A Little Bit Of Girlboss In My Life

I think we should destroy the mindset of not asking people things related to their degrees...that's like the whole reason they have them

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i think the thing that makes me the most emotional in life is the realization that everything i have and everything i see has been touched by other people. someone designed the logo of my favorite tea bags and someone decided which paintings should go in the calendar hanging on my wall. someone built the roof above my head and someone paved the street outside my house. someone made this pair of glasses specific for me, someone picked the pear i ate with my lunch and someone designed my favorite sweater. every book i read, every song i listen to, every film i watch, tens, if not hundreds of people had to be there to make it happen. even if i am alone, i am always surrounded by other human beings - a fact that makes my heart squeeze in on itself everytime i remember it.

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The war in Afghanistan doesn't seem to phase you, because it's not happening to you.

The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Palestine doesn't seem to phase you, because it's not happening to you.

The genocide of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang doesn't seem to phase you because it's not happening to you.

The genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Burma doesn't seem to phase you because it's not happening to you.

The farmer's protests in India doesn't seem to phase you, because it's not happening to you.

By choosing no side, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. You have chosen to do what is easy, instead of what is right. Just remember that when your children and grandchildren read and learn about the ethnic cleansing and genocides that we are currently witness to, make sure to let them know that you were there when it happened.

“I saw the red flags and warning signs, I heard the victims beg and plead for the world to not turn a blind eye against the injustices they face. I saw the children become orphans, I saw mothers bury their daughters. But it didn't phase me because it wasn't happening to me.”

I think a lot about gaining weight as a form of healing

my cat hates taking his pills. the only way we can get him to eat them is to turn it into an elaborate pantomime - we take the packet out of the cupboard slowly and hold it up, saying “oh!! what’s this? what’s this? a TREAT? a TREAT for louis????” while making surprised faces. we offer him a pill… then, before he has a chance to sniff it, we wag our fingers at him and replace it in the packet so it becomes a Tantalising Forbidden Mystery. we continue doing this until he’s so confused and excited that he will eat the pill as fast as possible, just so he can find out what it is before we can take it away from him again. as soon as he’s eaten it he looks utterly disappointed and betrayed, like a child who just ate a delicious sweet only to find it was a chocolate-coated brussels sprout. it never gets old

“Make yourself so happy so that when others look at you they become happy, too.”

— Yogi Bhajan

By ぢゅのねことしあわせ

i have a little switch in my head. its two settings are “do everything immediately” and “do nothing at all”. i do not control what the switch is set to, and there is no third setting