i really can't get over how mitski captured how fear of your own imperfections can lead you to see yourself as unworthy of the people you love, and how that fear grows and consumes you if you let it until your self destructive tendencies spill over into your relationships, and when it's all gone and you're all that's left you can only blame yourself. the only heartbreaker.
“Never shy away from opportunity and wholehearted living. Never be fearful of putting yourself out there. The courageous may encounter many disappointments, experience profound disillusionment, gather many wounds; but cherish your scars for they are the proud emblems of a truly phenomenal life. The fearful, cautious, cynical and self-repressed do not live at all. And that is simply no way to be in this world.”
—
(sighing loudly because of my enormous desires)
“Travel and tell no one. Live a true love story and tell no one. Live happily and tell no one. People ruin beautiful things.”
— Khalil Gibran
We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.
- Mahmoud Darwish.
the fact that I have to be in the “right headspace” to do even the simplest tasks. absolutely humiliating
“I hope one day we can forgive each other for not being what we wanted each other to be”
— Kriti G.
My little revolution.
I believe this world needs more compassion. And why not start right here? With this next thought. With this next feeling.
Can I just let it be exactly as it is?
Receiving handwritten letters from your beloved? In this economy? Sign me the fuck up