#super recommended

[fluffbyday-smutbynight]

... not me listening to a podcast about the Andrea Doria shipwreck and getting teary-eyed at the fortuitous intervention of the Île de France Transatlantic...

[evolving-dreamer]

On my word, that guided meditation that Nesta went through with Gwyn is amazing, completely based on a real one. 10/10 recommended for everyone.

Plus: what she said about starting with short periods, and working up to longer periods, is totally true.

If you've never tried a meditation, maybe try this one. Simply out of curiosity to see what Nesta was about.

It really is a life-saving tool, whether you've ever gone through anxiety, you're stressed, you want/need to calm down your emotions... this is a really good method. For you. For your family and friends.

Go ahead. Try it. Share it. Remember: mental health is important. Your mental health is important and you can make it your priority.

[leatherbookmarking]

PLEASE watch mr honesty. it has dumb men in it

[doscientasmph]

[humss1215-blog]

CANDLE-LIKE MELTING: A PROFESSOR’S FINAL COURSE

       Need not leave your comfortable chair, make your white shoes filthy, spend thousands of money, and set foot somewhere far to indulge yourself in a one of a kind experience. Just a cup of deliciously brewed coffee, if preferred, a relaxing background music, and this life-changing book would complete a picture of a perfect adventure—this time, of the heart along with the mind.

           Tagged as the runaway bestseller that changed millions of lives, this 192-paged creation contains a not-so cliche story of an old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lesson— Tuesdays with Morrie. It is a memoir written by Mitch David Albom, a 59-year-old novelist, sports journalist, and radio talk show host, who is best known for his inspirational themes weaving in his books, films, and plays. One, at first, may see this as a handy banal brown book, but once opened, a portal to a beautiful, meaningful world was unlocked.  

            Tuesdays. A student and a professor met on Tuesdays. The former is the author himself while the latter is named Morrie Schwartz, a professor of Sociology in Brandies University. It could have been just ordinary meetings, a student and his favorite professor, wanting to see each other again, but that is not how it was. Years after they parted ways, when Mitch already graduated, the sports journalist, he discovered that Morrie was struck with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Lou Gehrig’s disease, a brutal, unforgiving illness of the neurological system. Morrie’s body seemed to be a candle, slowly melting day by day. But Morrie, intent on proving that dying is never synonymous with useless, wanted his words to remain as an inspiration to people and it was contained inside this book— lasting for fourteen Tuesdays.

           First Tuesday: World. Second Tuesday: Feeling Sorry for oneself. Third Tuesday: Regrets. Fourth Tuesday: Death. Mitch wrote a line stating that maybe death is the greatest equalizer, the one big thing that can make strangers shed a tear for one another. Morrie also talked about how the culture is ‘encouraging one to be involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going’ and forgetting to keep an eye on the big things that truly matter.

           Fifth Tuesday: Family. Sixth Tuesday: Emotions. Seventh Tuesday: Fear of aging. Eight Tuesday: Money. On the sixth Tuesday, Morrie mentioned detachment. “Do not cling to things because everything is impermanent,” noting the Buddhists. He said, “But detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the emotion penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it.”

           Ninth Tuesday: How Love Goes On. Tenth Tuesday: Marriage. Eleventh Tuesday: Culture. Twelfth Tuesday: Forgiveness. Thirteenth Tuesday: Perfect Day. Finally, Fourteenth Tuesday: they said Good-bye.  Perhaps the most remarkable mentioned on one of these Tuesdays is about being present. Either living in the moment and being present with the people who are around you. In conversations, being in the conversation and not allowing one’s mind to fly far from where the body is is really very important.

           Upon turning the last page, my heart was in between shattered and whole. It felt like I have wandered miles, far from the hurly-burly of my current life, and had a recharge. Morrie was so inspiring that if given a chance, I would want to have a conversation with him. It never fails to leave me awestruck even after reading it all over again.

           Life is a hell of plot twists. In a split second, one could be hit by a fatal disease. Likewise, one could win a billion-peso worth jackpot in the lotto. We never know what would happen anytime. Among all these, we have no control over. The only thing one could do is to live, to keep going amid all the uncertainties, to seize every moment, and make each worthwhile.             𝓒𝓐𝓡𝓟𝓔 𝓓𝓘𝓔𝓜! ✨ 𝓐𝓷𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪 𝓟. 𝓒𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓰𝓸, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎-𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔

[ichormaze]

have y'all read bodymap? wow. amazing. life changing. healing!

[nyadami]

Ballroom e Youkoso is so damn good-- every time an episode ends I legit get all frustrated because I just need the next one immediately-- damn. 

[japanesepinkkittymonsta]

~Recommendation of the Day ~~06/08

~Library Wars ~ 11 volumes (ongoing)

                       ~ 12 episodes