get-selfconfident

Sometimes the reason you feel alone isn't because no one cares about you. I see so many "I wish someone could see the tears behind my smile" and "I want people in my life who knows that I'm not okay even when I claim to be" posts - and I get the desire to feel seen and understood without having to say a word. But in real life the first step to connecting with others is honesty, communication and vulnerability - and you can't keep blaming people for not getting you if you keep lying to them and hiding your truth

sometimes i feel ugly and sad then im like wait. thats my mum and dad! flecks of my grandparents too… remnants of every being of my lineage… hundreds of crossed paths paved in cosmic randomness all of which i carry in this very face. and then beauty standards feel far too silly 

most of us need to be shown how to be considerate

my official statement on this and every matter is that we all must hang out and tell our friends we love them more frequently 

i wish people would normalize being lost in life and just not knowing anything. not knowing what you’re passionate about, where you want to live, what you want to do, where you want to go— or what lies next. as a society, we normalized going to school, finding a passion, getting a job, finding a partner, getting married, having kids, working hard to earn an honest living. but what about when shit just doesn’t go that way? you really just don’t know. and what’s even worse is, you don’t know why you don’t know or even where to start so you feel alone. you feel as though you’re a disappointment to your family. as if you failed in life. but you haven’t, it’s okay, to not know. to be lost. you have your whole life ahead of you to figure things out. patience is a virtue. there is no time limit on life. you don’t need to rush. don’t allow society to fixate the narrative of having all your shit together at a certain age. it isn’t realistic for most. being lost is so much more normal than we think. and i just wish people would be more transparent about it.

I am not everything I want to be, but I am more than I was, and I’m still learning

A secret to happiness is letting every situation be what it is, instead of what you think it should be, and then making the best of it.

thinking about how life really is just about connections. how connections are what make life worth living. connections to people, to places, to things, to music, to films. how these connections can make you feel so much, and how beautiful that is.