Choose Happiness

Just some thoughts from someone who is trying to find their place in life. :)

[yourlifeisforliving]

I worry a lot about how I come off towards others. And I'm so scared that I'll mess things up with people that I care about, that I just shut down, and don't say anything. Because I'm scared that if I open my mouth I'll mess up. But the thing is.. by being quiet I am already messing things up because they get bored of me, and stop seeing the things that made them like me.

[yourlifeisforliving]

I've never liked not being my myself. It feels fake when I change myself when I'm around others. But perhaps where we need to get to is to be comfortable enough with ourselves so that we don't mind changing a little bit for others. Kinda like clones, clones of ourselves. Not perfect of course, some addition and subtracting occurs so that the clone fits its purpose. In this sense you are yourself, because this is just how you cope with the situation: by creating a clone of yourself that is able to engage in the situation. Now the hard part is creating the right clones for the situation, as well as to be careful to not create "bad" clones.

[yourlifeisforliving]

You're afraid that you don't fit in. You're afraid that you're alone. Great news, you share that with all of us. So you'll never be alone and you'll always fit in.

[yourlifeisforliving]

It's our flaws that make us interesting.

[yourlifeisforliving]

The Way Way Back of the station wagon.

[yourlifeisforliving]

Let's not be afraid to care about people.

[etcetera-drawings]

[yourlifeisforliving]

I thought I could fix you. And when I failed, I became frustrated and disappointed. I was naïve to think that. The premise of that was wrong. What was there to change? If there was it wasn't up to me, it was up to you. I was wrong. What I should've done was accept you as you are.

[yourlifeisforliving]

I was never taught how to love.

[llbwwb]

Polar bear by Vivoad

[yourlifeisforliving]

Hey, how about you.. Just stop upsetting yourself Upsetting your thoughts Upsetting this world That you're standing on ... please :)

[faith-becomes-love]

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mendela (via faithbecomeslove)

[travi-trav-deactivated20170208]

What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we have lived.

Nelson Mendela

[geturdailye]

Nelson Mendela (1918-2013)

[cliffedgeoftheworld]

[animalsnaps]

[finding-happiness-in-the-dark-d]

Don’t overthink.

[yourlifeisforliving]

There's something about accepting that you have flaws, realizing that you're not the best at something, knowing that you're not perfect and that you have work to do to improve yourself. It gives a sense of happiness and humbleness that seems so contradictory, but it works. Its nice to be happy with the fact that you aren't perfect.