#eye-opening

[thisdiscontentedwinter]

One good thing about posting publicly about being shit on by the person you thought was a friend, is the number of messages you get from people who’ve had the same thing happen...with the same person. 

[howifeltabouthim]

For Hugo each thing was astonishing, delightful, complicated, and mysterious. During these conversations I began to see the whole world anew.

Iris Murdoch, from Under the Net

[malgoiii]

Dear parents of tumblr

I'm not a parent, but I'm a kid of a woman that I don't think exactly knows how to be a mom.

When you raise your kid with only punishments don't fucking expect us to do what you want when we grow older. As teenagers we want to make our own decisions, small or big.

When you're upset with us, you will be heard more likely when you somehow calmly talk to us rather than yelling at our fucking faces and not letting us get a word in.

When you once react aggressively to something minor that we did, we'll most likely lie to you the next time. Example: my cousins and I ate some take-out instead of dinner, we paid for it with our own money but my aunt managed to get fucking mad cuz we didn't do what she specifically told us to. And my cousin, very reasonably, said "we didn't tell you because we knew you'd react like this". She got even more mad and started yelling that he can't make his own decisions and stuff, still not letting him to say a damn word.

Parents, WE NEED YOU to grow up good, but we can't if you don't support us and are strictly against us. It's hard, being a teenager, we don't know a lot of stuff and we need you to tell us how to do certain things. But PLEASE don't yell at us when we do something wrong, maybe explain and help us figure it out, but don't yell at us.

It hurts so much when we need a grown up to help us or simply to talk to, but we know our parent isn't the one, because they'll get mad at us and from fighting over a little thing we'll end up fighting about every single choice we made and our friends and everything.

Hope someone finds it a bit eye-opening, it's written by a very emotional 17 year old who's mom and aunt aren't the best parents in the world.

[surfeit-of-stoats]

do American Christians ever really consider the weight of cultural understanding we carry when we read the Bible? the ways that translation has changed not just the words but sometimes the very concepts of passages of scripture? I know we talk a lot about the Greek of the New Testament but I don’t feel like I hear as much discussion of the Hebrew of the Old. maybe that’s a mistake

[manyblinkinglights]

Like, Darker than Black was the pinnacle of mediocrity, like getting sadly unappealing and poorly-made all-American diner food. Somethingsomething no Kabesomething is like when you go to the same restaurant, but the one person is on shift who is actually extremely good at cooking food, and makes something for you properly.

[missmeanrobinson]

What Triggers You Controls You

In our fast-paced, often chaotic lives, it’s easy to forget just how deeply our triggers can impact us. The events, words, or situations that set off our emotional reactions can feel like a switch being flipped, transforming our mood and mindset in an instant. I’ve learned through my own journey that understanding these triggers, and more importantly, healing from them, is not just important;…

What Triggers You Controls You

[jamespoeartistry]

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