i live, so i love

you are fine. i know everything seems to be moving fast and it all seems so scary right now, but you are absolutely fine. take deep breaths and remember to remain in the present. keep your thoughts light and your burden will subside. your worries will blow away like a leaf on a windy day. the sun will come up tomorrow, the wind will continue to blow. you will be okay. you will be alright.

For god’s sake if you aren’t Kashmiri please PLEASE talk about Kashmir. Kashmiris who are in Kashmir are facing vast media blackouts and have no means of digitally protesting this, nor do we have any idea what’s going on on ground. If you want to show solidarity...protest and talk, speak up

@ august please be a little gentle with me I’m so tired

self-confidence, i’m realizing, is a lot deeper than just thinking i’m beautiful and being free in who i am. it also includes being confident in my decisions and trusting myself to be committed to the things i want to do. to step outside of my comfort zone and assure myself that i will be okay in doing so. this kind of self-confidence will help me see the success i want to see.

Some of you haven’t stayed up reading until 4 am because you literally couldn’t put down your book until it was finished even though you needed to be up early the next day and it shows

8 years old. College reading level. The weight of the world on my shoulders.

20 years old. illiterate. the weight of the universe has given me chronic back pain

becoming an adult is essentially having all your friends in different cities and permanently missing someone