To try to do anything in this day and age is courageous. Even if you suck at least you’re fucking doing something. You’re creating something. You are doing SOMETHING. That in itself is a courageous act.
“boris seizing my hand, bloody at the knuckles where i’d punched him on the playground, and pressing it to his own bloodied mouth”
the purpose of friends is to have people who unconditionally hate your shitty exes & relatives. like maybe YOU have a complex relationship with your father but i sure don't. i'm outside his house with a gun. he's not the unforgivable asshole who raised me he's just an unforgivable asshole
mike making dustin feel better, saying he has superpowers,
mike defending el when they called her weird, praising her like a superhero
mike calling will a super spy and empowering him
all while he's only felt like a nobody that's not needed in anyone's life
that painting meant way more than will could ever imagine
Forest Nymph 1870
Paul Hermann Wagner
"do it scared" ok but I would like to do something some other way occasionally. Like at least once. For a change.
— Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch
rip theo decker u wouldve loved the xandemic
The life hack is that if you keep consistently doing healthy things even when you feel like shit you’ll eventually feel less like shit on principle alone
it’s like you’re being ratatouilled but the rat is your shame
& you know what it actually IS lifechanging to smile at strangers & say please & thank you & goodmorning & compliment someones outfit & help someone in need & be more accepting of loving other people just because they are other people!!!