Whatever you do, make friends with people who actually like themselves and their own lives. Because miserable people always end up hating on what you have.
someone once told me “emotional intelligence is the discipline of sitting with a feeling long enough to understand it before you hand it to someone else" and that honestly changed how i move.
please teach your daughters that having a voice is more important than being nice. having a backbone is more important than being palatable. having standards is more important than being liked. and having self respect is more important than being chosen.
if you’re ever learning extremely personal information about someone you don’t know, through the mouth of someone they once considered a friend, everything should be taken with a grain of salt & you should most definitely be questioning why that person told you such intimate information
In Japanese, “tsundoku” means collecting books and letting them pile up - not for neglect, but for the joy of knowing they're there, full of untold stories.
📍Kinokuniya Book Store, Tokyo
being a self-aware person doesn't mean i view myself as a good person. i think a lot of people get that confused. it literally means that i am vigilant of both my light and dark side. i have also made peace with my flaws even though i'm always working through them
People will try to build a case on you to avoid their own hand being shown. If they can accuse you of being someone who's sneaky they can continue to be sneaky