[white knuckling the bathroom sink] but i stay silly :3 but i stay silly :3 but i stay sil
the clouds become even more beautiful through small button eyes
you know what? we all just need to hand sew a teddy bear
Things cats were right about all along:
Fuck staying hydrated by drinking enough water - eat! more! wet! food! (watermelon, cucumbers, SOUP!)
Feels great to be really high up in your house where you can see the whole place (loft bed loft bed loft bed loft bed!)
Express yourself as clearly as possible when people are touching you and you don't want them to.
Optional, but you can also express yourself clearly when your people are not touching you and you want them to.
Sometimes it's important to just go "hmm. actually, I don't care" and wander off.
You don't have to be the strongest or toughest to defend yourself, it's enough to just be difficult enough to not be worth the trouble.
Ghosts will eventually leave if you stare at them for long enough.
*with a dark and evil aura surrounding me* I'm shy
Sharon Olds, from "Little Things"; Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980-2002
the idealized version of my tomorrow self will fix this
I had to find this post. I read this in 2017 and it had a profound effect on me. I couldn’t stop saying it. It was echolalia. And now to this day, for seven years, I can still quote it perfectly Word for Word and often do when I do something stupid. This is the perfect post in my opinion