“repine : (transitive) To Fail; To Wane. (intransitive, Now Literary) To Complain; To Regret.”

Painting I made for my dad

‘Let go of the things that stress you.’ -Jesse Neo | Click here for more inspirational quotes.

10 Advices for myself : 1. Be kind. But not too kind. 2. If you feel you’ve been hurt, you’re hurt. Period. No one else is allowed to tell you how much you’re allowed to hurt. 3. Make the blame. But also take the blame. 4. People are gonna call you, “Crazy” and “Weird” and “Mad” for doing your own thing. Take the compliment. 5. Everyone’s first priority is their own selves. So put yourself first no matter what. 6. If you like that notebook, buy it. So what if you have more than enough empty pages back home? More the merrier. 7. Write. Draw. Sing. Dance. Act. Cry. Laugh. Curse. Do whatever the fuck you want. So long as it doesn’t affect them, no one has the right to complain against it. 8. The world is full of hypocrites. You may even find one in the mirror at times. But it’s alright. 9. Whatever you do, don’t put reins on your dreams. Dreams are the only highways with an infinite horizon that holds the impossible. 10. Laugh. Keep laughing. Happy is your best look.

beingjustlittlered, writing prompt #62: list 10 pieces of advice you’d give yourself (via wnq-writers)

A different version of you exists in the minds of everyone who knows who you are

of the secret shadow // for quinn @abstractedfocus

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“So This is Love” by JM.

KJ Apa photographed by Bartek Szmigulski for Rollacoaster Magazine Autumn 2019

Phoenix

And the sands of time Seep down through The hole of the hour glass With each grain More time passed And over time Everything changes Rearranged So you play the Chameleon Changing your skin To fit in But deep down You’re the same But at some point Your camouflage Is ineffective Requiring you to be Reflective And what remains Jumps into the flames Burning to ashes Arising reinvented Your Phoenix Flying out to the new The old left to burn In the flames Of the past

BONUS: Helga’s parrot listening in