#affirmation
Whenever I take a long car ride I end up exhausted afterwards, and I’m always like “why am I so tired? I was just sitting around doing nothing all day.”
But the answer, it turns out, is I was doing something. Riding in a car jars your body in many directions and requires constant microadjustments of your muscles just to stay in place and hold your normal posture. Because you’re inside the car, inside the situation, it’s easy not to notice all the extra work you’re doing just to maintain the status quo.
There’s all sorts of work that we think of as “free” that require spending energy: concentrating, making decisions, managing anxiety, maintaining hypervigilance in an unfriendly environment, dealing with stereotype threat, processing a lot of sensory input, repairing skin cells damaged by sun exposure, trying to stay warm in a cold room.
The next time you think you’re tired from “nothing”, consider instead that you’re probably in situation where you’re doing a lot of unnoticed extra work just to stay in place.
┏( >o<)┓I may be human who makes mistakes but I am not a mistake! And neither are you! I’m not sorry!!! I am thankful for the people who support me!!!!!
Image Description: A comic by Solar-Citrus, drawn in a simple, cartoony, cute style with no color or details.
in the first panel, two people are walking, one of them looking back at the other, the other looking quite flustered. the flustered one is saying “S-sorry! I’ll get out of the way”
In the second panel, the two seem to be out somewhere, outside. However there is now a raincloud over their head. One says “Aw, sorry.”
Zoom in on the apologizing one. They’re clutching their hands to their head, eyes screwed shut, some sweat flying off their head. Words surround their head– “Sorry…” “I’m sorry…” “Sorry…” “Sorry” “Sorry” “What I’m trying to say is…” “Sorry” “Sorry”
Two hands reach to clasp the apologizing one’s hands, their eyes blink open in surprise. Their friend, from off-panel, says “Shhhh. It’s okay.”
Pan over to their friend, who seems to be smiling sympathetically at them. “You are not a burden!”
Zoom out to show both figures in the same panel, the friend continues talking. “Your presence is valued, your thoughts are valid! I have faith in you, and you should too.”
Zoom in on the one who was apologizing. They still appear a little flustered, but they’re smiling now. They say: “Sor– …Th-thank you!”
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Friendly reminder that this world was designed for neurotypicals and if you’re neurodiverse or mentally ill and you’re struggling, please be kinder to yourself because you’re doing your best in a world that wasn’t designed for you
You will make mistakes, you will act irrationally. You will commit some wrongs that cannot be fully righted. People will dislike you and misunderstand you for all sorts of reasons. None of these things make you a bad person. All you can do is try your best to be kind, to learn and grow.
Maybe you aren’t annoying, maybe they were just annoyed. Maybe your entire personality can’t be boiled down to actions others found disruptive. Maybe peoples feelings are subjective views of you, not objective. The same way we teach kids to say “I feel angry when you do this thing” instead of “you made me angry!” maybe you should consider that people, due to their own personal beliefs about social interaction, felt annoyed in response to your actions but that that doesn’t necessarily mean you did something bad or are something bad. And while its sweet that you want to make sure people don’t have negative feelings, there’s a lot of humans in this world and we’re always going to be stepping on each others toes so maybe don’t let people feeling annoyed with you define you.
You will make mistakes, you will act irrationally. You will commit some wrongs that cannot be fully righted. People will dislike you and misunderstand you for all sorts of reasons. None of these things make you a bad person. All you can do is try your best to be kind, to learn and grow.
Setting small daily goals is just as important as setting general goals. Your dream life is built on lots of baby steps, not just big leaps. Celebrate small victories to stay motivated along your journey. Continuously achieving small goals not only gets you where you want to go in the long run, it also builds confidence and discipline along the way.
we are all very lonely and desperate for friendship i dont think you will really embarrass yourself by unabashedly seeking it out. i think you will find many other people are also looking for it. people will gravitate towards you if you just let them. its going to be fine
Please don’t feel bad for resting when your body or soul needs it!
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a drawn gif of three bouncing frogs holding signs titled froggy rest reminders.
The first sign says resting isn’t laziness. we all need rest.
The second sign says it’s good to take breaks.
The third sign says slow and sustainable is better than burning out!
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Maybe you aren’t annoying, maybe they were just annoyed. Maybe your entire personality can’t be boiled down to actions others found disruptive. Maybe peoples feelings are subjective views of you, not objective. The same way we teach kids to say “I feel angry when you do this thing” instead of “you made me angry!” maybe you should consider that people, due to their own personal beliefs about social interaction, felt annoyed in response to your actions but that that doesn’t necessarily mean you did something bad or are something bad. And while its sweet that you want to make sure people don’t have negative feelings, there’s a lot of humans in this world and we’re always going to be stepping on each others toes so maybe don’t let people feeling annoyed with you define you.
Stop being so hard on yourself when you know that you’re trying.
Give yourself some space to be imperfect, ok?
I know that you’re so frustrated with your situation, but fighting yourself the whole time when you’re already so depleted is not going to help.
Just breathe; we’re in this together, ok?
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I can sum this whole reading up in the words of the 20th Century #HopePunk prophetess Octavia Butler:⠀
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God is Change,⠀
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God prevails.⠀
But meanwhile… ⠀
Kindness eases Change. ⠀
Love quiets fear. ⠀
And a sweet and powerful ⠀
Positive obsession ⠀
Blunts pain, ⠀
Diverts rage, ⠀
And engages each of us ⠀
In the greatest, ⠀
The most intense ⠀
Of our chosen struggles. ⠀
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ოᕱᎩ Ϯ♅ᎥᏕ ᎠᏒꂅᕱო ცꂅ ᕱ gԾԾᎠ ᎠᏒꂅᕱო. ᗰᗩƳ 丅ᕼᎥᔕ ᗪᖇᗴᗩᗰ ᗷᗴ ᗩ Ǥᗝᗝᗪ ᗪᖇᗴᗩᗰ. ოᕱᎩ Ϯ♅ᎥᏕ ᎠᏒꂅᕱო ცꂅ ᕱ gԾԾᎠ ᎠᏒꂅᕱო. ⠀
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Find the full unpacking of this reading at patreon.com/devotaj_arts (or see IG profile link)⠀
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It’s ALL About YAH, Not me :)
Me Positive in YAH!
I Love YAHUAH Soo Much!! Because His My BEST FRIEND.
I Will Endure to the End No Matter What in YAHUSHA HA'MASHIACH.
I have Overcome the world, I have the Victory, I am Victorious.
I Am STRONG. I am Not weak, my enemy are Weak, my enemy are Defeated.
I will Never be Ashamed of the MessiYah nor His Words in an adulterous and sinful generation.
