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“If you inherently long for something, become it first. If you want gardens, become the gardener. If you want love, embody love. If you want mental stimulation, change the conversation. If you want peace, exude calmness. If you want to fill your world with artists, begin to paint. If you want to be valued, respect your own time. If you want to live ecstatically, find the ecstasy within yourself. This is how to draw it in, day by day, inch by inch.”

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Victoria Erickson

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“Most addicts don’t simply quit cold turkey, they find something else to become addicted to. Healthy or not, once an addict always an addict. Pick your poison.”

— Courtney Marie (via dollfacebabee92-blog)

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1. Your first heartbreak is going to be the worst. You’ll be fine within the year. 2. She doesn’t care if you cut your wrists or your legs or your hands or feet for her. Don’t do it. 3. Enveloping yourself in a book or movie on a Friday night is okay. There will be parties next weekend, too. 4. Don’t play hard to get. Don’t play any games at all. If you have to play a game with someone to get them to fall for you, they aren’t worth it. 5. When you find out she cheated and you run out of the restaurant and punch a light pole til your knuckles are bleeding and bruised, remember that people can see you. Don’t show them how weak you are. 6. When you find the next girl who makes you feel something for the first time after your last break up, do not trust her. She knows you are vulnerable and she will use it against you. 7. Run from anyone you feel a magnetic pull towards. If you are drawn to someone you barely know, run. That will never end well. 8. Thank your parents. They really do love you. 9. Your priorities should be yourself, then school, then partying. In that order. 10. You’re gonna wanna say, “I love you” much sooner than you should. Make sure you’re both ready for it. 11. You don’t NEED anyone but yourself and a good group of people that loves you. A girl will not fill the void in your heart. 12. You can like whatever music or movies you want. Don’t let anyone tell you you’re bad or stupid for the things you enjoy. 13. When your animal dies it’s gonna break your fucking heart. It’s okay. 14. Never open your mouth when you’re angry. 15. It’s okay to cry. Whether it’s because you failed a test, the book/movie was really good, or your chest is ripped wide open because she left without a warning, you can cry. 16. People are gonna leave. That’s not a reflection of you, don’t blame yourself. 17. Smoking cigarettes will not benefit you in any way. Stop while you’re ahead. 18. If you are not a whole person, do not try to date someone. Two halves don’t make a whole. They make a broken and toxic relationship. 19. If she calls you on your birthday and tell you she’s seeing someone else, do not stay on the phone with her and cry. Do not tell her you miss her. Say, “I’ve gotta go, it’s my birthday.” And never speak to her again. 20. You are always good enough. If people don’t want you, it’s a reflection of their shortcomings, not your own.

20 things they forgot to tell me before I turned 20 (via forever-may-you-run)

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#YesAllWomen because I shouldnt have to hold my keys in fear & check over my shoulder every few seconds when i walk at night because the odds of being attacked by a shark is 1 in 3,748,067, while a woman’s odds of being raped are 1 in 6… because when Malala Yousafzai was 14 she was shot in the head for trying to go to school. because we always have to watch our drink when we go to bars and parties. because guys say “buT NOT ALL MEN!!!” but all women are bad drivers and all women are moody and all women are emotional and all women get to be painted w the same brush but dont u dare generalise men thats unfair!!!! NO ONE actually thinks “all men”. just TOO MANY men. just ENOUGH men to be afraid. just ENOUGH men that ALL women have experienced it. just ENOUGH to make it a social problem and not a personal one. BECAUSE if she is “too young” to be wearing “those clothes”, she’s also too young for you to be sexualizing her body for wearing them ??? because we NEED to be the generation who will teach our sons to act respectfully instead of teaching our daughters to beware. Because i care about the problems of men?? you’re allowed to wear pink. you’re allowed to hate sports. you’re allowed to cry. you’re allowed to be small and scrawny. you’re allowed to be confused as hell when your car breaks down. you’re allowed to wear makeup. you’re allowed to express your feelings. you’re allowed to be afraid of spiders. you’re allowed to love romantic comedies. you’re allowed to hate the gym. you’re allowed to play with barbies. you’re allowed to not have abs. Because it is not just about me, bc it is not just about anger, bc it is not just a JOKE, bc it is not just about the fact that gay men are “fags” but lesbians are “hot,” bc it is not just about pics of thin white girls being the only google image results for “beautiful women”, bc it is not just about what she was wearing or how many times she said yes before she changed her answer to no. And because.. jesus chRIST why is equality so hard to grasp!!! like I AM A PERSON YOU ARE A PERSON WE ARE EQUAL FIN.

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Sooo us females bleed from our vaginas for 4-5 days straight, and then guys think their dick is gonna break us? Boi bye.

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