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Growing.

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近藍蓋小菇 Mycena Subcyanocephala fungi translates to the "blue-head" and measures at only a single millimeter.

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I wonder what my life would be like if I didnt have depression like you

I am not sure how to answer this without making this very clear: I have depression, and severe anxiety. I can not remember a moment in my life where either one of those were not at the forefront of my mind at any given time or exchange. A few things that help me through it all: First, remembering that we are all essentially gods living within a mortal shell, where the universe is only what we can make sense of and imagine. Your yellow could be my blue, for example. We all see things differently, we all have in the totality of the universe experience purely unique moments every moment of every day. You are the only one that truly matters and can prove to yourself that you exist, why let others get in the way?

Second, after years of hating myself and never feeling enough, I realized that there is no way to become a better person by hating myself. This is easier said than done, but we all have habits we despise, but we all accept that we have them. Do that with the rest of the things you hate. Toss out the concept of cringe, and just let it exist. You don't have to love the parts that you hate, but you can definitely learn to ignore them at the least.

Third, I know this isn't for everyone, but read. Read a lot, read interesting things, read boring things, read new things, read old things, or gross romantic clichés (including that disgraceful smut), and absolutely abstain from the internet. Even five minutes of reading is better than none, you can ramp up to more as time goes by. Now speaking of time...

Fourth, Find a way to force yourself to Flow, a psychological effect where time disappears and you are just one in the flow of doing something. This could be reading, playing video games, making art, or splattering paint outside, but I would suggest finding something that means you aren't online or on your phone. Human brains haven't evolved enough to handle this much amount of information and connections all the time. Give yourself a break, minimize your distractions to zero.

Finally, find the things that give you small amounts of joys, namely things that your younger self would have loved to know you have - an action figure or stuffed animal, building things with your hands, drawing or painting on the walls, going outside and climbing a tree, or far too much chocolate that you don't have to hide. That's the beauty of all of it, just live out the petits rêves (small dreams) of your younger self. They are still there, protect them, find a way to make them happy. One thing that bridges all of these together: Do the things that force you to be happy, do the things that let your create or learn new things. We are all just machines programmed for the acquisition of knowledge and experiences, give into it.

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Cookeina speciosa

(Wine glass mushroom) 🍷

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Honey mushrooms, Seabeck WA

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I hope everyone enjoys this little Crow Time update about the commonality of love! Even stars have travel buddies, that's what constellations are for.

If you like my work, do me a favor and donate a little to the PCRF to help children and families in Gaza. It's easy to do, kind to do, and do not feel guilty if you do not have much to give. Everything counts.

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i love this so much 

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the desire to pronounce words as they are said in their source language for the sake of accuracy vs the desire to not sound like a complete tool

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Nice stigmata scar. Too bad it’s on the gay hand.

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heartbreak high characters as graphic baby tees 2/?

all these saved from tiktok @/moxi.mimi

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i rember when i was in high school, hearing a teacher say “lebron james is rich, the guy who hands him his paycheck is wealthy”, and i think that that’s a really simple illustration of wealth and class that a lot of young leftists these days do not understand

i see a lot of young leftists these days thinking that “having a lot of money = oppressor”, which shows a fundamental misunderstanding in how social classes and the dynamics of power in society work, and as a result they go after actors, athletes, even youtubers, but the thing is most actors, athletes, and youtubers don’t actually own capital. actors don’t own disney or warner bros or 20th century fox, athletes don’t own their stadiums or sponsorship companies, and youtubers certainly don’t own youtube or advertising companies that sponsor youtube channels

many highly successful actors, athletes, and youtubers DO start their own businesses once they’ve amassed enough wealth, but it has to be understood that the large majority acquire their wealth through paychecks given to them, rather than through owning the means of production, and it’s the owning of capital that really determines who runs society and who doesn’t, because it’s those who own the means of production who gets to decide the affluence or poverty of those who don’t

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A brief respite

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My friend forgot to secure the latch on his magic card briefcase and all his commander decks are now mixed together. Now he’s playing 1200 card pickup and has to reorganize everything.

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do *you* think with your dick?

I think with my packer

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the lord did not put me on this glistening earth to be afraid of sincerity