[steelb1ues]

2026

there are pilgrimages you need to take up. be prepared to leave things behind you.

park that phone.

levity! you cannot move lightly if you are heavy with seriousness.

resting is more than closing your eyes.

do it bad first. do it better later.

the process is the point.

put pen to paper, often.

get out there in the world! keep exploring!

you find yourself looking for lights. you have one inside you too.

discomfort is a necessary step to joy.

give people a call.

your heart's desire will never steer you wrong.

what you yearn for, yearns for you.

[qwestleon]

YOUR LIFE WILL GET 10X BETTER IF YOU LISTEN TO JAZZ MUSIC

[maidslime]

Ok like. Imagine life without ads. You wake up, check your messages across a variety of apps, no ads. You get up and put on the tv while you prep your breakfast, no ads. Maybe you drive somewhere and switch on the radio, no ads. Maybe you drive a long distance, yet somehow, not a single billboard on your path. You pick up a newspaper or magazine to pass the time, no advertisements only articles. You turn on your game console, the home screen is just about your games, no ads to buy more. You open a streaming app, you don't pay extra for no ads, there's just no ads ever.

Think about how much of your time is spent looking at ads. "Download ublock" yeah I know, I have. But that doesn't change that the world is covered with endless advertising. Imagine never seeing that again. How much better our lives would be.

[beetlewoman]

adult backpack wearers of the world unite

[torstherapy]

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Quick shout out to the Down syndrome kid from my after-school program back when I was in grade school. Like yea he had the usual issues but he was a sweetheart and quite funny; and one day both his parents showed up at the same time to pick him up and I had the experience of meeting a family of genetically disabled people that had jobs and a home and a kid in school and it was a profoundly normalizing experience for me like I couldn’t take eugenicists seriously after that because like “no they totally can have whole entire meaningful lives with marriage and children and work and hobbies have you not met Dennis??” Anyway quick shout out to Dennis you were a real one

[pigswithwings]

ITS GOING TO BE OKAY AND I LOVE YOU. I HOPE YOU'RE SAFE I HOPE YOU GET TO REST. I LOVE YOU! I CARE ABOUT YOU. I WANT YOU TO BE WELL. ITS NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THIS FOREVER I PROMISE. I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pigswithwings]

im so proud of you. im so very very proud of you. did you know how beautiful you are? how lovely you are? im so happy youre here. did you know theres a universe inside every person? i love you. youre beautiful. im so glad youre here and you made it and youre still going. im so very proud of you. you are special just because you are alive. i love you, okay? you're going to be okay. i am so, so proud of you

[naderalanqar2007]

SADLY, MY FATHER, AHMED, HAS PASSED AWAY. THESE MAY BE THE FIRST WORDS YOU READ FROM ME TOMORROW.

Tonight, he was admitted to intensive care after losing his ability to resist, and he is now alive thanks to machines. I will not forgive anyone who sees this post and does not support me with a single word and ignores me.

[ashstfu]

2026 !!!!!!!!!!!

[molabuddy]

a little personal response / tribute to "here's the life i've always longed for" by Anna Haifisch. the original means so much to me, and even though it's hard, I feel like every day i'm making more steps toward finally being on the other side of that fence <:)

[steelb1ues]

THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH.

[junglejim4322]

I live a very balanced life of noticing things nobody else does and not noticing the things that literally everybody notices

[bonivers]

going on a guilt trip do yall want anything

[secondbeatsongs]

if you really cared about me you wouldn't have to ask

[tgatbc]

[lawbutch]

you don't have to be scared of your suicidal friends. you don't have to be scared of your psychotic or delusional friends. you don't have to call the police every time someone says they feel like they want to die. you can say things like, "that sounds really hard" and "I'm going to bring you some food and you can tell me more about it"

[lawbutch]

Important addition thank you! You can absolutely have boundaries about substance use but your friends who use substances know themselves and their needs better than you, and they do not need policing or threats of incarceration. If you want to help your friends who deal with addiction, be patient and demonstrate that you're a safe person to talk to.

[souplover13]

image: tags. #OR YOUR DRUG ADDICT FRIENDS!!!! you don't have to try to get them to stop using you can just be normal about drugs. end ID.

[loveridden1999]

[pollen]

*through gritted teeth* i will be patient with and kind to myself. i will be present with myself in the everyday. i will allow myself to be comforted by the world immediately available to me. i will not abandon myself when i feel scared. i will trust myself to know how to care for myself. i will let a better life slowly seep into mine so i still recognize it as my own.