self-control is strength. calmness is mastery. you have to get to a point where your mood doesn't shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else. don't allow others to control the direction of your life. don't allow your emotions to overpower your intelligence.
I learned how to do CPR today so now I know how to save your life but more importantly I found out New York Presbyterian Hospital maintains a Spotify playlist of songs that are the right beat to time CPR compressions to and it is on point
Find out what makes you kinder, what opens you up and brings out the most loving, generous, and unafraid version of you ― and go after those things as if nothing else matters. Because, actually, nothing does. —George Saunders
artwork by Maniaco d'amore
Five years ago, I had a Creative Writing professor who responded to our bad stories the same way: he would never say, "This is wrong." He would say, "How can we make this work?"
From then on, that's how I've viewed critique. Never kill an idea. Help it become its best self.
“Unable to perceive the shape of you, I find you all around me. Your presence fills my eyes with your love, it humbles my heart, for you are everywhere.”
The Shape of Water (2017)
Merry Christmas. If you’re loving it this year, hold on because it goes by fast. If you’re not loving it this year, hold on because it goes by fast. ♥️