roots of renewal

the sexual tension between a healthy portrayal of emotions vs me saying “i think i am going to die” everytime i feel a strong emotion

i am meowing so much right now and you wont even give me a treat im so upset im wasting away

unfollowing celebrities on instagram and instead following museums and libraries and national parks and nasa and art galleries and visual artists and writers and local indie bookstores is sexy

i wouldve fallen in love right then & there ngl

to mend and be mended and mend and be mended and mend and be mended and

it can be tempting to live your life like a prequel. to live as if you’re setting up your own story.and once you lose the weight, once you have the money, once you graduate school, once you’re in a real relationship, once, once, once. then finally, you’ll begin to live, and everything you do up until that point is some kind of half-life, some unimportant foreword you can skip. don’t do this. inhabit your life completely. sink fully into the wealth of your existence. the power to manifest is in the fearless owning of who you are, so that you can shape where you’re going.

being individuals together is so intimate. let’s read different books but curled up next to each other, let’s visit a coffee shop so you can study & i can write, let’s just be near each other

you deserve so much good in this life. i know that’s hard to remember, to accept. it’s a much easier thing to argue when you know your flaws and your mistakes. but i just want to try to give you even a little reassurance that you do deserve a healthy, happy life. you shouldn’t need to settle for anything less than that.

when hayao miyazaki said that true love was two people inspiring each other to live…recognizing just how hard living is, putting one foot in front of the other every day, how easy it is to lose our passion for it…… that’s the real shit

A conversation with the cashier at a bookstore; a whisper in between shelves at a library; a joke with that barista; a confession at a church: sometimes it’s amazing how small interactions with strangers can make you feel as though not all of humanity is bad.