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YOU HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THE DOORS YOU BEG TO HAVE OPEN!!!!! THE CHANGE CANNOT HAPPEN SIMPLY BY THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTING ITSELF!!!! YOU NEED TO BE OPEN TO SEE IT, CHOOSE IT, AND ACTUALLY MOVE!!!!!

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edward hopper / jenny slate

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Anthony Thomas Lombardi, from "self-portrait as murmuration"

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I spent so much of my teens convinced I would never make it out of them, and then suddenly I am having dreams of being a mother that aren’t nightmares and learning just how much can happen in eighty years. I’ve found something new to fear—that the time will pass and I will forget there is more to do in life than fear.

There isn’t anything left to do now but fear until I grow brave enough to let it go. I used to dream in stories, in mysteries that never resolved. I used to wake without shaking, and I’m only 24. I used to cling to space between me and the generations that made me as though it were the only thing that would make the messes in me dissipate.

Generations to make / Helena Ducusin

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“I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

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Becca Stadtlander - Cards, date unknown

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suddenly remembered this poem as i was making breakfast this morning & frantically googled “poem remembered to buy eggs?????????” & somehow managed to find it & it utterly knocked the wind out of me just as much as when i first read it

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Daily Reminder!

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“I always marvel at the humans’ ability to keep going. They always manage to stagger on even with tears streaming down their faces.”

— Markus Zusak, The Book Thief (via naturaekos)

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Title: The Burn.

Feel the burn that stinging pain as you press the match against your skin feel the burn that stinging pain as you hold your hand above the candle flame feeling that sting is just another way to cope with the mental pain -IzakDavid

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“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anyone.”

— Maya Angelou (via amargedom)