seeing someone with my body type: ๐ฎโ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐คค๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐คค๐ซถ๐ฅบ๐ซฆโบ๏ธ๐ตโ๐ซ๐ฅต
seeing my own body: ๐คข๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐กโน๏ธ
โThe bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.โ
โ Juliette Lewis
I just realized Iโve spent at least an hour trying to find a tumblr post that conveys how I feel right now or at least encourages my thoughts out of the jumbled up mess they are currently in and itโs like, why canโt I make that post myself? Why canโt I just unravel my thoughts the way I usually do in my journal? Why must I, in a way, torture myself today? Trying to fill I void I already know how to fill and trying to rid myself of a feeling I already am well aware of how to get rid of but I am currently just choosing not to. Like I guess itโs because today was one of those days where it sort of sinks in more than usual just how trapped I feel in my life, but even then I know I donโt have to make it worse. I donโt have to binge eat, I donโt have to force myself to do exercises I very well donโt have the energy for, and I donโt have to starve myself either. Thereโs other ways to go about my sinking feeling than self destructing.
Kill the voice in your head that says youโll be happier skinny
hey if you're trans in the us i love you. hey if you're queer in the us i love you. hey if you're a person of color in the us i love you. hey if you're a woman in the us i love you. hey if you're disabled in the us i love you. i love you i love you i love you
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โBe a child again. Flirt. Giggle. Dip your cookies in your milk. Take a nap. Say you are sorry if you hurt someone. Chase a butter๏ฌy. Be a child again.โ
โ Unknown
So I work at a library and about a month ago I helped a little old woman who is legally blind figure out how to listen to our audiobooks on her tablet. We got to chatting and I mentioned that I always listen to audiobooks while I knit, which made her very excited and she told me all about the afghans she used to make when she could still see. She was so sweet and I was so glad to be able to help her figure out a way to still enjoy books without being able to read.
Yesterday I answered the phone at work and when I said my name the woman on the other line got so excited and said โMadeline?? Youโre exactly who I wanted to talk to! This is Marie, you helped me about a month ago. How late are you working today?โ It was her!! And about an hour later she and her husband showed up, and she was carrying a huge stack of old knitting patterns for me, and her husband brought in a few boxes full of yarn. They couldnโt stay long but I was so touched that she remembered me, and I struggled to not just flat out start crying when she handed me the patterns. When I looked through them later I realized it was her entire personal collection from over the years, including all her personal notes and drawings and even some photographs of her finished pieces. No one in my family knits, and to have someone pass on their legacy to me like that was incredibly moving.
This isnโt what I usually post here, but with life being especially dark lately I wanted to share a moment of happiness and a reminder that a bit of kindness goes a long way โก
A reminder that food is morally nuetral.
That unless a food is literally poison or an allergy, it is not a bad food.
Your body needs carbs.
Your body needs fats.
Your body needs calories.
Maybe you struggle with moderation or getting the variety of nutrients you need to feel your best, but that does not make the foods you regularly eat bad.
Put the dressing on your salad. Add the cheese to the sandwhich. Grab a cookie to have with lunch. Add an egg to your instant Ramen. Mix M&Ms and teddy grams and roasted peanuts into your cup of yogurt. Put whipped cream on your coffee. Add frozen strawberries or Boba pearls to your iced tea. Sprinkle tajin onto your fruit cup.
Food must fuel your soul as well as your body. It is doesn't need to be a battleground. It can be a joy.
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