One of the most important things you can learn in life is to be very careful about the people you allow into your inner circle. I’ve learned to be particularly cautious around people who seem to experience misfortune in nearly every area of their lives. Their physical health is constantly deteriorating, their mental and emotional lives are in turmoil, their finances are always in ruins, and their relationships are filled with conflict. Now, there’s a difference between someone experiencing genuine hardship and someone whose entire life is organized around dysfunction. Terrible things happen to good people, and I’ve certainly experienced enough of that myself. But when someone moves from one self-created crisis to another, never accepting responsibility or making an effort to change, you need to understand that these patterns are contagious. The people around us influence our habits, attitudes, decisions, and emotional states far more than we realize. Eventually, you may find yourself sacrificing your own peace, health, finances, and discipline simply to accommodate someone else’s chaos. And sometimes the greatest damage isn’t what another person takes from you, but what you gradually stop doing for yourself.
This is why it’s important to ask yourself what someone actually brings into your life, beyond whatever superficial quality attracted you to them in the first place. Does your life become better or worse through your association with them? Do they encourage your growth, or constantly interrupt it? And don’t allow yourself to be manipulated by people who insist that protecting yourself demonstrates a lack of compassion. Compassion doesn’t require self-destruction. You can recognize someone’s suffering without assuming responsibility for ending it. You can wish someone well without allowing them to jeopardize everything you’ve worked to build. In fact, continually rescuing someone from the consequences of their own decisions can prevent them from ever learning to take responsibility for themselves. You have a responsibility to protect the conditions that allow you to become a healthier, wiser, more disciplined human being. Not everyone deserves access to your time, attention, and energy. You don’t have to hate anyone, condemn them, or convince them to change. Sometimes the wisest thing you can do is simply recognize that their path doesn’t have to become yours.
what is that dark vignette gradient at the top of the screen. every GTA 6 video i've seen has it and i've just assumed it was from the leaks and how the leaker recorded the screen, not the official thing
being a high functioning stoner is funny cause folks assume i’m tryna escape reality.
bruhhh i’m painfully aware of reality. i can hear the refrigerator, feel every seam in my clothes, and im laughing about something i said in 2014
i'm just trying to turn the fucking volume down long enough to be creative 😮💨
Fox: Why are you here this morning?
Trump rally attendee: Well, in the late 70s, I was a little too young to go to South America for the Jonestown Massacre. But this is as close as I'll ever get, so that's why I'm here. There's nothing like seeing a cult right up front.
I’m a single-issue voter. The only thing that matters to me is if my candidate hosts super chill ambient nights in their living room with tons of drugs. Open to vinyl, cd, or cassette.
GEN X HAD TO SMOKE OUT OF SODA CANS WITH SCREENS FROM A SINK FAUCET AND THEN BLOW IT INTO A TOILET PAPER ROLL FILLED WITH DRYER SHEETS SO GEN Z COULD HIT A WEED PEN AT TARGET
BREAKING: American man accused of kidnapping Flock camera, "digitally waterboarding" it by subjecting it to 23,040 license plates per second via six 4K monitors rapidly flashing images of plates.