleigh • 18 year old Aussie girl • Striving for a healthier lifestyle and stronger body 💪

[icaseybaybee]

[ashstfu]

so it truly does hit you on a random december afternoon how much life has changed since last year

[goth-queen]

[scorpionlafemme]

[storybookprincess]

so a very long time ago, my dad worked with an arson investigator

this guy was often one of the first people on the scene following a suspected arson, once emergency services had done what they needed to do. at times, there were also civilians on the periphery. often, they were freaking out, and understandably so; their home or workplace had just, quite literally, gone up in smoke

this investigator wouldn’t try to calm them down. he wouldn’t comfort them or be a shoulder to cry on.

instead, he’d walk up to the person most visibly losing their shit, hand them a fire extinguisher, and say “hey, can you keep an eye out for any other fires, and if you see one, can you put it out with this?”

of course, there was no actual risk of another fire. he wouldn’t be on the scene investigating if there was even a chance that the fire wasn’t completely put out. but the bystander didn’t need to know that

because that person, without fail, would immediately pull it together, take the fire extinguisher, and stand guard. they were, at least temporarily, calm enough for this investigator to do this job

my dad has told me the parable of the fire extinguisher a hundred times, and i think about it a lot. i think about what it says about people and crises. i think about what it says about the grounding power of having a purpose. and i think about the importance of letting someone help me through something, even if that help is just going to be another casserole to throw into the freezer, because useless or not, that fire extinguisher might be the only thing holding them together

[ruhaniya]

[remanence-of-love]

[lettersfromafairy]

You are more than what they did to you. The rejections, the silences, the separations… none of this defines your worth. You remain a beautiful person, even when you've been hurt.

Letters from a Fairy

[aus-yeezus]

[remanence-of-love]

[sexynakedblackguy]

October 4th 2025

2/55 AM

[storybookprincess]

one of the best ways i’ve found to combat that inherent depressive pessimism without veering into toxic positivity territory is simply the phrase “i’m open to the possibility”

this particularly works with anything negative i’ve forecasted. “i woke up feeling like shit today, so my day is gonna suck” isn’t a particularly helpful thought, but “it’s a great day to be alive!!!!!” feels hollow and insincere when i have a pounding headache & am running on three hours of sleep

instead i’ll tell myself, “i really don’t feel good right now, but i’m open to the possibility that coffee and breakfast might perk me up a bit.” or “i’m in a lot of pain today, but i’m open to the possibility that my workday might still have fun parts despite that”

sometimes, when your impulse is to slam the door on anything good, but you’re not exactly up to going out & hunting it down yourself, leaving the door open just a crack makes all the difference

[yujateaandpi]

This helped me today hope it helps someone else too

[theangelsnumbers]

The person you are becoming requires you to let go of the person you were.

Unknown

[schreibaby-of-the-skies]

Angelica summing up what having responsibilities really means.

[so-loving]

[2000ish]

[guerrillatech]

[ravenkane]

As someone who has mispronounced so many words because I never actually heard them. I appreciate this post