this night just got hella heavy.
ah, fuck
i tell you… i gotta be clairsentient or something, or slightly empathic… because i was on the phone with my friend and i “felt” something that our late friend’s father feels, and it makes sense. and my friend is depressed, and now i feel depressed. i…
Throughout my life, I’ve always been afraid of losing people I love. But sometimes I stop and wonder, Is there anyone out there afraid to lose me?
If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another. If you wish to know that you are safe, cause another to know that they are safe. If you wish to better understand seemingly incomprehensible things, help another to better understand. If you wish to heal your own sadness or anger, seek to heal the sadness or anger of another.
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| — | Dalai Lama (via yogachocolatelove) |
The ebb and flow of life is not unlike the sea. Sure, sometimes its calm and serene, but at other times the waves can be so big that they threaten to overwhelm us. These fluctuations are an inevitable part of life. But when you forget this simple fact, its easy to get swept away by strong waves of difficult emotions.
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| — | Andy Puddicombe (via wordslessspoken) |
If you have ever untangled a ball of string, you know that yanking and pulling only makes it worse. You need to very gently and patiently unravel the knots. Be gentle and patient with yourself as you untangle your own mental knots, and love yourself in the process. Willingness to let go of the old is the key.
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| — | (via tumblrgymyoga) |
