littlewavesonthemoon

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“Don’t give them a taste of their own medicine. They already know what it tastes like. Give them a taste of your own medicine. If they lied, let your medicine be honesty. If they played with your emotions, let your medicine be maturity. Don’t be afraid to be yourself, even if it means removing yourself from lives that you want to be in. You are, no doubt, worthy of being valued for who you are. So be who you are.”

— Najwa Zebian

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I’ve been enjoying @buggachat bakery enemies au for quite a while but yesterday’s part reminded me of something and it needed to be done

Reference

And sorry for the not so great handwriting, and the possible typos english is not my first language

[littlewavesonthemoon]

show, don't tell:

anticipation - bouncing legs - darting eyes - breathing deeply - useless / mindless tasks - eyes on the clock - checking and re-checking

frustration - grumbling - heavy footsteps - hot flush - narrowed eyes - pointing fingers - pacing / stomping

sadness - eyes filling up with tears - blinking quickly - hiccuped breaths - face turned away - red / burning cheeks - short sentences with gulps

happiness - smiling / cheeks hurting - animated - chest hurts from laughing - rapid movements - eye contact - quick speaking

boredom - complaining - sighing - grumbling - pacing - leg bouncing - picking at nails

fear - quick heartbeat - shaking / clammy hands - pinching self - tuck away - closing eyes - clenched hands

disappointment - no eye contact - hard swallow - clenched hands - tears, occasionally - mhm-hmm

tiredness - spacing out - eyes closing - nodding head absently - long sighs - no eye contact - grim smile

confidence - prolonged eye contact - appreciates instead of apologizing - active listening - shoulders back - micro reactions

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fucking hate it when the stuff everybody says "actually works" does actually work.

hate exercising and realizing i've let go of a lot of anxiety and anger because i've overturned my fight-or-flight response.

hate eating right and eating enough and eating 3 times a day and realizing i'm less anxious and i have more energy

hate journaling in my stupid notebook with my stupid bic ballpoint and realizing that i've actually started healing about something once i'm able to externalize it

hate forgiving myself hate complimenting myself more often hate treating myself with kindness hate taking a gratitude inventory hate having patience hate talking to myself gently

hate turning my little face up to the sun and taking deep breaths and looking at nature and grounding myself and realizing that i feel less burdened and more hopeful, more actually-here, that i am able to see the good sides of myself more clearly, that i am able to see not only how far i have to grow - but also how much growth i have already done & how much of my life i truly fill with light and laughter and love

horrible horrible horrible. hate it but i'm gonna do it tho

[littlewavesonthemoon]

Your purpose in life is not to love yourself but to love being yourself.

If you goal is to love yourself, then your focus is directed inward toward yourself, and you end up constantly watching yourself from the outside, disconnected, trying to summon the “correct” feelings towards yourself or fashion yourself into something you can approve of.

If your goal is to love being yourself, then your focus is directed outward towards life, on living and making decisions based on what brings you pleasure and fulfillment.

Be the subject, not the object. It doesn’t matter what you think of yourself. You are experiencing life. Life is not experiencing you.

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if you are kept in a dark room

and never made aware of the light

how do you know

the world is anything other

than darkness

if i have only ever felt

a touch that wounds

how do i trust

there are hands that love

[littlewavesonthemoon]

“One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgmental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story — not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.”

— Sophia Dembling

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I still miss him every day. But it’s a little less. Only once or twice. When it rains or when it’s windy. When I get home from work and your place in my home is empty. When I need a friend and your not here. When you’re not around to soothe my fear. But it’s okay love, those times are fewer and fewer. I still love you every day. But I’ve accepted that things will just stay this way.

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“I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

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Sometimes I feel like I don’t value my health enough, prioritizing things like productivity instead. But what good is productivity if I’m not healthy? This is a friendly penguin push to take care of yourself! 

Chibird store | Positive pin club | Webtoon

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“We all need a friend who’ll sit with us in silence when words won’t work.”

— darencolbert

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“Tell the world Johnny, tell them Johnny Depp, I Johnny Depp, a man, I'm a victim too of domestic violence, and see how many people believe or side with you” — Amber Heard to Johnny Depp in 2016.

Johnny Depp in 2022

The entire world believes and sides with him.

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my favorite genre of fanfic is “Everybody Lives. And Now I’m Going to Make That Everyone’s Problem.”

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Zainab Aamir