defencelesslove

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It’s almost as if nobody wants to admit that they might not be prepared to do the work it takes to love somebody. And it can be laborious. To be intimate with someone who is flawed (which is the standard) requires us to expose our own flaws. We don’t talk about the heavy responsibility of that. We don’t talk about how we’re too lazy or too cowardly sometimes. We instead accuse love of being elusive. It isn’t. It is omnipresent. It asks us to be better people. And sometimes we flat out refuse.

“Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women; kitchen of lust, / bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. / Sometimes, the men – they come with keys, / and sometimes, the men – they come with hammers.”

— Warsan Shire, from “The House,” Her Blue Body (via lifeinpoetry)

hottest thing a guy can be is a simp. just. a loser. a spineless fool. a total wet wipe of a man.

paralysis from fear is far worse than potential failure or rejection! the anguish of a life not fully lived will weigh heavily on your heart at the end of it all!

cant stop thinking about this this was sooo crazyyyyy

-Anaïs Nin, 1939

I know my sadness will pass if I do not cling to it so tightly

nothing is ever as scary as your brain makes it seem

I AM NOT INTERESTED IN LIVING A LIFE WHERE I COWER AWAY FROM BEAUTY OR GOODNESS BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL TO BE HURT. I AM BARRELING TOWARD IT. LIFE IS GOING TO CRACK ME OPEN LIKE A PIÑATA AND I AM GOING TO LET IT.

please don’t spend your life convincing yourself that love or joy is reserved for the idealized version of you that only exists in the future

you have more degrees of freedom than you think

you can completely reinvent yourself in well under a year with sufficient commitment

you probably make at least one decision every day which will meaningfully alter the path you’re on if you change it

this is terrifying but it’s also maybe the best thing about being alive

as long as you’re breathing, there’s a chance

The trick is to be more curious than you're scared.

Ultramedium, Lee Stewart

Joy Sullivan, from "Late Bloomer", Instructions for Traveling West

what will it be, boss? the comfort of misery or the pain of change?

figurines by TheSafflowerField

can't stop thinking about this movie tbh..

Stained glass 💕

googling how to slip into a huge beautiful life meant for me

crazy how I think I'm not brave enough to do some things and then I just go and get them done. and it's always like this

Wake up call fr

snoopy items by sissi.ceramics

could you please share that quote about the grief being endless but love will find you again? i cant recall it exactly. i need to know this pain will be worth it someday and one day, i will be healed enough to love people properly and be loved in return

( @archbudzar)