I Had A Super Intimate Encounter With My Work Mate (we Co-reheated Our Lunch In The Same Microwave) And

i need everyone to know that community is what will save us all in every single way imaginable. you forming a bond with your neighbour or coworker might help them move house or feel less alone or have the courage to leave an unhealthy living environment. you helping a stranger might provide them with hope. in turn, being able to lean on your community in times of need will save you. your broader bonds with your community are the revolution we need. our society seeks to divide and separate us in so many ways but we are all so much more united in our struggles and joys than you are made to believe. we need to hold onto each other very tightly.

you will feel so alive again.. like so incredibly alive. i dont know when that will be but it will be. u are gonna feel so alive that ur cheeks hurt from smiling oh man oh man i promise that day is coming. you do have a future, you do have good things coming, and you’ll survive everything that’s thrown at you until you reach that day

I just got news that I’m being promoted. My first promotion in my first ever job. Bittersweet to think that this the kind of milestones I’m going for now—I didn’t realize how fast the years are going by. 5 years ago, I was lost, scrambling for my college tuition, just trying to graduate and hopefully find a job. Now, I’m at that job I didn’t take long to land, seeing my hardwork come to fruition and getting recognized for it. I’m eternally grateful for my boss for seeing whatever he saw in me when he hired me, when I had absolutely no experience under my belt, and took a chance on me anyway. Getting promoted by him also means the world to me. He has shown me nothing but kindness and support, and I feel so so blessed. I know I did all the work that earned me this promotion but I have to recognize the first person who saw that potential.

More than anything else, I want to thank God. I want to thank Him for heeding all my prayers wheneverI called and cried for Him. I give all glory and honor to Him, for all of His provisions, for the gifts that helped me get this job all those years ago, and for the strength to power through everything else that came after. Thank you, God. Always. I can’t ask for anything more than for more holistic strength and brainpower to keep going. I have goals but not one greater than my ambition to keep serving You.

I love you, Lord. Let’s keep going.

from “ask polly: why should i keep going?”

nothing / sad n stuff

i don’t know what’s happening. are u not talking to me, purposefully???!? this is so unlike you and i wonder if something’s wrong. i asked if you were at the meeting earlier and you were but you haven’t replied to me since yesterday + haven’t tagged me in anything for the last 24 hours. i know that’s so trivial and we should be able to do our own things separately but i have a feeling something’s up. i dont need you to tell me if you dont feel comfortable but i dont like feeling helpless and i dont like the idea that i cant be there for you. i just need a sign that you’re okay. i love you so much and i miss you. i feel bad you’re not talking to me and that i dont know what’s going on, if any. i really hope ure okay girl like genuinely. not just because i miss you. i hope this isnt; because of ateneo cause you’re literally so much more than that. god please let this girl know im here for her whatever happens. she’s so much more reserved than i am and for the longest time, i’ve taken her for such a strong level-headed person. i want to be there when she doens’t feel like being her strongest self. im like crying and shit. i really miss you girl like WTF. talk to me!!!!

the intimacy of growing into who you are. 

calling my lover "mine" but not in the way that my toothbrush or notebook are mine, mine in the way my neighborhood is mine, and also everybody else's, "mine" like mine to tend to, mine to care for, mine to love. "mine" not like possession but devotion.

boys who arent afraid to tell u when they miss u are the best

date a girl who makes it harder to go to sleep but easier to get up every morning