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esther

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i’ll be here until you don’t want me to
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Milky Way over Uruguayan Lighthouse : Can a lighthouse illuminate a galaxy? No, but in the featured image, gaps in light emanating from the Jose Ignacio Lighthouse in Uruguay appear to match up nicely, although only momentarily and coincidently, with dark dust lanes of our Milky Way Galaxy. The bright dot on the right is the planet Jupiter. The central band of the Milky Way Galaxy is actually the central spiral disk seen from within the disk. The Milky Way band is not easily visible through city lights but can be quite spectacular to see in dark skies. The featured picture is actually the addition of ten consecutive images taken by the same camera from the same location. The images were well planned to exclude direct light from the famous lighthouse. via NASA

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leaves are falling all around // it’s time i was on my way // thanks to you i’m much obliged for such a pleasant stay // but, now it’s time for me to go // the autumn moon lights my way
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it's okay to say no

when it comes to maintaining or uplifting your mental health, it's okay to say no.

it's okay to stay disconnected from possible triggers for some time. it's okay to respond late to your friends' texts until you have made your peace with the situation. it's okay to cancel plans if you feel it may worsen your anxiety.

it's okay to even take a major life decision based on your mental health - if they help you stay calm and make you feel better.

don't force yourself to be someone or do something that's not YOU. it's your life and it's your choice how comfortable you make it for yourself ✨

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Tumblr,

As you’re probably aware, the coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, has now been found in countries all over the globe. This is an understandably disconcerting moment for many, but there are steps we can all take to help mitigate the effect on our communities.

COVID-19 is spreading, but misinformation and disinformation are spreading even faster. The most responsible thing you can do is protect yourself from both the disease and false information. Being prepared with facts and data instead of assumptions and fabrications will help inform how you can best prepare for COVID-19.

Here are some resources you can trust:

  • WHO provides daily updates surrounding COVID-19’s spread, infection rate, and general influence on our society. Their latest update given on March 3, 2020, details that there is a shortage of personal protective equipment for healthcare professionals. They also provide a very handy FAQ section, where you can learn more about how to protect yourself and your community. 
  • Every day Worldometer updates its website with the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in each country that has been affected. Worldometer has been rated one of the best free reference websites by the American Library Association, and for good reason: it lists every single one of its regular sources here, and lists the source of every COVID-19 update at the bottom of the COVID-19 page. 
  • Your local health department will often have the most up-to-date information specific to your immediate area, including how to proceed if you believe you may be showing symptoms of the virus. If you live in the United States, you can find the contact information for your health department by visiting the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).

There’s another thing about this news that a lot of places are not talking about: the toll on one’s mental health, especially if you are someone who struggles with anxiety. If you find your concerns about being prepared are crossing a line that affects your mental health, please consider reaching out to a loved one who can guide you to help, a mental health professional, or an organization set up to help those in need.

Here are a couple of organizations you can trust:

  • Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 support. Just text 741741 from anywhere in the United States. The Crisis Text Line will connect you with a trained Crisis Counselor. 
  • National Alliance on Mental Health (@namiorg) offers free support and resources for those who are struggling. NAMI can be reached Monday through Friday, 10 am - 6 pm EST at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or by email at info@nami.org.

Take care of yourselves, Tumblr. Wash your hands well, practice keeping a safe distance from others, only wear a mask if you believe you are sick with COVID-19 symptoms and could infect others (or are immunocompromised yourself), and remember to fact check everything that you see. Head on over to @world-wide-what for a refresher on what fake news looks like and how it spreads. Pass those tips onto others when you see them accidentally spreading false information. 

