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In mine and many other east Asian cultures, the dragon traditionally symbolises things like power, wealth and strength (imperial symbol and all)

I think we often forget that in the story of the Great Race, the dragon came in fifth because it'd stopped to give people rain. Then it'd stopped again to push a rabbit adrift on a log across the wide river so it reached the shore safely (that's why the Rabbit year comes before the Dragon).

Dragons aren't meant to just be powerful - they are meant to do good with such power, and to help those in need.

So in this lunar new year, I hope you gain more power, so that you might be able to help others. I pray you have abundant resources so you may give to yourself and those around you. I wish you courage, endurance, kindness and generosity, for yourself and your people.

I hope you, and I, will be rain givers, life preservers, joy bringers.

I hope we will be dragons.

#im an 88 dragon 🐉 #happy lunar new year #love yourself #so you can love others #in a world where you can be anything #be kind

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i still don’t understand why recovery isn’t romanticized more. getting better after being at your lowest point? working hard and doing what it takes to feel safe again? knowing that occasional dips aren’t the end of the world? changing yourself and ridding your life of toxic behavior/people? i’m sorry that sounds better than any edgy miserable story i’ve ever heard. 

#me rn #recovery #healing #growth #mental health #one day at a time

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You can do it.

#recovery #healing #growth #mental health #one step at a time #continue

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#happy stuff

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Keyword of the year: ✨Continue✨

❄️

here to remind you...

...that you deserve all the good that comes your way and more.

your mistakes are meant to help you learn how to be a better person. they aren't meant to punish you for life or to take away your joy.

let yourself move on from your past mistakes. you deserve happiness ✨

#positive affirmations #mental health #self love #self care #love yourself

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It's important to be balanced in our pursuits! We can't focus too hard on self care and then not work towards making a better life for ourselves. In the same vein, we shouldn't work so much towards the future that we burn out and can't enjoy today. Life's a balance, and I hope these dancing friends can help keep you grounded!

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#balance #self care #goals #self love

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#mental health #encouragement #self care #self love #affirmation

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reblog if you’ve read fanfictions that are more professional, better written than some actual novels. I’m trying to see something

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It's been 9 months and I still feel like I lost my cat yesterday. Still crying when I think of him or see his pictures.

So here's an extension for another 6 months.

another year is ending and I want you to know that it is okay if you:

have not healed from the things that happened/did not happen from six months ago. just because the year is ending it does not mean your grief is too.

don't have any "fun" NYE plans to ring in the new year. this life is yours to live across days and months and years, and you can celebrate days other than the ones heavily marketed and shoved down your throat to shroud you in severe FOMO.

have no resolutions or goals for 2024 laid out in elaborate lists or shared on social media or with your friends. you are braving through this life trying to do your best every day and hold the fort and so of course you know, deep down you know what is needed from you for you going forward and of course you are going to work in that direction. good luck love.

have not become a "better" version of yourself by any of the tangible or conventional measures. that kind of bettering is mostly to serve others, not yourself.

are not happy with yourself/your life as it is now. you're a work-in-progress, remember? and if you're progressing in a direction you do not like, then it's time to change the blueprints and the strategy.

take time off social media around this time to protect your mental health and whatever little joy you have managed to keep.

don't want to spend too much time reflecting on how this past year went and doing various forms of 2023-wrapped. again, it's your life. you can also revisit this year in memories and pictures and feelings whenever you'd like. it's not like you don't still visit 2012, 2017, and 2022, right?

feel disconnected from your friends, family, lover. I know this is "ideally" a time to be celebrated with your loved ones. but life is not ideal, is it? it's just life. and if right now you are not feeling the love, the joy, or just don't have the headspace or social energy to engage , that's alright.

are finding comfort in simpler things like a TV show from the 90s or that book you first read at sixteen or that slice of strawberry cake or a random post like this you come across.

don't feel hopeful, encouraged, or excited for 2024. given everything that's happened in the last couple of years, on the macro and micro level, it's only natural for you to feel weary as well as wary. when the good things happen, when the healing happens, when things begin working in your favour over time, you will automatically feel all those things. it's okay if until then you choose to be neutral.

#grief #new years #self compassion #recovery #mental wellness #its like i have cinder blocks for hands and feet now #i miss his meow

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Me self-indulging until there's too many to keep up with

People worrying if their fic is too self indulgent like....... that is the point of fanfiction. You are supposed to indulge . Every fic is self indulgent

#i love fanfiction #writers can relate #i may have a problem

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#self care #new years resolution #love yourself

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I cast spell of all writers will make amazing progress next year *throws glitter on you*

#writer's block #for the writers

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this too, shall pass

#good vibes

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The universe has spoken

gentle reminder

hey, can you stop for a second, please?

inhale for me

now, exhale

take a moment to reorient yourself - have you had something to drink? have you had food? have you taken your medications, if you need to? maybe it is time to have a shower and change your clothes, too

this is your reminder to breathe and take care of yourself, please. you got this.

#put the phone down #hydrate #medicate

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take your meds

#psa #i forgot to take my meds

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You are lovely. You are wonderful. You are worthy of love and respect. You are loved, valued. Your kindness doesn't go unnoticed. You're already amazing, pretty, important ♡

#positive #good vibes #self love #self worth #continue #keep fucking going

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[We're going to make it.]

#continue #just keep swimming #positive #encouragement #self care