Why does American culture tell us to go with the flow? Fuck that shortcut bullshit. The reason I demand and desire more for myself, is because I learned that by pushing myself beyond pain and suffering, past my perceived limitations, that I’m able to accomplish more physically and mentally in life.
there’s so much intimacy in understanding. Someone who doesn’t understand you is not going to know how to love you because they don’t know who you are.
“I don’t know but, I can’t truly tell you how to let go of things.” he said. “All I can say is, one day, you’ll stop thinking about it, without you even noticing. One day, your hands will get numb, and it will freely let that balloon fly high through the sky. You know, you can’t hold it forever, can you? Especially when it can no longer make your heart jumps like the way it did since it has met you.”
Working on a connection with your body, mind and soul is a beautiful journey. Stay open-minded, curious, accepting, self-loving and strong; that's important. But all the while you're practicing self-love; never forget others. Empathy is extremely lacking in this world that is so focused on loving ourselves. I personally don't think we should put one before the other. I think we should love others just as much as we love ourselves. That way, we can all heal together, because we aren't the only ones trying to get through life. We aren't the only ones trying to heal from something. We are all alike. We are all human. No person is better than the next. Realize that. Change your perspective as often as you can. Feel for others as much as you can. Be there for the ones you love. Don't let it drain you. Don't think you have to save the world or that there are right and wrong things to say... just love as unconditionally as you can. Just show you understand as much as you possibly could. That's all you can do with people, the rest is up to them. And as long as you have a strong and loving connection with yourself; inner peace can be your quiet and humble retreat from a world so devastatingly lacking.
Hey remember that episode of Spongebob where Sandy sings about being homesick for Texas and Spongebob and Patrick overhear it and are worried that she’s going to leave Bikini Bottom so they have a Texas party at the Krusty Krab with all their friends, recreating things in Sandy’s song but they fuck it up like, pecan pie is just a can of peas shoved in a pie, barbeque is barbed wire in the shape of a Q, and the ten gallon hats are just plastic water jugs on their heads, and like…. Sandy just laughs so hard she breaks into tears, cause she sees what they’re trying to do for her to make her feel at home because they love her and don’t want her to leave…………… yo do you ever think about that goddamn episode