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“Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn’t change them, since I believed them at the time.”

— Jorge Amado (via naturaekos)

#yeah same

bob-belcher

R.I.P. Stan Lee (December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018)

every now and then ill question whether or not i deserve any of the victories ive had this year in spite of all of the bad ive put out into the world in the past.

i broke up with m this week partly because of guilt and partly because of fear. guilt because i know i dont have the time for her anymore. despite waiting for her to get back to the states all summer, i knew this fall id be too busy for even my own sake. fear because i dont want to end up being cheated on again. fear because i dont want a reason to think of m with a taste of bitter disdain in my mouth.

i cant say enough good things about m but i know she isnt what i need right now, in this stage in my life. i cant see myself with her in the future either.

these are selfish reasons. or maybe they arent. its complicated. im complicated.

i want to remember her as an embodiment of joy and compassion. i want to remember her as someone who inspired me and loved me unconditionally. i want to remember her as someone whom i cherished and respected, as a wise mentor and wonderful girlfriend.

its a very gut-wrenching feeling, to want to cling on to something that i know is better off being let go. to let it go– well that’s even more troublesome.

it’s difficult to restrain myself when an “easy solution” is a call or text away.

but i know ill be okay and i know shes going to be okay.

were both strong willed people.

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i got mad lmao

regretroulette

wanokokoro-japan

Genko-an Temple (Kyoto,JAPAN)

Summer/Fall/Winter

the past year

my ex cheating on me and eventually breaking up with me 1 year ago was both the worst and definitely the best thing that happened to me in 2017.

it allowed for me, important closure with myself via 6 months of introspection. i learned to let go of grudges, anger, pride. i learned to forgive. i learned that i didn’t need to rush, that everything would sort itself out one way or another if i just kept working hard. out of loneliness i went to a mixer and met a girl that inspired my entire commercial portfolio. i built a portfolio that landed me my first $4000+ gig then graduated from college. so much more has happened in this past year.

i hosted my first photography workshop and 20 people showed up. i traveled to miami for work for the first time. i traveled to haiti for work for the first time. i co-wrote and co-directed 2 music videos for a cobalt label artist. i learned how to read and write japanese. i learned that i have value to offer to the world, that however small it may be, my work and my voice has an impact in my immediate community. i started exercising A LOT, started intermittent fasting, started a keto diet. i lost ~15 lbs and i’m way ahead of my goal of losing 40 lbs by august. i’m moving to pittsburgh in december to pursue the next phase in my career. i’m going to japan again for the first time in 5 years. i got to spend quality time with my small big brother and learned how cool he actually is. i forgave sandra. i forgave myself. i learned to love myself for the appropriate reasons. i’m helping my best friends grow alongside me and vice versa. i’m looking forward to my 23rd year on earth.

cacodaemonia

These stunning photographs of Hong Kong in the 1950s are captured beautifully by a teenager. Ho Fan who arrived from Shanghai in 1949. The streets, filled with vendors, coolies and rickshaw drivers, fascinated Ho. Taking pictures in a studio was the norm then, but the Ho was more interested in r

princessnijireiki

His name is Ho Fan, and these pictures are from his book, “A Hong Kong Memoir.”

zelldas

no other person on this planet was made for you, they were made for themselves. love is all about choices. no one is going to be perfect for you, and i think we need to stop raising everyone on the belief that someone out there, just one other person in the whole world, was “made for you” because it isn’t true. no one is made for you, besides you. other people belong to themselves. if you want to make it work with someone, it’s about hard work, understanding, compassion, communication, and choice

jehovahhthickness

CHOICE …. that’s the key word

the-second-impression

this is why i always tell people that love is a choice

kushandwizdom

You deserve better. You deserve peace.

Stop tormenting your thoughts by replaying failed scenarios and force feeding yourself with self doubt.

You deserve better. You deserve peace.

- Meggan Roxanne

roseoilz

“light is time,” is an art installation developed by tsuyoshi tane. it features 80,000 shimmering watch plates.

wordsnquotes

Do you know what happens when you hurt people? ….When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do.

Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

how do you be nice to people that treat you like shit? like how do you have the patience?

Here’s a quote:

“J’aurais dû être plus gentille—I should have been more kind. That is something a person will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old, Ah, I wish I was not good to that person. You will never think that.”

― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

Alternatively, if the situation doesn’t help with personal growth, just walk away from it. Easier said than done though I suppose.

books-n-quotes

We…need to forgive ourselves…For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.

Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie