someone told me yesterday that when they feel nervous about trying something new & their heart starts beating really fast, that they call it their “inner applause” because their body is cheering them on, and i think that’s the best narrative adjustment ever.
There’s a Japanese legend that says,
“If you feel like you’re losing everything, remember, trees lose their leaves every year, yet they still stand tall and wait for better days to come.”
as u get older, u realize that you’re not always right & there’s so many things u could’ve handled differently, so many situations where u could’ve been nicer and all u can really do is forgive yourself & let ur mistakes make u a better person.
if you’ve ever hallucinated from lack of sleep you understand how terrible this is. dude was definitely witnessing sea creatures God hasn’t even made yet.
Cleopatra spoke nine languages, studied astronomy, medicine, and philosophy at the Library of Alexandria, and ruled Egypt for two decades through war, famine, and Roman invasion. Rome reduced all of it to one word: seductress.