L' Rae

you are shaped by what you absorb: visually, mentally, emotionally. if you constantly take in noise, negativity, and mediocrity, your perception dulls; the world starts to feel flat. but when you surround yourself with depth, beauty, and intentionality, your inner world expands. the books you read, the art you admire, the way you speak to yourself - it all becomes part of you. choose carefully, because what you consume is what you become.

and the people who still get amazed by the stars and the moon on a dark night are my kind of people

Your sensitivity is a superpower. Being able to cry at beauty, in prayer, from a song, good literature, sunsets, a baby’s smile, or just by watching someone you love simply exist is a gift

Read more. Cook more. Listen more. Laugh more. Create more. Hydrate more. Call loved ones more. Get out in nature more. Forgive yourself more. Challenge yourself more. Work on your craft more. Invest in yourself more. Compliment others more. Celebrate small wins more. Dance and sing more. Make memories more. Live your life more.

you know what’s wild is that all these crazy standards we hold ourselves to are things that we don’t even value in another person? like i’ve never been like “wow I love that this friend of mine is too proud to ask for help and never complains about their feelings” or “my favorite quality about this friend is that they get straight A’s and never get overwhelmed and has never told me about a problem” or “i love that this friend has never been wrong about anything or slipped up and said something embarrassing once in their life” and yet here we are, pushing ourselves past our limits for and beating ourselves up over slipups of things that our friends probably wouldn’t even rank in the top 50 reasons they like us