And Then It's Even More Exhausting Trying To Be An Asshole When You Know That You Still Will Always Care!

Definitely needed to read this today...

“After a while you learn the subtle difference Between holding a hand and chaining a soul, And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning And company doesn’t mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts And presents aren’t promises, And you begin to accept your defeats With your head up and your eyes open With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child, And you learn to build all your roads on today Because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. After a while you learn… That even sunshine burns if you get too much. So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul, Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure… That you really are strong And you really do have worth… And you learn and learn… With every good-bye you learn.”

— Jorge Luis Borges, You Learn

Mary Oliver, from “Summer Morning.” [ID in alt text]

Also unlearn seeing yourself as the bad guy...

Unlearn self-shrinking.

Unlearn over giving.

Unlearn overthinking.

Unlearn always anticipating the worst.

I think I was just born with something dark and ugly inside of me. Always waiting to be found out.

planetarium - adrienne rich/@twoheadedfawnn/ugly, bitter, and true - suzanne rivecca/a burning hill - mitski/a hora da estrela- clarice lispector/ @100493503004422/sharp objects - gillian flynn

@ worry__lines

A for effort!

I do really appreciate bg3 having neutral pronouns/the ability to use whatever pronouns regardless of appearance but it's really amusing to me when enemies or npcs I never met gender my tav correctly it feels like this

Damn it, I want these shackles off already but I'm too naive that I actually have the key ...

“You are not free until you have no need to impress anybody.”

— Joyce Meyer