Roseteawitch - Of Her Beauty And Grace

Dear friend’s mother,

How dare you tell me I have no integrity and then tell your daughter to mistreat me. Today is a day of self love and healing from the damage you have done to me.

May aromantic and asexual people who worship Aphrodite be blessed, you’re valid. She’s the goddess of love, not necessarily romantic or sexual love. Love in all forms, platonic and self love included.

you shouldn’t have to beg or convince people to stay in your life. if you feel like you spend every moment with them trying to advertise yourself or convincing them that you’re worth it, then it’s a sign to let go. you deserve better.

I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned “forever” into the only acceptable definition of success.

Like… if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it’s a “failed” business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don’t actually want to keep doing that, you’re a “failed” writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it’s a “failed” marriage.

The only acceptable “win condition” is “you keep doing that thing forever”. A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a “real” friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a “phase” - or, alternatively, a “pity” that you don’t do that thing any more. A fandom is “dying” because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things.

I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it’s okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success… I don’t think that’s doing us any good at all.

This is an Aphrodite appreciation post.

Like & reblog to show gratitude. 🐚 🕊 💕

Trying to align my worship with the lunar calendar 🌙

virtual altar to aphrodite