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"For most of my adult life, 'easy' was the highest compliment I thought I could earn. Easy to date. Easy to room with. Easy to work with... Being easy meant being good. Being easy meant people wanted me around. What I didn’t examine—what took me years to even notice—was that being 'easy' required a constant, invisible sanding-down of my own preferences.” ~Dakota J. Dawson
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“Kindness is never wasted, even if it’s not returned. Be kind anyway. Hold the door, check on someone, give people the benefit of the doubt, make someone’s day a little easier. You don’t need a reason to make the world feel slightly better than you found it.” ~Unknown
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“I’m so blessed” and “This is hard” can exist at the same time.
"Your ancestors used to sit in the sun to regulate their nervous systems. They would walk in the woods, bathe in the river, sit around a fire and share stories with one another. They’d sing under the moonlight. They would dance with their full body. They’d look up at the stars, lay in the grass, and feel the wind on their skin. Before it was called regulation, your ancestors knew it as a way of life.” ~Lexy Florentina
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"Maybe you’ve analyzed yourself enough. Maybe you can just go outside, feel the sun on your face, buy yourself a little treat, and be a person for a while.”
"Psychology hack: Talk to yourself in the 3rd person when you’re spiraling. 'Sarah’s freaking out, but Sarah’s handled worse before.’ Researchers found it calms your nervous system.” @thecasekenny
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"The world won’t always be kind, nor will it always favor you. Still, I wish that you continue to trust the little things. The warmth of being loved, the laughter, the wonder hidden in ordinary days, and hope that lingers. Because sometimes those small moments make the world less cruel and worth living for.” ~Fiov
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"What a privilege it is to carry heavy shopping bags, to have clean clothes, to slip into freshly made sheets, and to sit down to a meal you love. What a privilege it is to laugh, to love, to be held, to feel safe, to have choice and to start again.” ~Sophie Harvey
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"My definition of luxury has changed. Knowing the people I love are healthy. A regulated nervous system. Having a safe home to come back to. True friendships I never take for granted. Making my younger self proud, daily. A love that adds peace to my life, not chaos. That’s what real wealth looks like to me.” ~Unknown
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"We often aspire to be like the tree that lets go in autumn, but sometimes we’re the leaf. Sometimes we don’t get to choose the ending; we can only choose whether to fight the fall or float.” ~Lori Deschene
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“There are times when you need the company of animals to recover from humans.” ~Unknown
"Nobody takes your attention from you. You hand it over in small amounts, without ceremony, until looking at one small bright thing feels like the only kind of looking there is.” ~Joey Dua
What My Tired Eyes Taught Me About Paying Attention:
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“When someone truly loves you, you can feel it. They hold a safe space for you to open up, give you room to completely be yourself, and make you feel seen and heard without being judged. The most powerful connections are the ones where you feel safe in their presence.”
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“If you can’t be a safe harbor for someone, at least don’t be the storm that makes their day harder. Be the reason someone remembers that the world can still be gentle.”
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"Out of respect for yourself, there are some things you just can’t go back to.” ~Unknown
“If you never let people experience the consequences of their actions towards you, you will forever remain a safe place for their worst behavior.” ~Unknown
“She grew up being misunderstood and somehow became fluent in understanding everyone else.” ~Meryam J.
"The longer you’ve successfully solved difficult problems by yourself, the easier it becomes to assume that you will recognize when you shouldn’t be solving the next one alone. But severe burnout can impair the very judgment needed to recognize that you are burned out.” ~Joe White
The Hidden Danger of Burnout No One Warns You About
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