Roman Marble Statue Of A Pair Of Dogs, 2nd Century AD

"O demônio existe e se revela no ódio e na opressão. Antes de ter medo do pecado, meu filho, tenha medo da virtude, quando ela for triste e quiser limitar o homem. A virtude é o oposto da tristeza, o pecado é o oposto da alegria."

— Tieta do Agreste (1977), Jorge Amado

Martha Kent, you don't deserve having to deal with this bullshit. Also I can imagine Pa Kent being like "not the bat dreams again".

Batgirl 2000 #41

The Drowned (1867) by Josef Manés

Brothers

↳ anne boleyn + her necklace

"Lady Mary, I am here in kindness. I would welcome you back to court and reconcile you with your father…if you will only accept me as queen."

THE TUDORS - 2.04 The Act of Succession

Mt St Helens eruption 1980

“The man who lies ill in bed sometimes discovers that what he is ill from is usually his office, his business or his society and that through them he has lost all circumspection with regard to himself: he acquires this wisdom from the leisure to which his illness has compelled him.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, 289

Since I'm therapist-posting recently:

Legitimately self-compassion is the biggest mental health life hack of all time. I'm NOT talking about self-esteem. You do NOT have to like yourself one bit. You don't have to believe that you're a good person who deserves good things. You just have to believe that you're a person who deserves the things all people deserve.

You can't get from "I'm the Worst" to "I'm a worthy and lovable person" without passing through "I'm just a regular fuckup like everybody else."

Try it on. If you're really addicted to being mean to yourself, you can start by framing it as I'm Not Special. Embrace being a regular fuckup like everybody else.