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things you will experience if you keep doing your best

  • actually looking forward to things and having enough energy to do everything you want to do 
  • the fresh feeling after cleaning everything and throwing away things that were piling up since forever, including mentally
  • realising that you haven’t thought about someone for three days straight when you’ve been sad about them for a long time
  • making a new friend who genuinely likes talking to you after feeling like you don’t belong anywhere or you’re better off alone
  • making more time for people that really matter to you and actually love you unconditionally instead of endlessly wondering why some people left you or didn’t reciprocate
  • not placing your entire sense of worth on someone else because you feel happy and whole by yourself 
  • an outward change in appearance, almost a kind of glow because you’re radiating warmth and strength from inside
  • good grades, making huge improvements and achieving whatever goals you have in mind
  • feeling calmer and not relying on external validation because you see your own worth, trust yourself fully and can accept imperfection, laugh at your own embarrassing moments, encourage yourself when you’re down and quickly forgive your own mistakes 
  • gaining enough respect for yourself to treat yourself gently and not tolerating anyone who treats you badly
  • realising that you feel lighter inside and nothing is as much as a chore as it used to be
  • feeling yourself become less unaffected by small things that used to ruin your day
  • realising that you can make any changes in your life if you stopped discouraging yourself so much
  • realising you don’t need many superficial distractions anymore because you actually feel okay
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I used to think that showing emotions was a sign of weakness. That laughing out loud left me open. That crying showed my soft side. That I was weak. But now, I don’t believe that. I laugh at things. Including myself. I’m no joke because of that. It only means I can and will allow myself to be happy.
I cry sometimes. Not only when I am sad, but when I am happy. Choked up with emotion. I let the tears fall, and don’t wipe them away. I wear my heart on my sleeve. And, I am better for it. I am better because I am me. The real me. The me that matters. To me.
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“i’m too much of a coward to kill myself so i tell you i want to die in my sleep and honestly, maybe i’m just looking for a reaction out of you and it’s maybe it’s working because you say you don’t know what you’d do if you ever lost me, you say you never want to wake up and hear that you’ll never be able to see me again and i expected it to make me feel better but it just makes me remember that a year ago, you were leaving me and i don’t know how to tell you that it would hurt way less to die than to be put through what you put me through. i don’t know how to tell you that yeah, i’m still breathing, but you already fucking killed me and every day, i walk around with the ghost of your memory and i try to forget that you don’t love me and yeah, we’re still friends, but we’re friends with memories and when i get drunk, i still tell you i love you and you thank me for still being here and you don’t say it back you don’t say it back you don’t say it back and why the fuck should i believe you when you say that you’d be upset if i died when you didn’t care when you were shoving the knife through my life”

— i guess it’s true that people only miss you when you’re gone but i wish for once, someone would value me before that (via achingchest)

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Anonymous asked:

All this Sicheng having no lines business is making me depressed man. My opinion is that it’s likely the staff that control their comebacks don’t think his vocals or rap is on par with the other members. Take Sehun for example, he didn’t have any consistent rap lines until recently, most likely because he has improved and I think it will be the same. Over time Sicheng will improve and we will hopefully be able to hear his gorgeous tone. I bet he can rap too, sm hiding it like johnny’s singing.

nctream answered:

| also said: I have one more thing to add and it’s that I believe that Sicheng is happy just being able to work together with the boys and preform for all the nctzen’s and sure he might not be happy having no lines but there are other things that are fueling him to continue to work hard. Not once have I seen him not smile whilst performing in front of nctzen’s

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reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)

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I don’t think I’m any good at being alone, but it didn’t feel much better being with you. I thought, even if I don’t really have you – at least not in the way I wanted you, it would be better than being alone. It was the idea that something is better than nothing. But being with someone like that, it can make you feel so empty. Because no matter what you tell yourself, you’ll always want more. It’s a certain type of self-destruction. Waiting, wanting, and hoping things will change when you know they won’t. It makes you think maybe you would be better off alone.
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shoutout to everyone who doesnt actually have a solid Best Friend bc their best friends have better best friends or bc they dont bond enough with people to have best friends or bc their ‘best friends’ constantly come and go and it just kinda leaves em feeling vaguely isolated even though they might have plenty of regular friends