I believe this so hard.
As per Jung:
“Depression is the cry of the soul for growth… it often foreshadows a renewal of the personality or a burst of creative activity. There are moments in human life where a new page is turned.”
i don’t beat up the old me. i love her, i understand her and i know exactly why she did what she did.. nobody can hold the old me over my head or use ME against ME because without her i wouldn’t be who i am today. this is me
In 1971, Michael Caine fell in love with Shakira Baksh after seeing her for just 8 seconds in a TV ad.
Convinced she lived in Brazil, he was ready to fly there, only to learn she was in London. She rejected him 10 times before finally agreeing to dinner... where he "fell in love in eight minutes."
He quit alcohol and cigarettes for her. Married since 1973, they remain one of Hollywood's strongest couples in 2025.
People don’t understand that you can luckmaxx by hoping genuinely with a full heart and giving generously to others with no expectation of reciprocation
Creativity is a super power and that’s the reason capitalism tries to intimidate it. A creative person is not submissive, especially in their pursuits. A lack of a creative personality/spirit makes you so much more docile.
Addiction is just misplaced devotion. You gave ritual, sacrifice, and loyalty to your own destruction. That same energy, redirected, could build empires. You were never weak, just worshipping the wrong god.
The cure to depression is creation maxxing.
Children. Art. Companies. Technology. Wisdom. As broadly, deeply, and with as high of quality as you can possibly muster.
I’m looking through my Macintosh user guide (the booklet that accompanied my 1984 Macintosh) for the first time in a while, and I’m a little obsessed with this graphic explaining scrolling.