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sometimes im like “tone down the Self to fit in” and other times, the voice of God comes to me in a dream and says “I didn’t make you crazy for no reason”
does a tweet ever bring you hope
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You don’t ever have to stop doing or enjoying something because it’s stereotypical. You don’t exist to subvert stereotypes, so stay true to you.
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It’s been really emotional getting all these amazing comments and DMs from fans who are coming out to their parents by showing my music video, or like, you know, coming out to themselves watching the music videos. It’s amazing because, you know, I just released the video because it was true to myself. I really didn’t think it was gonna affect people.
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for wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning — Vincent van Gogh
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Part of the reason relationships and friendships can be so difficult for me is because there is a part of me that thinks I have to get things just right. I have to say the right things and do the right things or I won’t be liked or loved anymore. It’s stressful, so then I engage in an elaborate attempt at being the best friend or girlfriend and get further and further away from who I really am, someone with a good heart, but also someone who may not always get things right. I find myself apologizing for things I shouldn’t be apologizing for, things I am not at all sorry for. I find myself apologizing for who I am.
And even when I am with good, kind, loving people, I don’t trust that goodness, kindness, or love. I worry that sooner or later, they will make my losing weight a condition of their continued affection. That fear makes me try harder to get things right, as if I’m hedging my bets.
All of this makes me very hard on myself, very driven. I just keep working and working and working and trying to be right, and I lose sight of who I am or what I want, which leaves me in a less than ideal place. It leaves me… nowhere.
With age comes self-awareness, or something that looks like self-awareness, and so I try to be on the lookout for patterns of behavior, choices I’m making where I’m trying too hard, giving too much, reaching too intently for being right where right is what someone else wants me to be. It’s scary, though, trying to be yourself and hoping yourself is enough. It’s scary believing that you, as you are, could ever be enough.
There is an anxiety in being yourself, though. There is the haunting question of ‘What if?’ always lingering. What if who I am will never be enough? What if I will never be right enough for someone?
Roxane Gay, Hunger
♡ Happy 32nd Birthday, Marina and the Diamonds ♡
“…The connection I have with music has always flowered from an honest connection with myself, and I trust my instincts. Whenever I get back on stage again, I would love to feel like I am the sum of my parts, not the sum of a persona or an image. That’s the goal. A lot of reality with a little bit of fantasy.”
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Please, keep looking. Not for a person, but for your passion, your love, your courage, your goals, your dreams, your happiness, yourself. Keep looking. Explore yourself before you explore another. Know your worth, know yourself. Only then will you know what you need over what you want. You need yourself to become your own.
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— laverne cox 💕
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Peace doesn’t require two people; it requires only one. It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there.
Byron Katie (via thecalminside)
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I am no fan of the aspiration to do original work. First of all, that creates an enormous amount of anxiety, and secondly, it is an impossible aspiration, because there’s no such thing as original work. If you show me a piece of artwork that everybody heralds as being totally original, I will bring in ten academics and critics who will look at that work and tell you from where that person drew their inspiration, who they had been reading, what painter they had seen … I’m much more interested in the chain of influence than I am in the narcissism of originality. The only way that you can create authentic work is to, with great humility and great faith and great curiosity, follow your own inquisitiveness, wherever it takes you, and trust that whatever comes out of you will feel original. That while other people may have done the same thing, you didn’t do it yet, and as soon as you do it and put your mark on it, it will, by its own right, start to feel original, as long as it has that authentic heart.
Elizabeth Gilbert
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Ultimate Dragon Age Meme; ↳ 1/3 rogues: Isabela
“The past’s past. I learned that young. If it can’t bring you gold or giggles, what’s the point in dwelling on it? Our mistakes make us who we are.”
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Everyone loves long hair. As a result: everyone looks the same. Our generation is creating a new way of being ourselves, detaching from those outdated norms that dictate what is rewarding and what everyone should look like. So many girls would be devastated, horrified if they had their hair cut, “Oh my God, I’m not pretty anymore!” But yes! You are! The acceptation of this ambiguous nature is changing really quick. People are seen as individuals more and more. It’s great when you think about it. People who aren’t allowing themselves to look like who they’d really want to be because they’re afraid of what people might think - they make me sad. - Kristen Stewart by Stefano Galuzzi for Marie Claire France (June 2016)
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In life, you’re often your own enemy. We’re all prisoners within ourselves in some way or the other, to grow up and find out who we are, it’s the goal, isn’t it? I really like growing older. As days go on, I feel more free, closer from who I want to become, it’s getting easier. I look at myself and I think: “It’s good, dude. Chill.”- Kristen for Marie Claire France, June 2016.
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It’s very easy to have an opinion. Everyone’s got one. But it’s very difficult to speak up about difficult subjects when people are angry with you. People say: “Why don’t you speak up!” [and I’m thinking], “Because you all got pitchforks and you’re ready to kill us!” It’s scary if you say something wrong.
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Your soul has fallen to bits and pieces. Good. Rearrange them to suit yourself.
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