Go look at birds and bugs outside btw. It can save your life
Not a joke btw. Please go outside and pay attention to all the little creatures around you, even in your backjard, the bugs scurring for nectar and the little birds chirping and flying around, try to id them too, read something about them, learn some facts. Sit and watch them, they can mean the world to you.
I think one of the most profound forms of love is "I'll try that, for you. I may not like it, but I'll try it."
It's a confused middle-aged man in a pottery class, whose daughter is helping him with his clay's plasticity. It's a kid scrunching up their brow while listening to their mom's favorite music, trying to figure out why she likes it. It's a girlfriend who says "Yes, I'll go with you" and her girlfriend cheering and buying a second ticket for a con. It's a friend half dragging another friend through an aquarium, the one being dragged laughing and calling out "Wait, wait, I know we're here for the exhibit, but I haven't been here! Slow down!"
It's being willing to spend some of your time trying something new because it makes someone you love happy.
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse, the night of the flowers details, 1894
i love you birdsong at 1am i love you cherry blossom petals on the street i love you golden light lengthening and lengthening i love you coatless evenings i love you wood pigeons crooning spectacularly outside my window i love you new leaves and new leaves and new leaves i love you magpies gathering nest materials i love you rosebuds finally arriving i love you first bees of the season going absolutely wild in the dandelions
People be like oh you’re in your 20s you have a whole life to live but I already feel as if I’ve missed every opportunity and made all the wrong decisions and it’s just fucked now
I don’t feel like this anymore and things are so much better than they were then 🫶🏻 you are so young and have so much time
the implication of a tight bird schedule. poor bird work-life balance. not enough bird family time
all a girlie needs is to be surrounded by her trinkets and have ambient lighting and maybe an open window with a slight breeze
And in these next 50 years you will eat so many delicious meals, laugh so many times with so many people you love, shout and scream and sing and cry and smile so hard your face hurts. And you will see such beautiful sunsets and feel fresh cold air on your face and feel warm and safe wrapped up in your favourite winter coat.
I wrap this blessing around you like a shroud, so that no ill can find you, and every warmth is held close
friendship is so crazy they literally invented people who are niceys to you....and you get to love and care for them........
