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Ironically, the more someone matters to you, the more difficult it can be to stay close to them. Your shame and guilt and regret are activated by how much you care. Your differences feel more painful and aggravating than they would otherwise. Your flaws feel more embarrassing. Your sadness feels more real, more palpable, more like a personal failure.

Merely recognizing all of these difficulties is enough. Most people feel guilty and confused instead. And many people distance themselves from the people they love the most, just to avoid these unpleasant emotions.

Don’t protect yourself from the most important people in your life. Show up in spite of everything. This could be the last time. Notice the heaviness in your bones. Notice the afternoon sun on the grass. Notice the heavy sighs, the darting eyes, the efforts to be understood. Notice the dark clouds in the south at dusk, the dirty plates, the nervous laughter. Let it all in.

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i love you <3
i love you <3

Think about the impact of a hand written letter, a song made for somebody, or an unexpected surprise.

In all of these, the maker is focused on a single person until it’s been delivered.

Love and attention are the same.

Alex Tan
| Octavio Paz
| Octavio Paz

the wind is the moon's imagination -wandering
it seeps through cracks,
explores the unknown
and
ripples the grass.

my love is my soul's imagination.
how do I love thee?
imagine.

  • from The Seventh Octave - The Early Writings of Saul Stacey Williams
I never broke a bone because my mom basically said I would die if I didn't listen soooo, don't give your kid anxiety and just be real with them lmao
I never broke a bone because my mom bas…

“So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me because I, too, am fluent in silence.”

–R. Arnold
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