“Think about it, we can only be the best people we can be. The best friends, lovers, entrepreneurs, teachers. That’s it. It’s up to other people to form their own opinions and reactions to what we are doing that we feel is right… I still piss people off, and there are people that still are disappointed in my words and actions, but I’m not. And that is what matters.”
—(via chelsherm)
October 2010
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“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.”
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Maurice Sendak (via bobulate)
Sometimes I feel like this, too.
(via sarajudy)
I love this way too much.
Amen. →
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conversations with her father
- never, ever even hint at even thinking about poking fun at her in any way whatsoever. it’s not funny. it will not endear you to him. it will not be found relatable.
entrances and exits
- she goes first: doors you’ve already opened, any place really, except…
- you go first: movie theater rows (you’re acting as the battering ram), revolving doors (you’ve getting the thing moving), cabs (you’re sliding over so she doesn’t have to).
“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away. Your destiny is bound with the destinies of others. You must either learn to carry the Universe or be crushed by it. You must grow strong enough to love the world, yet empty enough to sit down at the same table with its worst horrors.”
—Andrew Boyd (via suzywire)
Daily Pep Talk From A Best Friend: Mean people have no power over you. →
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Mean people have no power over you.
Pep Talk: It’s scary to deal with mean people. They make a lot of noise and they claw their way into your thoughts. Scary as it is, you’re right to stick up for yourself. What’s the worst that will happen if you defend yourself against a meanie? Nothing that you can’t overcome. They might call you ugly, but you’re not ugly. They might tell your secrets, but everyone has secrets (kinks, addiction, criminal history, but enough about me.) and, I assure you, you won’t die from embarrassment. They might threaten you, but that comes from weakness. If they try to hurt you, call 911- no one sets a finger on my precious baby and gets away without education/employment-jeopardizing police action! As much as they scare you, your strength and confidence will shake them. Their bark is obnoxious and but their bite has no real power.
Today remind yourself: Mean people have no power over me.
Friendship.
I’ve only recently learned how varied that definition can be for people. It’s a mess.
All I want is all my Doobs to come home to be with me. I’m really having a hard time without my best friends.
