Please don't ever become a stranger...

people have said good things about you behind your back, without your knowledge. people have shared their love for you with others.

To anyone carrying a lot of heavy things on their minds and hearts, I promise they won't always be this hard to carry and that you are loved

🌸 a few reminders 🌸

~ you don't have to be super productive everyday

~ you are allowed to take up space

~ your feelings are valid

~ we don't move at the same pace, take your time

there is no such thing as being "behind in life" but it's okay to recognise that you missed out on some things whilst you were busy surviving

what are your twenties if not an endless string of the ghosts of who you thought you would become

it's okay to start over. (and over, and over, and over)

i'm halfway through now and dying for the second time. forgive yourself for it. as many times as it takes.

you don’t talk too much. you aren’t too loud. you aren’t too needy. you aren’t too sensitive. you aren’t too this, or that. you aren’t too much anything. you will never be too much: you are you, and you are allowed to take up space. you are allowed to exist however you choose.

i hope you are being compassionate with yourself today. you are your oldest childhood friend

Growing up is actually all about realizing people don’t inherently dislike you and it’s a bit odd to assume they do

don’t let this world’s obsession with youth rob you of the big and small joys of adulthood. i spent most of my teenage years and early twenties struggling with my mental health. but there’s no timeline for happiness. for many people, getting older and growing up means having more chances to redefine their values, find their path and stability in life. some people go to college in their forties. some people marry in their sixties. some people recover better after their thirties. there’s no timeline for this kind of stuff. your childhood and teenage years won’t be the only chance you have at experiencing freedom and joy.

You are not weak for feeling the weight of everything that you are carrying.

The best revenge is none. Heal, move on, and don’t become like those who hurt you.

“but what if my friend gets offended and hates me and refuses to speak to me after i set a boundary” easy peasy! that is not your friend. hope this helps

— Reyna Biddy

the concept and idea of “you can always start trying to be a better person” is extremely important to me both in media and irl and i continue to be deeply deeply disturbed by the trend on this site pushing that these ideas in media are bad writing or even morally reprehensible

because theyd rather someone stay terrible or just straight up die than become a better person 

from a compassionate point of view it’s deeply distressing and from a pragmatic point of view it’s outright frustrating

it’s fucked up.