Another One That's Useful For Dealing With Basically Any Age Is Telling Them When Things Are Going To

if you need me i am going to be binge-reading the archives of my favorite blog on the entire internet which is written by this sweet old man who lives on a farm in the pacific northwest with his husband and a bunch of animals. there are nice pictures of flowers and ducks and the tone is so gentle and soothing:

like… fuck…. i love everything about this blog…. it’s the one good thing left online

Y’all talk weird on here. Sometimes I see a post and i agree but y’all talk weird so I’m like fuckYou.

“Breathe. You’re going to be okay. Breathe and remember that you’ve been in this place before. You’ve been this uncomfortable and anxious and scared, and you’ve survived. Breathe and know that you can survive this too. These feelings can’t break you. They’re painful and debilitating, but you can sit with them and eventually, they will pass. Maybe not immediately, but sometime soon, they are going to fade and when they do, you’ll look back at this moment and laugh for having doubted your resilience. I know it feels unbearable right now, but keep breathing, again and again. This will pass. I promise it will pass.”

— Daniell Koepke

So this has been stuck in my head ever since I heard it three days ago.

it’s okay to let someone go even if you love them

“Listen to me, your body is not a temple. Temples can be destroyed and desecrated. Your body is a forest—thick canopies of maple trees and sweet scented wildflowers sprouting in the under wood. You will grow back, over and over, no matter how badly you are devastated.”

— Beau Taplin (via quotethat)

the Goddess Bastet in Her form of sacred cat playing with Her kitten; detail of a bronze statuette; 664-332 BCE. Now in the Louvre Museum…

I can smell these pictures