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For the LONGEST time I could not get the hang of deep breathing because trying to control my breathing at all would spike my anxiety. My therapist kindly advised I try fully exhaling first, and it worked! Just passing this advice along in case someone needs it. ā„ Ā°Ėā§*ā¢ Ā Shop, Patreon, Book, Mailing List *ā¢. ā§ĖĀ°`
Too swoleā¦to controlā¦
shipping real people isnāt just gross and super disrespectful it also ruins friendships and tbh all of u who actively ship real people and treat them like fictional characters. are. freaks!
listen to me: you DO NOT always need to give it your 100%. you really do not. because letās be honest, youāre human and youāre simply not always going to be able to. there are days when you can only give it your 80%. or your 50%, or heck, even your 10%. and THAT IS OKAY. only skimming one paragraph, only solving one equation, only memorizing 5 words is better than not doing anything because you have this idea in your head that things are only worth doing when you can give what you consider to be your 100%. 10% is better than 0% and some days that is all you can give. it will still add up, and you will still succeed, i promise.
For the LONGEST time I could not get the hang of deep breathing because trying to control my breathing at all would spike my anxiety. My therapist kindly advised I try fully exhaling first, and it worked! Just passing this advice along in case someone needs it. ā„ Ā°Ėā§*ā¢ Ā Shop, Patreon, Book, Mailing List *ā¢. ā§ĖĀ°`
ultimately i think kindness is the most radical thing you can do with your pain and your anger. itās like, you take everything awful thatās ever been done to you, and you throw it back in the worldās teeth, and you say no, fuck you, iām not going to take this. Ā you say this is unacceptable. you say that shit stops with me.
humans are fucking terrible and this awful world we live in will fucking kill you but if you are kind, if you are brave and clever and try really hard, you can defy it. you can impose on this bleak and monstrous structure something beautiful. even if itās temporary. even if it doesnāt heal anything inside you thatās been hurt. Ā
iām gonna sleep and iām gonna wake up and i swear by everything in this deadly horrible universe iām gonna make someone happy.Ā
iāve seen a number of comments and tags where people feel that they must swallow or repress their anger in order to engage in kindness. that is not at all what i am recommending here. radical kindness is an expression of anger. it is not passive. it is not repressive. it does not require you, in any way, to forgive those that have fucked you up. it does not require you to be quiet.Ā
it just requires that you be kind. viciously. vengefully. you fight back. you plant flowers. give to charity. play games. pet someoneās dog. scream into the dark. paint and write and dance, tell jokes, sing songs, bake cookies. you have been hurt and you donāt have to deny that hurt. you just have to recognize it in other people, and take their hand, and say: no more. enough. fuck this. no more.Ā
have a cookie.
i will say this again: we are all going to die. the universe is enormous and almost entirely empty. to be kind to each other is the most incredible act of defiance against the dark that i can imagine.Ā
i will say this again: we are all going to die. the universe is enormous and almost entirely empty. to be kind to each other is the most incredible act of defiance against the dark that i can imagine.
1. The universe is indifferent. We ought not be.
2. A good quote:Ā There are two kinds of people. Those who think, āI donāt want anyone to suffer like I did.ā And those who think, āI suffered; why shouldnāt they?ā
3. Two good quotes by Kurt Vonnegut: āHello babies. Welcome to Earth. Itās hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Itās round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, youāve got a hundred years here. Thereās only one rule that I know of, babies-āGod damn it, youāve got to be kind.ā
And: āBe soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.ā
Another good quote:
āI. THIS IS NOT A GAME.
II. HERE AND NOW, WE ARE ALIVE.ā
You can be kind and fuel it with rage. You can be kind and fuel it with a bitter twist, or you can be kind and fuel your kindness with righteous anger, or you can be kind and fuel it with love or spite or ecstatic joy. And no matter what your fuel is, you still can make kindness happen in the world so that people can warm themselves by it.
Kindness isnāt an emotion, kids. Thatās the thing. Kindness is action. Kindness is choosing to take your emotions and channel them towards doing the most good where you can; to choose the targets of your actions carefully; to spread a little joy behind you, when you have a little to spare.
Kindness can mean a gentle word or a shouted imperative. It can be a warm meal or a gentle hug or a clean death. Kindness can manifest in many ways, and not all of them are one hundred percent nice. The kind thing to do may be doing nothing at all.Ā
But kindness is, above all else, an action. We are imperfect humans, and we cannot control our emotionsābut we can control what we do as a result. We can control the actions that our emotions and experiences propel us to perform.Ā
The darkness is nothing but the absence of light, you know. It is endless and nihilistic and all enveloping. A lit candle has no hope against it.
But if enough of us light small candles and little matches behind us as we walk through this wide, uncaring universe, we can light up that sky. We can take an empty world and we can fill it with each other.Ā
Thatās how we can take the bones of an empty universe and forge a warm hearth fire humanity can use to keep back the night.Ā
But kindness is, above all else, an action. We are imperfect humans, and we cannot control our emotionsābut we can control what we do as a result. We can control the actions that our emotions and experiences propel us to perform.
Iām also a fan of Camus:
āIn the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.Ā And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, thereās something stronger ā something better, pushing right back.ā
āThere are three ways to ultimate success. The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.ā ā Fred Rogers
āAny man can be kind when he is comfortable. Iād always thought kindness a trivial virtue therefore. But when we were hungry, thirsty, sick, frightened, with our deaths shouting at us, in the heart of horror, you were still as unfailingly courteous as a gentleman at his ease before his own hearth.ā āEvents may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice - if not whether, then how they may endure.ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā Ā Ā Lois McMaster Bujold, The Curse of Chalion Ā Ā
i always say āThis place is cold and mean, but we donāt have to keep it that way.ā
āI hate when people say Iām lurking in the shadows when Iām just chilling.ā
ā Obi, at some point
We fantasize of healing and regeneration powers, yet we take for granted the fact that our skin sews itself up when cut, broken bones grow back together, and blood is automatically replenished when lost.
White Day ā„ 14/03
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Hak: If you think you can just look at me with those big eyes and get anything you want-
Yona:
Hak: -youāre absolutely right
Can you feel the love tonight?
Remembering Six Million
Tomorrow, on May 1, we mark Holocaust Memorial Day.
Together, letās light six million candles in memory of six million people who lived, learned, thrived, struggled, laughed, worked and loved. Light a candle to keep their memory alive
Iām sorry life broke you, till nothing was left of you.
Just my midnight thoughts.
Thank you for being here
