Death is scary.
As a concept, it fills many hearts with anxiety, fear, and dread. It keeps people awake at night; it leaves an uneasy feeling in the stomach; it leaves many wondering if they've done all they can with their lives. It is a permanent change - the greatest unknown to all of humankind.
We fear things we don't understand by nature, however natural they may be. We fear major changes outside our control - so little in life is within our reach. We worry and panic and demonize and ignore. We focus so heavily on the bad aspects that we forget to look at the good.
The beautiful life that we've already lived, no matter how difficult; such things deserve celebration. The peace death can bring, transitioning from one chaotic world to one that is silent and calm. The knowledge that it's ok not to know what happens with certainty, it's ok that we don't know everything. Maybe it's not as bad as we think it is. Maybe it's kind and embracing. Maybe it welcomes us as an old friend, with compassion, hospitality, and gentleness.
Death is life's ultimate change, when we move from one form to something entirely new and unexperienced. That can be scary. Change can be scary. But just like in life, I choose to believe that not all change is bad change. There are many things we haven't experienced until we finally do; riding a rollercoaster, going to university, moving to a new place - all of these are changes, some scarier than others, that can result in beautiful experiences beyond what we could've possibly imagined. Whose to death won't be the same?
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Hey, you! This is your friendly reminder to stay alive!
I just want to say I'm so glad I kept going and I love every one of you :)
Take care of yourself for me, ok?
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Ok sorry but can we take a second to realize something please?
I’m having A Stroke over Stolas singing “You Will Be Ok” with the sage acceptance of mortality of a man who’s several hundred- if not THOUSAND- years old but
THIS FUCKING BITCH WASN’T EVEN 30 WHEN HE SANG THIS TO HIS CHILD???
I get it my dude I’m 27 and am constantly full of existential dread but can you C H I L L??????
This absolute doughnut has a natural lifespan of immortality and canonically the only thing that can kill him is angelic weapons and he’s talking about the day of his death at age 22/23 like the comet is coming to extinct his ass tommorrow
This C H I L D was still in his early 20s, I’m having A STROKE
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I love when people on here act like they're being oppressed by the heavy criticism of makeup on this site as if wearing makeup wasn't still a heavily and sometimes violently enforced social norm
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i am suddenly alive enough to feel, i can wrap myself in my own arms, tightly bind myself to my own fate, wipe the tears off my own face, whisper you will be ok you will be ok you will be ok and hear the beat of the drums the beat of my heart whisper back you’re worthy you’re worthy you’re worthy to the anxious thrum of my soul as it coils around my limbs murmuring you will be ok you will be ok you will be ok
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Stop breaking everything down
Stop trying to perfectly understand it all, you won’t
Stop trying to do it all, you won’t be able to, promise
Everything you need will come to you in it’s proper time
Everything you need to know, you will ask when you need to know it.
Stop trying to assert control in order to feel safe.
Release! You will feel safe.
Deal with everything as it happens, on its own terms and on your own terms, but without forcing it.
Just be here now.
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I just made a minor name change to Storm. Evangeline was nice but it didn’t fit her so I changed it to Octavia. As in Octavia of the ars goesha from Helluva Boss. Why? She’s a cool owl. Also I feel like Storm would desperately want what Stolas and Octavia have with Raine and Eda would sing her Stolas’ lullaby. It just made more sense to me.
You can’t tell me that she
Wouldn’t like her
Via is just simply too cute. Her fashion style would also be loosely based off Octavia.
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Hey guys :)
So this is kind of a rant so feel free to ignore this but I feel like some people need to hear some of what I’m about to say <3
If you don’t want to hear the story just skip to the bold part lmao
But i hope this helps someone out :]
Ok so, this is really hard for me to open up about bur basically a year ago today, I was on vacation with my mom.
We were having a blast and all of a sudden we got a call from our neighbor
I didn’t think much of it until my mom started hysterically sobbing into the phone.
I didn’t know what was going on for 30 whole minutes, and all I could do was sit by my moms side and wait.
It was kind of like the feeling you get when you’re waiting in a waiting room for someone you know to come out of surgery.
You don’t know what’s happening
You don’t know what could’ve happened
So all you have to do is wait.
So… long story short our house had caught fire and was pretty much nothing but rubble by the time the fire was put out.
It was hard, especially when we weren’t there to deal with it.
It wasn’t fun, that’s for sure.
For months after, we had to build ourselves up from the rubble.
And Im forever grateful I had friends and family to help me along the way
But for the longest time I thought that nothing would ever be the same again
I thought everything wasn’t worth it anymore.
But, with lots of trial and error, we recovered.
We stayed with friends for a few months until my mom and I were financially stable enough to move out.
We got lots of donations from friends, family, and the community
And we got better.
It’s taken us a year, and it may take us more.
But we are getting better.
And that’s what I think some people out there need to hear.
You will get better.
Things will get better
It will take time, and it can be hard to push through until then
But don’t give up
Don’t give up on yourself
You are not defined by what has happened to you
You are not defined by what is happening to you
You are not defined by your issues.
Your grief is valid though
It’s ok to be sad
But don’t let what’s happened keep you that way
It’s hard, but things work out in one way or another.
Push through.
This is your sign.
You,
Yes you
Will be ok <3
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OK THIS IS NOT A FUCKING DRILL EVERYONE FUCKING REPEAT AFTER ME. THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL DO WHEN YOU WATCH MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL THIS YEAR:
You will navigate to the page on disney plus (and it has to be here. Unless someone has actually uploaded the REAL movie anywhere else you cannot get it elsewhere)
BUT YOU WILL NOT HIT PLAY. You won’t do it. Because it’s NOT THE REAL VERSION OF THE FILM AND DISNEY IS FUCKING LYING TO YOU AS IT ALWAYS DOES
You will scroll down HERE. To EXTRAS instead. You MUST GO HERE. This is non -negotiable
THEN YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EXTRAS AND YOU WILL THEN HIT PLAY ON THIS BAD BOY: THE FULL LENGTH VERSION
And you will watch it. And you will thank me for having been so blind and led astray by that stupid fucking mouse. You’re welcome.
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