#life can be beautiful

[positivelypositive]

🌿

there are always...

...going to be people who will find faults in whatever and whoever they see.

it's important you recognise such people and understand that it's their own insecurities that they are projecting.

don't let their words affect you. and do not become that person yourself. be kind to yourself and others ✨

[aggressionbread]

[recklessandyoung]

I went to the record store while I was in the city today and found one of my favourite albums (Tell Me That It’s Over by Wallows) <333 (that is me, yes)

[bowserpunk-vevo]

my heart is full of fire, and its made of hope and love, and its burning and warm, and just untamed enough to make me move. i still live.

[briannabug]

૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

[sl-newsie]

No one:

Me: overthinking about a fortune cookie I got 5 months ago

Life is weird!

[themkultra]

yessssss i get to go get a coffee. tomorrow. before work

[woestruckalex]

it's raining and my cat is sleeping on my lap and im reading and i can hear my neighbour play the piano

[muckmage]

Muck you are a criminal (positive) (affirming) (encouraging)

thank you..,,,,

[deadbagofbonessss]

pain is the only way to happiness

[positivelypositive]

🌵

sometimes...

...all you can do is lay low and let things happen as they do.

that's okay. it doesn't make you weak or lazy. it's simply a way to cope because in those times, even letting yourself exist can seem too tiring.

let yourself be. it's enough. you're enough ✨

[recklessandyoung]

I am in heaven

(That being a library)

[artist-issues]

Hello yes, new daily dose of Rebel Without a Cause obsession

This is a photo of the cast of the radio soap opera show “‘Life Can Be Beautiful,” which started airing in the late 30s and continued through 1954 for it’s popularity. In it, a troubled girl, Chichi, is taken in by a kindly old bookstore owner and given opportunity after opportunity to turn her life around. The episodes often were introduced with positive quotes about living life with a positive mindset. The bookstore character always had advice to give to Chichi, voiced by the writers of the show, and intended for the young audiences of America. The main theme of the show was to “take charge of present circumstances and turn them into something valuable.”

In Rebel Without a Cause, Jim Stark is a character who’s parents move him to a new town every time he does something bad or gets into trouble. Jim’s mother, an overbearing woman who tramples over her husband and dominates the household, and Jim’s father, a weak-willed, easily-confused coward, would rather do that then have to face Jim’s flaws, or their own. 

When Jim Stark encounters his new next-door neighbor while they are both taken into juvenile hall for separate delinquent behaviors, he takes note of her. The next morning, on the first day of school, Jim sees her on her way to class and tells his parents he has a feeling they’ll stay in this town this time. He also later tells Judy that after seeing her, he said to himself,  “Boy, this is gonna be one terrific day, so you better live it up, because tomorrow you'll be nothing.”

Jim rushes to catch up to Judy and make her acquaintance but she isn’t impressed and responds sardonically to his friendship by making pessimistic remarks, alluding to her troubled life. She doesn’t recognize him or realize that he already knows she’s troubled in some way from seeing her at juvenile hall the night before. They have this interaction:

So basically what I’m saying is, Jim’s whole problem is that he wants to be better and do better and figure out what’s wrong with him and how to be a good man, but his parents aren’t showing him how and would rather run away. So when he meets Judy and she snarks something about how difficult her life is instead of being friendly, he responds by quoting the radio show that insists young people should “take charge of present circumstances and turn them into something valuable.”

That’s all the rebel without a cause wants to do, but his most valuable examples of how to do anything—his parents—can’t be trusted to show him how.

Anyway. Stewart Stern is awesome. Rebel Without a Cause is awesome. That is all. 

P.S. actually that is not all because I want to add, as speculation:

It seems like even though Life Can Be Beautiful was quoted sarcastically by many in those days, the context of the film and what Jim Stark really wants and what he’s lacking would imply that not only has he heard of the popular radio show, but maybe he’s listened to it and liked it.

Back in the 1950s, soap operas weren’t considered cringey or mocked as much by the cool kids. They were very popular, especially considering the fact that this was radio’s Golden Age. 

So basically I think it’s really cool that Jim Stark probably listened to Life Can Be Beautiful, because it explains why he doesn’t like the way his parents behave. Most of us grow up believing our parents, and the way they live, are the norm. After all, they are our closest and, often, most-present examples. Even absent mothers and fathers teach developing kids what absence is. So I always wondered why, of Jim’s father is a coward and his mother is a bully, Jim himself was dissatisfied with that. He clearly knows that his father should stand for something and be a man of honor, because that’s what Jim tries to be. So where did Jim get this idea of idealism and honor from, since it’s clearly not his parents?

I guess maybe he got it from listening to things like Life is Beautiful on the radio. After all, if he didn’t have a dad who would “give him a straight answer” about what’s right and what’s wrong, the wise old character Papa David Solomon’s advice on the radio might have been all he had to base his own ideals on. 

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Happy Birthday Marilyn Pillsbury! (December 24th)

And when you're beautiful...  It's a beautiful frickin' day!

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[ctntduoarchive]

i love everyone talking about dream's beautiful neck while he has the stupidest filter on

[fatblerdbeyond-official]

I believe no one ever has their life together, even at the age of 40. Sometimes, no matter where we live, it seems like there is no one in the world who cares for us.

The fact that we live in a society where most people are cold to each other is unfortunate. But despite that, we shouldn't give up hope for the future of mankind. Life is too short to believe in only the negative side of humanity.

No matter the outcome, we must strive for a better future and never give up on being a rock for those we care for, as well as our neighbors and the strangers that could become our friends someday. Eventually, love will save the day for everyone.

I truly believe that there is a rock for everyone. And by that, I mean a support system we need in order to get by in this world. We cannot hope to survive on our own without at least a platonic connection. Romance is subjective, if you want it. Familial love can be hard to come by, especially if any of your family members isn't really open-minded, resulting in putting you in situations where you could feel like an outcast in your own family.

But there is always hope for even the black sheep of society. No one is truly inferior, unless you're someone trying to hurt others on purpose.

If you truly feel lost, no matter where you are, just know that someone out there is willing to be your support system and give you the love you want.

There is someone out there for everyone, no matter if it's familial, platonic or romantic.