#deplete

[quotelr]

If we have nothing material to give, we can offer our attention, our energy, our appreciation. The world needs us. It doesn’t deplete us to give.

Sharon Salzberg, Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

[idverbhim]

[dk-thrive]

any contact with others makes me feel afterwards depleted, as if I lost a chunk of myself

'On some days,’ wrote the Polish philosopher, 'any contact with others makes me feel afterwards depleted, as if I lost a chunk of myself, spoke too much or not enough —  some mismanagement of self and energy... Panic, panic, it can be a little thing, a sudden heaviness that accompanies a reluctance to look up a word in the dictionary, a little death.'

— Helen Garner, One Day I'll Remember This: Diaries 1987–1995 (Text Publishing Company, October 12, 2021)

[mmmmcandyfromstrangers]

[darkdoelette]

Pastel pink diner

[hangryandlazy]