You guys just have to trust me on this one and click here okay?
I've become comfortable
I've been satisfied by an unsatisfying routine for so long now
I've found people who can help hold me accountable, so that I van learn how to get out if the fake shelter of my comfort zone
Be afraid, be confused, be unsure, be hesitant if you must, but do it anyways, live life anyways.
If life is the same droning routine until you die it is simply not worth living.
“I don’t know what my goals are, no. Thanks for asking.”
They say hate is harsh,
Love is harsher.
-me
Only by devoting oneself to darkness, absorbing its deep waters drop by drop, can one give rise to a noble, lasting work of art. / Pleasant is the air, and pleasant the light, but not everything can flower, and he who fails to surrender his soul to darkness will wither.
Dulce María Loynaz, tr. by James O’Connor, from Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems
i made a comic in google slides for some ungodly reason
Peep the Google Doc, now housing quotes such as
They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds.
Mexican Proverb
And
You spend so much time trying to make yourself more palatable that in the end you taste bland.
Sketiana, tumblr
But also,
A story doesn't have to be true to be believed, it just has to be told.
Janey Spriggs, Borderlands:TPS
Ask box is open and anon is on if you've a cool youtube smp, a gaming stream, or even a comment from instagram you feel should be added.
As an aside, thank you to everyone who has made this collection so awesome. Without you, the Google Doc would not be possible.
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton
People have written a lot of touchy-feely pieces on this subject but I thought I’d get right to the heart of the matter