Never betray yourself to meet other's expectations.
it's your journey to live.

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@teacupofthought
Never betray yourself to meet other's expectations.
it's your journey to live.
Letting go of the belief that has been the driver and basis of nearly every decision that made me who I am today is so hard, because it can mean the life I'm currently living is meaningless.
I sincerely hope that when you get your sparks back, someone is there celebrating with you.
because getting them back is already a lonely process
For grief is the price of love, I only hope it’s grief from losing them, and not the grief of realizing I didn’t love them enough when I still had the chance...
Hi!
Hi everyone, how is 2026 treating you so far?
This is my first time writing this kind of post, but I feel like this is the proper given the support I have received in the platform.
I had a very hard time in the middle of 2025. It was so difficult that at some point I thought to myself: "Ah. This is my limit." But I got back again. Eventually.
And here's what I realised about life then : it's indeed a marathon. One where everyone's start line and finish line is already set. But everyone's cutoff is different. The track is different. The arena is different. That's why it never makes sense to compare one life to another.
Because no matter how fast or slow you run, whether you sprint or walk or stop to catch your breath, you will still reach your finish line when it's time.
Knowing that, I decided: rather than running at full speed toward the end, I'm going to jog. Walk sometimes. Slow enough to actually look at what's around me.
Slow enough that when someone's track runs parallel to mine, I'll notice them and we can talk for a while. And if I'm lucky, our tracks might stay parallel for a long, long time.
Slow enough that when I pass someone on the verge of giving up their marathon, maybe I can run alongside them long enough for them to keep going.
That feels like enough of a reason to keep running :)
Warmest regards,
t.
a : Honestly, I don’t know if you just like the idea of having your own bookstore or if you actually want to have your own bookstore.
b : Why?
a : Because I don’t see you doing anything about that dream of yours.
b : Well, I just want to be perfectly ready before start building it.
a : And what did you do yesterday to make sure you’ll be ready?
b : I thought about what I should do.
a : I see, and you think the thinking is helping you bring the bookstore closer to reality?
b : But, I just want to be ready before I start.
a :
Dearest, anything left to marinate too long, even a dream, will eventually turn sour.
I hope one day I, too, will find people I can call home.
Because I belong somewhere to right? ..... right?
Is there a version of you that you keep hidden in the innermost part of your heart? Have you checked on them recently?
Mine is a children’s book writer... and she’s wondering if I’ll ever make the time to be her again.
Arriving at your dream life rarely feels big or grand. Most days, it feels ordinary and a little flat, because reality is often quieter than the dreams we imagined.
What if I only know how to survive, but not how to live?
but I will get through anyway.
If you want to be a star girl, start living a star girl life.
It starts with how you treat yourself, even when no one is watching.
Forgiving yourself for staying where you were hurting means promising yourself you won’t ignore your pain again.
Don’t let today’s reality be the final answer to your dream.
Maybe you’re not stuck. Maybe you’re just in transit. It’s just that transit is rarely cinematic. It’s waiting rooms, background noise, long hot afternoons, and time doing its quiet work.
Don't worry sweetheart, something is still moving, quietly, behind the scenes.
Some people grow up being the one who absorbs everyone else’s emotions in the family.
The "wise one." The "mature one." The child who is expected to stay patient, calm, and collected no matter what.
I hope you are not one of them.
Everyone else is allowed to yell, to lash out, to fall apart especially at you. But you are expected to stay quiet, to carry it all, to never be too much.
You may be wise. You may be strong. You may be patient. But you are not an emotional sack. You are not here to absorb everyone else’s damage.
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you have to carry their emotions too. Especially when the cost is your peace, your dreams, and your life.
Leave. Go. Live your life.
As long as you're moving with kindness and integrity, what others think of you isn't yours to carry.
You are not responsible for other's assumptions, expectations, or misinterpretations of you.
I need to be the daughter who makes my mother feel it's worth staying in the marriage with my father.
- she whispered