OMG I did it!!!!😭Officially finished with these long long 8 months of language training! And 2 hour Chinese exam. My brain went from a grape to a raisin. Deflated balloon. It hurts. There’s nothing left for it to give. But at least 我的中文还不错😭
This is one of the most emotional moments from the #TbilisiProtests – young protesters shielding an elderly woman from a water cannon. Earlier, she was seen walking around, pleading with riot police not to use force against their fellow countrymen.
I went to the gynecologist today for my annual check up. She said, “So this will probably be the last year you’ll take birth control.” And I said, “Because of……Politics?” And she laughed and said, “No, friend. Because you’re 51.”
Eventually I think the best coping mechanism is a hobby. Your interests will always nurse you back to joy. Reading, writing, playing a sport - find something that brings joy, then spend enough time nurturing it. Rely on it to always help you find your way back.
Certain people will receive a healing just from spending time with you. Because you model a way of being in the world that they didn’t know was genuinely possible.