my top bit of advice going into the new year: compliment people. especially strangers. literally everyone you interact with if you can. when you buy coffee in the morning compliment the barista’s tattoos. when you’re chatting with a coworker tell them that by the way you like their outfit. always find something they’ve chosen to do on purpose. nail polish, jewellery, tattoos, hair colour/style, statement accessory, outfit, etc are all good bets. things people hope will be noticed. things that aren’t too personal so it doesn’t make them uncomfortable (eg probably not their physical features). i’ve gotten into the habit of scanning everyone i talk to for something about them that i think is cool so i can tell them. it’s a great habit because it makes me notice people and realise just how many neat little details there are in people’s presentation of themselves that might pass me by if i wasn’t paying attention. and it brings out so much joy. you’d be surprised how much it disarms people to receive an unexpected compliment from someone they don’t know. it is the most sincere smile you will see all day long. it feels nice to make people happy but it also means you win the social interaction. establish dominance by complimenting a stranger’s earrings and disappearing into the fog
- yemen is the poorest nation in the arab world. but in two weeks time, it did what no oil or gas- rich arab nation could do. by seizing three ships and costing i****l more than 2 billion by forcing its ships to go around africa, yemen showed up.
Just a reminder that Yemen has risked it ALL for Palestine, as they are going through one of the worst humanitarian crisis’ ever. Due to their resilience, the puppets at the UN have decided to exclude them from the world food program. Yemen is STARVING. Please consider donating towards their hunger crisis. Let’s show up for Yemen.
i will no longer be embarrassed i will no longer be a victim of insecurity i will no longer plague my mind with worries i exist i am allowed to exist i am allowed to take up space i will not let others dictate my experience i will live i will live i will live
i like to pretend i already died and asked god to send me back to earth so i can swim in lakes again and see mountains and get my heart broken and love my friends and cry so hard in the bathroom and go grocery shopping 1,000 more times. and that i promised i would never forget the miracle of being here
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i am not unforgivable. i am a human being who is allowed to mess up and learn from it.
it’s our first times being alive, we will make mistakes and we will grow from them. no one is perfect.
