"The fact that you’re struggling doesn’t make you a burden. It doesn’t make you unloveable or undesirable or undeserving of care. It doesn’t make you too much or too sensitive or too needy. It makes you human. Everyone struggles. Everyone has a difficult time coping, and at times, we all fall apart. During these times, we aren’t always easy to be around — and that’s okay. No one is easy to be around one hundred percent of the time. Yes, you may sometimes be unpleasant or difficult. And yes, you may sometimes do or say things that make the people around you feel helpless or sad. But those things aren’t all of who you are and they certainly don’t discount your worth as a human being. The truth is that you can be struggling and still be loved. You can be difficult and still be cared for. You can be less than perfect, and still be deserving of compassion and kindness."

Daniell Koepke (via blua)

(Source: internal-acceptance-movement, via oxblood)

"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about."

Dr Wayne Dyer (via mishaboom)

(via loveyourchaos)

thechocolatebrigade:

People who are incredibly toxic will never realize their toxicity or how much of it they shove down your throat. They will think their toxicity is normal. That it is okay. That it is fine.

And that is scary.

this. your every criticism of a toxic is just invalid.

(via loveyourchaos)

dootzy:

this video will make your day better

thank you

(via loveyourchaos)

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disneypixar:

This picture of Ellie can’t help but make your day.

gpoy on lazy weekends

"The question why I would LET Willow cut her hair. First the LET must be challenged. This is a world where women, girls are constantly reminded that they don’t belong to themselves; that their bodies are not their own, nor their power or self determination. I made a promise to endow my little girl with the power to always know that her body, spirit and her mind are HER domain. Willow cut her hair because her beauty, her value, her worth is not measured by the length of her hair. It’s also a statement that claims that even little girls have the RIGHT to own themselves and should not be a slave to even their mother’s deepest insecurities, hopes and desires. Even little girls should not be a slave to the preconceived ideas of what a culture believes a little girl should be."

Jada Pinkett Smith (via princesslilitu)

this. awesome mom!

(via fuckyeahgirlcrush)

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(Source: amodernmanifesto, via loveyourchaos)

"We need to accept our age. We need to accept many physical and mental illnesses and addictions. We need to accept the past. We need to accept others as they are. This isn’t to say we need to like it, or that we can’t work to make the best of each of these entities, but we need to relinquish the idea that we have any power or responsibility to change them. Once people realize they can accept instead of fighting things beyond their control, they realize they have much more time and energy for things they can impact."

Ryan Howes, clinical psychologist (via psychotherapy)

"Studies show that meditation is associated with improvement in a variety of psychological areas, including stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, eating disorders and cognitive function, among others."

A Huffpost story about mediation and what it does to the mind and the body. Go sit already.  (via poptech)

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elizabethtown:

reblogging again because of the explanation.

via the-absolute-best-posts:boredofnoooooodles:

“A bus stop with swings! Except the truth is even better. This is in Montreal and every summer they put up a series of musical swings. If you look in the background you can see more people swinging away.

Each swing is a set of four and has its own unique sound, but if you are in perfect harmony with the other 3 seats then an actual song is played. The theory is that you communicate and interact with people more if it’s for a specific goal and if you’re having fun.”

I want it here!

(Source: difference-is-happy, via happythings)