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Life began feeling so much better after I began embracing my uniqueness and stopped trying to blend in with others and instead continued to water the aspects of me that feel effortless. My racial ambiguity, my overachieving mindset, my sense of fashion and aesthetic likes, my values and beliefs, the way I carry myself, how I structure my relationships and my life, etc. Trying to fit in with others breeds inauthenticity, mediocrity, and even resentment. It’s ok if I’m not exactly like the rest and I stand out, there’s beauty in individuality.

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Choose a partner with these core qualities-

loving, humble, self controlled, grateful, loyal, peaceful, and spiritually anchored- this creates a psychologically safe and emotionally regulated relationship. These traits foster trust, stability & mutual respect, which are important for secure attachment & long term emotional well being. They reduce chaos, increase emotional intelligence & help maintain open communication, which allows both people to grow together rather than against each other. A partner with this character profile isn’t just good on paper. They help co regulate your nervous system, provide inner peace & build a relationship grounded in safety, purpose & emotional maturity

More qualities:

Loving

Humble

Self controlled

Generous

Respectful

Grateful

Loyal

Kind

Peaceful

Emotionally grounded/mature

Spiritually anchored

Teachable

Trustworthy

Disciplined

Authentic

Not impulsive or reckless

Loving good rather than pleasure

Accountable

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Anton Chekhov, from The Complete Works of Anton Chekhov; "Platonov,"

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misery doesn’t add value to spirit. get that malice out of your soul

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if you can’t look at her being more than just a instrument or a tool, then don’t intervene and disrupt her divine existence

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I wanna skip to the part where vulnerability doesn’t feel like being gutted and left on a cold surgical table to bleed out 😃

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Sometimes I want to tweak. Sometimes I want to choose healing. Duality 🧘🏾‍♀️

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Summer in the City

by Mokshini

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Edna St. Vincent Millay, from a diary entry featured in Rapture & Melancholy; The Diaries of Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Work in progress by the talented, Aubrey Jangala Dixon

Aubrey Tjangala was born in 1974 at Yayi Yayi, a Pintupi outstation 30km west of Papunya. Yayi Yayi was a temporary settlement established by Pintupi people as they began their migration back into the Western Desert during the homelands movement of the 1970s.

After returning to his home Country,

Aubrey lived at his father's outstation,

Ininti, before settling in Kintore where he resides today.

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