Ask game!! Three questions you want to answer but haven't been asked yet ^_^ x
TY LIZ i am just getting to this now bc i wanted to have enough time to sit down and write a proper response!!!
flower crown: when did you last sing to yourself?
just now haha, as i was making guac for lunch :)
sunrise: pick a quote and describe what it means to you personally.
one of my favorite quotes ever is "A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears." -Anne Roiphe and i love this quote because i believe in it 100%. i think one of the moments in which people are the most beautiful is when they’re smiling or laughing. i’m sure there’s some kind of evolutionary/scientific context to go along with it, like seeing happiness in others releases the same neurotransmitters in you to make you feel happy, etc. etc. but to me, this quote is more special because i’m still insecure about my smile and how i look in pictures. for some reason, i don’t look good in pictures that aren’t selfies because my smile never comes out right in normal pictures. it’s something i’ve struggled with all my life and i still do because it is so, so rare for there to be a good picture of me that was taken by somebody else. (that’s kinda the reason why most of my fb profile pictures are selfies.) so because i still struggle with this on a daily basis, for me, this quote kind of serves as a reminder that i shouldn’t be so hard on myself because i am beautiful and that my worth does not depend on how “perfect” i look in a given picture.
love: have you ever fallen in love? describe what it feels like to realise you’re in love.
you know, i still struggle with this. there have been, to date, two times where i have grappled with this question. and though i’ve certainly come far from where i used to be years ago and my ideas of what love really is, they’re still constantly evolving. to be completely honest, idk if i’ll ever figure it out lmao. but such is life and human nature, i guess. when you’re trying to figure out if you’re in love, it’s easy to mistake the idea for the reality. just because you like the idea of being in love doesn’t mean you really are. but i guess to me, you know you’re in love with someone when you want the best for them, unconditionally, and you’ll do anything to support them and see them succeed. it’s when you put their needs above your own (but be careful not to let yourself waste away in the process. don’t forget about yourself and your own needs in the process of trying to love somebody else). it’s when you’ll work to understand them and respect your differences and be willing to hear their perspective, and talk things out when you don’t see eye to eye. i think you know you really love someone when you can’t imagine your life being the same without their presence in it. at least, this is what i think right now. ask me again in ten years, and i bet my answer will have changed.
