Most people won’t admit it, or don’t even realize it, but
caring for people takes energy out of you.
Investing your time and attention making sure somebody knows
that you love them and that you want to ensure their well-being can drain you:
- mentally
- emotionally
- spiritually
- even physically.
Love people, but take care of yourself.
Don’t burn yourself out.
We’re nearing 20,000 notes *sniff*
our kids will probably attend a middle school dance where the theme is the 2010’s
they’ll wear leggings with ugg boots and twerk to “call me maybe”
They say that when God closes a door he opens a window. But sometimes he knocks down a wall
or wrecks the whole house
Then there was that one time when he straight up flooded the Earth.
People starving when tons of unsold food is thrown away globally because people couldn’t afford to purchase the food, that’s violence.
People dying and going bankrupt to pay for their healthcare, that’s violence.
People being evicted from their homes when there are more houses than there are houseless people, that’s violence.
jakembell:
My newest ink. Done by Matt Misiak at Lance Kellar Studios. (Chesterfield, MI)
Richard Bergh Nordisk sommarkväll (detail) 1899-1900
“not natasha,” a photographic essay on eastern european sex trafficked slaves by dana popa
(documentary, the real sex traffic; film, lilya 4-ever)
If I don’t do something with my life that will help those in sex slavery here in America, I’m living my life wrong.
Want to know how you can help the victims of human trafficking? Visit http://www.polarisproject.org/
Dad, help us men to atone for any way we have contributed to this.
I’m thinking about spending my weekend watching Harry Potter. Why? Because I haven’t seen most of the movies, only like the first 3ish, and small bits of a few other ones. And I feel like since they are so big, I should see them all at least once in my life. But first I’m going to re-watch the Hobbit.
