I saw a post on Reddit that said, “When you walk through a museum, you’re not just looking at art. You’re moving through centuries of people trying to explain love, grief, power, beauty, and belonging.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen a museum described so beautifully.
I used to think that holding your tongue was a sign of maturity, but I realized that a true sign of growth and maturity is being able to vocalize your feelings in an appropriate manner even if you are angry. Holding your tongue just fosters unexpressed feelings that lead to
As a woman I am extremely aware the only reason I have rights is because women before me got mouthy, organized, and made herself inconvenient. Thats why I see women who uphold the patriarchy as traitors
Not allowing yourself or others to indulge in a form of expression just because you/they might regret it in the future is part of why fashion and beauty feels so boring lately.
I can not tell you how many times my therapist has said to me, “you are having a perfectly normal response to an extremely difficult and stressful situation”. It feels so good to hear that when the world is telling you “you need to ‘handle’ things ‘better’”
I saw a comedian explain a dysfunctional childhood in the best way.
He said “okay yeah I know I am 37 and I shouldn’t still be upset about what my parents did to me as a kid. But let me ask you a question…
If you were in a building with bad foundation would you feel safer on the 37th floor?!”