Pia Besmonte

migrating to threads!

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it’s a good day to start over

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amazing how the right people can help reframe entire experiences

immensely blessed with the best of friends

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inner peace is not the absence of conflict

it’s knowing you can grow from your mistakes and not be defined by them

be most gentle with yourself

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show up for yourself

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words can hurt and leave marks,
but words can also heal and bring comfort

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show up show up show upppppp

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don’t trust people who proudly say they don’t read

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⚠️ social burnout sungit ⚠️

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"In order for me to write poetry that isn't political,
I must listen to the birds,
and in order to hear the birds,
the warplane must be silent"

/Marwan Makhoul

[Ubadah Sabbagh @neubadah]

"لكي أكتب شعراً ليس سياسيًّا يجب
أن أصغي إلى العصافير،
ولكي أسمع العصافير يجب
أن تخرس الطائرة"

\ مروان مخول

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spouse: look, they put a Chowking on a heritage house

me: well, that’s one way to preserve it…with MSG

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rebuilding self-trust means keeping the promises you make to yourself

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TIL it’s Software as a Service (SaaS), not sass 🥲

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feeling a bit sad so I picked up Thomas Nagel’s The Possibility of Altruism again. How’s your day going?