“So the myth in our society is that people are competitive by nature and that they are individualistic and that they’re selfish. The real reality is quite the opposite. We have certain human needs. The only way that you can talk about human nature concretely is by recognising that there are certain human needs. We have a human need for companionship and for close contact, to be loved, to be attached to, to be accepted, to be seen, to be received for who we are. If those needs are met, we develop into people who are compassionate and cooperative and who have empathy for other people. So… the opposite, that we often see in our society, is in fact, a distortion of human nature precisely because so few people have their needs met.”
— Gabor Maté
06/04/2021
How can meaning be found,
When light keeps pouring in and out of you?
Blinded,
yet everseeing.
A call for higher purpose,
an eagle’s cry
heard in the distance.
Pain is seared in the follow-up response,
Nothing alike earthly sensation.
It stretches far and wide,
beneath your body,
above your soul,
nowhere in the middle,
for it does not locate
where the mind can get ahold of it,
Has destiny been set on stone,
or is the latter our own pliable existence?
“Repond.”
“How?”
“Just respond.”
For longer than an eternity could ever be,
it waited.
What for?
For oneself,
no sin can be condone,
no doubt can be harbored.
To build yourself,
You must be destroyed.
By what hands,
Will determine the freedom of your well’s boundaries.
To be teared up,
And shown bare in your true essence
Oh how tangible can pure fear be.
Now drown in yourself.
Now be your fear.
Now,
play in your abyss,
for there is where your meaning resides.
“Change your conception of yourself and you will automatically change the world in which you live. Do not try to change people; they are only messengers telling you who you are. Revalue yourself and they will confirm the change.”
— Neville Goddard
Love is actually truly beautiful…weird, painful, but beautiful. And I think that’s nice. You know, we INTPs aren’t unfeeling robots, we truly feel emotions extremely intensely. It is just more rare for us to feel something than it might be for others. But that’s exactly what makes our emotions maybe a little more special, at least for us. They are the proof of our life, of the fact that we’re breathing and living, the proof that we actually don’t just fake all of what we are. My true emotions, the way they overwhelm me, the way I can’t understand them, they bring me comfort. They are something I cannot understand or grasp, and I absolutely love it. Finally something else takes control over me, and somehow it brings me rest. At those moments I stop thinking. I just stop. And I had no idea I needed it as much as I do. But it’s so peaceful. And so complex. And so depressing, yet uplifting, living in a blue euphoria. Sometimes, emotions become a drug for me. They throw you into a dream, that will never become true, and yet, I think sometimes it is good and important to live in that dream. And it’s okay to feed that dream, to add more moments that meant nothing in reality, but meant the world for you. Emotions are beautiful. Emotions are something that should be loved, and something that should be feared. They are extremely powerful, and I believe in the strength of emotions more than I believe in the strength of intellect. Emotions are able to show you the truth through the lies they say. And I’m amazed by that.
“Hiding your hurt only intensifies it. Problems grow in the dark and only become bigger and bigger. But when exposed to the light of truth, they shrink. You are only as sick as your secrets. So take off your mask, stop pretending you’re perfect and walk into freedom.”
— Rick Warren
02/13/2021
I feel so relatably lonely.
Surrounded by others,I’m able to laugh and have fun,yet I’m so alone.
Truly,deeply,alone.
That was it all along.Loneliness.
Craving for a soul that matches your own.
Yearning for somebody that makes you feel right.
Longing for a meaningful connection to someone.
Silence feels so foreign to the point that i can’t breathe in it.
It’s helplessly eating me alive.
I want so much to happen just to fill this void i have inside of me.
Oh.It feels so compelling.Numbness seems a divine state of being right this moment.
How good would it be to be back to the old me?
Too much.And yet nothing at all.
Who am I in this life?
Who am I in this moment?
What am I supposed to be living for?
“You’re going to love it.
You’re going to love the you that has always wanted to be you.”
Right?
05/28/2021
Fear and excitement.
Greatest oxymoron to have ever lived inside of me.
There is such a lack of balance in my soul,emotions seem to be extending their roots further and further in that which is my tangible existence.
A grandiose future awaits me,every cell in my body and every sliver of my being seems to be propelling themselves so as to reach the right spot in time.
It feels preternatural,as if what life made me go through is not anywhere near describable as pain,it is no more than the path i had to go down to in order to achieve my current standing.
I am no more than myself,thus I am all there is to live.
Do you know what I mean when I say that sometimes I don’t have any feelings or emotions? I’m not in a good mood, or a bad mood. I just sit there, by myself, and think. I over think sometimes. I think about what has happened, what will happen, and what could have happened. I think about you, I think about what’s wrong in my life, I think about how I can get myself out of this stage, I think about why I got here in the first place. I think about everything and anything.
