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There is beauty in the sinner who feels guilt, for something in him says “There is more to me than this.”

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Ahhhhh.... Magnificent!!

I am really enjoying your poems! Poetry request- My neighbor Totoro (more to do with the lanscapes and scenery) !!!

Greenery gathered round

Everywhere you look nature

Shows out--what a joy to survey

Fertilely verdant topography

Together turning over leaves

To see what peeks from

Beneath, friends yet to meet

Discovering secret pathways

Dust bunny follow-the-leader

To lush mossy lairs

Even when the sky grays

And it pours rain, lend a fellow

Free spirit an umbrella

Hitch a wild ride over

Wide-open countryside

An odd bus trip opening sleepy

Eyes and treetop heights

Overlooking surroundings awes

And reminds joy abounds

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Seeing oreo become an ingredient in every other dessert from just being a biscuit, how far have we come......

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Light Academia Aesthetics

Oh to be a researcher working up on a research project about various rice varieties in some countryside where there are rice fields, friendly neighbours, dense greenery, mountains in distance, birds chirping in the morning, crickets cricketing at night, crystal clear streams , cool silky groundwater, organic seasonal fruits and vegetables year round, an old grandma who tells everyone stories at night, mosquito nets and incense sticks at night, close knit community, a cute cottage with a fireplace and a cute garden with poppies, lillies, all the beautiful flowers, little fawns occasionally passing by with their mothers, rabbits and squirrels sneaking into the kitchen garden, lambs and kids(baby goats) frolicking here and there..........

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I highly encourage youths who are trying to figure themselves out to NOT base their identity on static or performance based traits. Traits like “I’m smart” or “I’m funny” can be crushing to have when you either fail a test or tell a joke no one laughs at. It makes it so it’s not just a bad joke or bad test– it’s a failure of self.

I suggest instead that you try defining yourself by the things you do and enjoy. Such as “I like knitting,” and “I like reading.” These are traits you have within your control and it’s less devastating if you get “wrong.” Making a lumpy hat doesn’t mean you like knitting any less!

Define yourself by your ongoing actions, not your temporary reflection. 

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“لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك لهو، له الملك وله الحمد وهو علٰى كلِّ شيءٍ قدير”

La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la shareeka lahu, lahul mulku, walahul hamdu, wahuwa ‘Ala kulli shay'in Qadeer

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“Life is really not that complicated. You reap what you sow. You get what you give. Whatever you’re criticizing in others, exists in you. If you’ll only recognize it. So treat life well. What goes around comes around. Make sure you give goodness, kindness and all things positive!”

— Mufti Menk

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Vâlide-i Cedid Cami, Üsküdar/İstanbul

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Piişşt!

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“She has the perfect ear flick”

(via)

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Exactly! YA books have become quiet formulaic. Children's books are not only well written but that general notion of happiness, joy and good always win..... There's something about it. The character growth comes out to be natural.

Rereading children's books is like returning home..

That warmth, wherein you do good, you reap good;wherein villains are defeatable; no tragedies; those beautiful descriptions of nature; those picnic adventures; that warm fuzzy feeling of comfort.

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Rereading children's books is like returning home..

That warmth, wherein you do good, you reap good;wherein villains are defeatable; no tragedies; those beautiful descriptions of nature; those picnic adventures; that warm fuzzy feeling of comfort.

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*tries to hold back tears*

Protonated response.

Been on tumblr for too long to not have come across science side of tumblr except for screenshots......

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Whenever someone criticizes someone else and those people will pull out some good qualities about the person being criticised. Those who say sorry and thank you constantly! (They even apologise the wall for bumping into it) . Those people are needed. Let's make the idea of being good popular again.

I appreciate those people who are just genuinely nice. Like their mindset is instead of making others miserable, they give people tools to better themselves because why not. Thanks for putting that good energy out into the universe.

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Been on tumblr for too long to not have come across science side of tumblr except for screenshots......

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Only in Chem lab do we have colours like brick red, lilac purple, sea green, etc. But white=colourless salt! ಠಿ_ಠ

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Must read! This is top notch post.

not so much study tips, more thoughts on university/studying in general

although these posts are abundant, i like to have my own collection of study tips/uni thoughts

- i’ve been viewing my studies as an office job, mostly because of the 9 to 5 mentality. i am not one for night studying, i have tried and tried and felt guilty when i heard others talk about their late night study sessions, but it is just not for me. which is fine, because with this 9 to 5 idea i have created working days for myself and i can use my evenings for extracurriculars, books, friends, netflix 

- the train has (weirdly) become one of my favourite study spots. of course this really depends on the public transport you use. i am on a train for two hours a day, no transfer, and i either go to a silent area (have not yet seen this elsewhere, but dutch trains have carriages in which there is complete silence) or i put in my earpods. i love this because when i come home, i have already done so much work, e.g. organized my lecture notes of that day, inserted my professor’s comments into my paper etcetera

- although i’ve also learned to recognize when i am just done. sometimes i have had enough and it is way better to accept that and then i either listen to some music and stare at the passing landscape, or i watch an episode of the crown. when feeling exhausted, there’s no point in pushing and forcing yourself

- this goes for many many aspects: comparison will kill you. it is often still my tendency to compare myself to others on all levels - grades, kindness, clothing, weight, work ethic - but i make the effort to not ‘indulge’ in it. what my therapist told me has really helped: just notice that the urge to compare is there but then leave it be. like it’s a tiny spider crawling on your leg; you don’t have to do something with it

- on the topic of work ethic: don’t listen to your fellow students. don’t listen to what some wonderful academic says (online). don’t even listen to what your professors say regarding study hours. it has often made me feel very uncertain, but i think it is way better to figure it out yourself. to build up a feeling of trust towards yourself, so you can really start to notice, to feel, when you have done enough. that is something only you should be able to judge and not some external source

- sometimes i get overwhelmed with this sensation that i have not done enough, that i am lazy and have accomplished nothing. however, every (every!) time i have noticed this to be untrue. so perhaps i have not studied every chapter, but i have studied other chapters. i found the cliché of looking at what you have done to really be true. it helps me put things into perspective, i think we can really underestimate ourselves in how much work we have done. what you consider to be 20% may actually be 60%

- motivating internal monologues are completely normal and actually very good! give yourself that motivating speech, it’s like a snow track that becomes deeper and clearer everytime you repeat it 

it helps me to look back on these at times, has been in my concepts for a while now (like some kind of motivating internal monologue) but i want this to have a place on my actual blog, because i believe tips like these (less focused on studying and more on coping with the whole world of studying/academia) are important as well