84. And She's Dancing Like She's Never Danced Before π
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Friends!
Sundayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, howzit.
Hereβs five things you may find interesting and/or meaningful.
1. La Dolce Vita π
My favourite Italian chef, Giorgia Eugenia Goggi.
via: Hotel Weekend
2. Maybe Love Is β¦. β€οΈ
via: β @rainbowsalt
βMaybe, when it comes down to it, love is not about chasing another human being. Maybe, love is about chasing yourself. Chasing your growth. Chasing your hope.
Maybe love is about learning how to be gentle with yourself, how to believe in the way the Universe has removed certain people from your life. And maybe love grows within you when you learn how to trust your own heart, when you learn how to walk away from the things that have not cared for it. Maybe, love is about learning how to accept that sometimes even beautiful things end, that sometimes the timing isnβt right. And maybe love is about learning that endings arenβt something to regret; maybe it is about learning how to let go, how to appreciate the things you experienced at the hands of caring that were real and hopeful and light in a world that sometimes fails to be soft.
Maybe, love is about learning how to be alone. Maybe it is about learning how to wake up in the middle of the bed. How to make just one cup of coffee in the morning. How to hold your own heart, how to take up space. Maybe there is beauty to be found in falling in love with your growth, in learning how to stop filling voids with other human beings, and instead, in slowly having the courage to heal those voids yourself.
Maybe love is about learning how to be proud of the person you are stretching into, is about embracing the beauty and the depth that exists in trying for something while you are here. And maybe within that, love is about honoring your heart. Maybe the truest, and most honest, extension of love exists in the way you learn how to love yourself, exists in the way you learn how to be compassionate towards the parts of yourself, and your journey, that no one else claps for.
Maybe, love exists in the way you fight to be here, in the way you crash your heart into this world. Maybe, love is about you β being your own strength, being your own safe place. Maybe, when it comes down to it, love is about finally learning how to give yourself the same love you so beautifully give to others. Maybe, love is about embracing the person you are becoming, and believing in your heart, on even your hardest of days.β
3. Reading β
Is it time to give up caffeine?
4. To Vaccine or Not To Vaccine π¦
The best explanation of the Covid Vaccine:
5. ππΈ
Balancing Self-Care with Capitalism β Sheila Lam
βI was mulling in the bath recently, thinking about a candle I like. Set in a hand-blown glass jar, it has notes of Japanese Hiba wood and night jasmine. It's a beautiful object but it retails for over a hundred dollars. I looked down at the two other candles I already had at the foot of the tub and laughed at myself. Did I need another one? Of course not. Did I want another one? Absolutely. Then I felt bad. I was being irresponsible and frivolous. For that amount of money, I could buy a weekβs worth of groceries or donate it to an organization fighting violence against AAPI. I started to spiral thinking about the ways I could make better use of that money and how wasteful it was to even think about buying yet another candle. I got so overwhelmed with negative thoughts that I got out of the tub. I had an intention to cleanse when I drew the bath but now couldn't get the unpleasant feeling of capitalism off me.β
See you next Sunday.