forensicsfiles:

there’s a certain type of sexism u only see if u have brothers…even if it’s not stated, it’s always expected for daughters to be a caregiver and do more housework than the boys in the home. and when sons DO step up and do half as much they’re automatically given praise for things we don’t even get a simple thank you for. they’re also given a thousand times more freedom…it’s truly incredible to witness lmao

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purplebuddhaquotes:

“A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.”

—

Shannon L. Alder 

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love-only-exists-in-books:

“Love. The deadliest of all deadly things. It kills you both when you have it and when you don’t.”

— Lena Ella Haloway on the subject of love Lauren Oliver: Delirium  

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rxtherbesleeping:

A big fucking mood

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syntacked:

“Be a better you. For you.”

— Inara Bueno  (via syntacked)

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cwote:

So what if you’re alone right now. Embrace it. Go get coffee alone. Shop alone. Drive alone. Watch movies alone. Get to know yourself. Nothing bad can come from riding whatever wave to self improvement you’re blessed with in the moment.

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emeralds-are-love:

sixpenceee:

sow-cean:

mrs-jamie-wellerstein:

sixpenceeeblog:

“You can’t love someone else if you don’t love yourself first.”, I know plenty of people who deeply and romantically care about a person but don’t quite like themselves all too much. But what I find is that their relationships tend to be problematic. For example, they may settle for abusive relationships because they don’t think they’re deserving of more. Or they may take out their insecurities on their partner making it an unhealthy relationship.

EXACTLY. If you don’t love yourself, you won’t respect yourself enough to be in a good relationship because you don’t think you deserve it.

Or you think what you have is all anyone will ever be willing to give you.

A couple points I thought were important

• ofcourse, this isn’t the case for every single person in the world. relationships are more complicated than that, but research has shown again and again how low self esteem effects relationships for the worse and also just the quality of your life for the worse. here’s an interesting book on that. I notice a lot of people with healthy relationships with low self-esteem feel like they’re undeserving of it and that in of itself is problematic.
  
• self-love isn’t the same as narcissism. they are two vastly different things. self-love also isn’t about facials and pampering yourself. it’s about learning to accept who you are as a human being. it’s about quieting the inner critic inside of you and realizing that you are worthy and deserving of good things in life. here’s a website that maybe helpful
• NO just because you can’t seem to love yourself doesn’t mean that you will never find a good partner. Not at all. It just means that perhaps you should work on yourself first and find happiness in your own company before seeking it out from someone else. We can’t control how other people behave and will find ourselves disappointed more often than not if we rely on external sources. Afterall, one of the paradoxes in life is that you find the perfect person when you are happily single. 

Reblog again for the list of facts.

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rendzina:

over coffee with my mom this morning: “sometimes we hesitate to invite people into our life because we feel like our space isn’t good enough yet. things are a little messy, or our place settings don’t match, or our situation isn’t quite what we want it to be. don’t let that stop you. invite people in anyway.”

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x3screammyname:

“Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value you.”

— The Light in the Heart
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x3screammyname:

“And even if you’re not here to stay, I’m happy the universe allowed your soul to stop by.”

— Forever grateful for your existence.  (via briqou)