#jan 16 2016

[robrongifs]

so it just occured to me that Robert had to fill out Aaron's medical paperwork when he took him to the hospital (19 Jan 2016) and idk why but that thought makes me happy

[thinkingfeelingwriting]

“Take the first step in faith.  You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” Dr Martin Luther King Jr

Instead of having a new year's resolution, I choose to start each year with a word or phrase to live my life by. This year I chose "have faith, give grace." Martin Luther King embodied this idea and seeing this quote today inspired me to share it with all of you.

Having faith in yourself, in humanity, in the universe, in God, in magic, in whatever you believe is important in order to keep moving forward as an individual and as a world. If you don't take that first step towards change, you'll be stuck exactly where you are, and in turn the world will not have the chance to benefit from all the greatness you have to offer.

Giving grace is something we all need to do more of. There's many different views on what this means or how one gives grace but to me (and to some nice people I've talked about this with), it's this: Giving grace means treating others with respect and love no matter the circumstances. Forgoing your pride and selfishness to consider the needs of others. Always lending a helping hand and sharing your blessings. Being kind and choosing forgiveness and acceptance even if you don't fully understand. And most importantly, doing all these things for yourself. Love yourself, forgive yourself, and accept yourself. Be kind to yourself and give yourself grace as easily and freely as you give it to others.

[sabrinascarpenters]

Me and Jill have been friends for 4 months... Nice

[blink-magicalwiz]

Here’s some things in my new sketchbook I’ve been carrying around.

These are both heavily inspired by Will Terril’s work with caricatures that I simply adore. Here’s his youtube channel.

The first four are a progression of a silly idea I cam up with, and decided to try using brush pens for the first time. They’re a lot of fun, even if it turned out rather messy...  “He swears he’s a doctor though”.

And the last just happens to be a doodle I did during class of my instructor there. Her face was so interesting, and I found it silly how she wore her glasses almost on the tip of her nose.

[deanlover67]

I love his voice.

[femininne]

this feels like the year where I finally start to find myself. god this feels good.