And I shall kiss the hand that does me wrong!

submissive in the way a livestock guardian dog is submissive to the sheep it kills wolves for

some people don’t deserve to have access to you. and it’s important that you know you don’t have to give these people the privilege of being able to access you

there’s a t-shirt that says “I survived a bad day and all I got was the rest of my life” and yeah I still think about it

before you're ever good at something, you must allow yourself to be a beginner at that thing first. if you try something for the first time, chances are that you're gonna suck at it. but the beautiful thing about being a beginner is that you don't have to be a beginner forever — if you don't let the way you think "the first time I tried something, it turned out terrible" discourage you from mastering your crafts, you'll keep getting better and better. and the best thing about practicing is that you never stop getting better, there's no point you can ever reach the point where you can never be better anymore. as long as you're still alive and as long as you keep doing it, you'll only get better. you'll go from a beginner to a skilled expert and even when you're a skilled expert now, there's always more room for you to grow and be better, as long as you keep doing it. and it all starts at being a beginner and being suck at it first. there's something very humbling and beautiful about being a beginner and being suck at something ♡