As promised, here’s PART TWO of the in depth body vocab! PART ONE covered the face / head. Today we will look at the back, torso, and most internal organs. Enjoy <3
*picture is of a male presenting torso (necessary vocabulary is highlighted)
몸통 - torso
승모근 - traps
쇄골 / 빗장뼈 - collar bone
major difference between 쇄골 and 빗장뼈: Both can translate to the scientific name ‘clavicle’. However, 쇄골 comes from 한자: ‘鎖骨’.
흉곽 - ribcage
가슴 - chest / breast
젖꼭지 - nipple
겨드랑이 - armpit
겨드랑이 털 - armpit hair
이드박근 - bicep
배 - belly, stomach (exterior)
배꼽 - bellybutton
활배근 - lats
허리 - waist
가랑이 - crotch
Example Sentences:
저는 겨드랑이에서 땀이 괴도하게 났었어요 - I used to sweat a lot in my armpits
밥을 많이 먹어서 배가 너무 불러요 - My stomach is full because I ate too much
*blank back cut off at the legs and neck (necessary vocabulary is highlighted)
등 - back
목 - neck
어깨 - shoulder
팔 - arm
왼팔 - left arm
오른팔 - right arm
양팔 - both arms
삼두근 - triceps
팔꿈치 - elbow
척추 - spine
not to be confused with 척수 which refers to the spinal cord
허리 - waist
옆구리 - side
허리께 - hip
엉덩이 - butt / buttocks
Example Sentences:
양팔을 위로 줄 뻗어 보세요 - Please stretch your arms out
하루 종일 앉아 있었더니 엉덩이가 아파요 - My butt hurts from sitting on it all day
*picture of internal organs including the lungs, heart, liver, stomach, kidneys, and intestines (necessary vocabulary is highlighted)
장기 - organ
식도 - esophagus (’gullet’ in reference to animals)
폐 / 허파 - lung
major difference between 폐 and 허파: 폐 is used in more medical contexts over 허파
심장 / 가슴 - heart
major difference between 심장 and 가슴: 심장 refers to the literal pumping organ whereas 가슴 is the general area of the chest but can be used as an emotional heart (as opposed to 마음, which is the feeling in your heart)
혈관 - blood vessel
정맥 - vein
동맥 - artery
간 - liver
위 - stomach (internal)
신장 / 콩팥 - kidney
major difference between 신장 and 콩팥: 신장 comes from 한자: ‘腎臟’, where 콩팥 is the native Korean version.
신장병 - kidney disease
신장 결석 - kidney stone
장 - intestine
대장 - large intestine
소장 - small intestine
소화 (하다) - digestion (to digest)
혈액 / 피 - blood
major difference between 혈액 and 피: 혈액 is the medical form!
Example Sentences:
저는 수년간 위에 문제가 있어 왔어요 - I’ve had issues with my stomach for years
어젯밤 먹은 게 고화가 잘 안 돼요 - I’m having trouble digesting what I ate last night
Extra Vocab to Know:
배설(하다) - excretion (to excrete)
대변 / 똥 - stool or poop
major difference between 대변 and 똥: 대변 is more like feces whereas 똥 is much more casual in speech
소변 / 오줌 - urine or pee
major difference between 소변 / 오줌: same as above, 소변 is more like urine where 오줌 is more casual
both 소변 and 대변 come from 한자: 大便 (대변) and 小便 (소변)
싸다 - to poop/pee
누다 - to poop
음경 - penis
자궁 - womb
This is obviously for educational purposes, so I hope tumblr lets it stay up. But here’s PART TWO of the in depth body vocab!
Happy Learning :)
~ SK101
Feel fear? Feel sadness? Feel lonely or wounded? If you can turn it into rage, you can use it as fuel. Get mad and you’ll get up in the morning.
But somehow I’ve become a person who speaks sharply to everyone around her. Who wants to scream at children, then break down in tears. Whose rage is always written on her face.
You’re one of the angriest people I know.
Anger is part of the engine that makes things happen, but it’s savage and dangerous. It also burns things down.
I never meant to turn that girl into a forest fire.
— Molly McCully Brown, from “What We Are,” Places I’ve Taken My Body
She
I used to hate that word
Something alien would gripe at my throat.
I would choke on it, eyes burning
Now
that I think of it, I am not as bitter.
She
Is a world away from myself and
I get dizzy sometimes,
Looking at my feet.
I am at peace with her, and I feel
A familiar bond
She was me for a while, after all.
She
And I are friends
I am walking on a road
I made for myself
And she holds my hand, a comforting presence.
She
Will always be there
And now, I understand myself better.
I will never be her
Yet I feel no pain for having been mistaken,
For she is my better friend
- She, M