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Chore Scorpion: I come from the toughest meanest place you can imagine. I want to be gentle, I want to die gently, but It seems that when life gets hard I have to get harder to match.

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A small tree shrine for Mary in the Irish countryside.

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we’re gonna be ok btw

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Luxembourg, October 2015

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Ocean Vuong, from “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong”, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

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Kerry Egan, On Living

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Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada by Marian Dragiev

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jessczapalskipoetry

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I am teaching myself how to be kinder to myself by reframing my language. Instead of berating myself when I do not succeed at something, I remind myself that this was a lesson not a failure. Instead of putting myself down in crowds of people, I listen more to those around me and only add something when I feel ready to speak more kindly both towards myself and others. Instead of hating the younger version of myself, I remind myself that I did the best I could with what I was given. Self love is a daily practice. And it is not linear at all.

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Poppies in Antelope Valley, CA by brontis5

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