Keep Going! - Tumblr Posts
Omg- I was reading this during the intro of Baba O’Riley, and I must say, it’s the most motivational thing I’ve experienced in a while👌
Competition leads to nothing. Sure, there are good kinds of competition, but most of the time, you climb to the top to find there’s more. It’s tiring if it’s not good competition. Instead, setting a goal unrelated to business or society can bring you small but solid joy. Giving water to a flower every day. Finishing two pages in a book. Taking a ten minute walk. Just going to and doing nothing in a library. Only very small things in everyday life can bring you true joy. Human relationships can be fun, but doing things alone can be much more fulfilling. Don’t forget what you used to do as a child. If you’re lost, stop moving around and look at things around you. Don’t think. Just play around. Most unproductive things can be productive after all.
i love this world, even in its hard places
encyclopedia of an ordinary life, amy krouse rosenthal / sometimes it hurts, but i'm happy i'm alive by @sunsbleeding / @arthoesunshine / imaginary conversation, linda pastan / deactivated tumblr user @salemwitchtrials / thank you my fate, anna swir
ID: A youtube comment with 11 likes by Niceone, it says "I've lived 46 years without knowing this. How nice of life to save some of the best bites for later." End ID.
Normally, people tend to get frustrated, even jokingly, if they miss out on something. This comment was on a song from 1974 and it made me smile quite much. Simply appreciative. Like a dessert after dinner.
On a lighter + adjacent note i love dis tweet + these QRTs of it ^_^... literally...
i have to believe somewhere, someone is trying a taco for the first time. someone is taking their first shower. someone is coming home to a new puppy.
i have to believe that this winter, someone new to snow will pull out a 5 dollar plastic sled and throw themselves down a hill, just to try it.
i think i'm probably lucky to be familiar with sunrises. i live in an area where the lightning bugs dance in their cocktail hours. i take chickadees for granted.
today i saw a tree that had changed to fall colors, and my first reaction was to grimace. i love autumn, but i hate the cold. i don't want it to be winter yet.
but how lucky, to live in a place where the leaves do change color - so bright and vibrant that people make treks from around the world just to look at what i grew-up-with. my mom's friend was a teacher in florida. she used to ask us to mail her an assortment of leaves, just to show her children - to prove to them yes, they really do turn yellow and orange and red.
last year i finally tried pumpkin spice for the first time. someone this year will find a new favorite knitting pattern. someone's favorite band will drop a new album. artists will make things we haven't yet imagined. there will be chalk drawings and magnet poetry and karaoke and recipes and laughing.
it is easy to forget. this was all new to me, once. and when it was - well, it was just all so easy to love.
I just really want to hand out compliments to my fellow creators today. If you see this and could use one, please interact!
If my little compliment can shelter you from doubt, soothe your realities, or encourage you to put more art out in the world I'm elated to provide a moment of that, however fleeting.
On the topic, I'm looking to make more mutuals so I can help foster their works, and hopefully they will do the same for me! It's dark out there. Let's light each other up, huh?
As the only person who has interacted so far-
Me, you are amazing. I see you posting about your OCs and I'm proud of you for putting yourself out there! I'm excited for you to share your story and can't wait to read it! ❤️ Keep reaching, keep connecting, keep living.
I just really want to hand out compliments to my fellow creators today. If you see this and could use one, please interact!
If my little compliment can shelter you from doubt, soothe you realities, or encourage you to put more art out in the world I'm elated to provide a moment of that, however fleeting.
On the topic, I'm looking to make more mutuals so I can help foster their works, and hopefully they will do the same for me! It's dark out there. Let's light each other up, huh?
Something I made while dealing with my own stuff and hoping drawing this would pick me up somehow. Maybe it worked.
FT my cat. His name is Mischief
Take a deep breath and try again
If you make a mistake and fall flat on your face
If the world feels like it's covered by a gray haze
When people are unkind and try to crush you spirit
When the people you love struggle to understand what you're going through
When all you see is rejection after rejection after rejection
The only advice that I can give is to take a deep breath and try again. If you need to cry, go for it. If you feel the need to rage and scream, do it in a safe space. Do what you need to do to calm down and get all or that emotion out. Don't bottle it up.
When you've done all of that, take a deep breath and try again. You will survive this. The world will keep spinning and this will not be the reason for your downfall.
You Got This
(Suicide mention)
September is know for having many important events in it, Hispanic heritage month (woo!), labor day, the remembrance of the 9/11 attack but it is also know for being the month of suicide prevention. Suicide has always been something very serious. Some people see it as escape and many other things. I may get attacked because people will say, “Well how do you know?” Well I understand the feeling of being worthless, numb, dumb, horrible, a waste of space, someone who can never do anything right, and like I am unfixable beyond comparison so why do I keep going? Many people feel this way because something bad had happened in their life or they lost someone or their parents are abusive or whatever the situation is. For me it started with feeling worthless until getting up seemed like a chore. My “friends” were all over the place... I was betrayed multiple times destroying my trust and faith that people could actually be nice to me. I hit my all time low when I started cutting. It felt like a relief and like I was finally human yet I had no idea I was slowly destroying myself in the process. People didn’t believe me when I told them I was depressed, I was always told to keep it a secret when in reality I needed a community... It got worse when I attempted suicide for the first time. I remember I felt so worthless and like all I was to my family was a mistake. Yet I managed to stop myself because people told me how much they needed me and how much they loved me. I tell my friends now who are struggling through hard things like depression and suicidal thoughts, that they can survive and that things can get better. I don’t know what things you are going through but I hope you see this as a message of encouragement and that no matter how low you can get, people still love you, and that people still need you. You don’t have to go into the fight alone because there are people like me who are willing to fight the good fight with you and that you will survive. Just know that people will always love you even if you think they don’t, they do. Just remember that not everything has to end. You got this! You will survive! You’ve made it this far to read this, keep going! We are all proud of you for coming this far. You Got This!
“A little bit of blood may not seem like a lot, but a life is everything, so don’t waste it.”
Please call the national suicide prevention line because they will help you more than I can ever do: 1-800-273-TALK
