#soft thoughts
i love how you collect little pieces of the people you love. keep the lessons they taught you and the habits you picked up. create your own routines with theirs intertwined. watch them be passed on to another love.
we so often talk about childhood friends breakups but i think we need to talk about childhood friends that stay friends growing up. we were seven and we shared an orange and now it’s been years but we’re still peeling oranges for each other. and maybe i’m wiping your smudged makeup off for different reasons and maybe i’m not taller than you anymore but you’re my safe space and no matter how long we go without talking i will always have your back, okay? it’s you and me against the world, pressed together from shoulder to hip, laughing until we cry and picking each other up. healing each other while we heal ourselves. you taught me that home can be a person, a place, and a feeling, all at once. you. always, always you
subtle intimacy is so soft!! knowing someone’s routine and slowly becoming a part of it. memorising favourite teas and soups and drink orders. good morning and good night texts and messy paragraphs of love written half asleep. nicknames only you know. just!!! small things that say “look how dear you are to me.”
I want to experience a soft love with someone I know my heart’s safe with
i want to be someone else’s safety. even nonromantically. i want to be “hey can i tell you something?” i want to be - i tried something new and i’m a little scared but i wanted to show you. i want to be “i knew i could trust you”. i want to be okay to hold the hand of, always ready to listen, always trying. even if i don’t get it perfect, you know? i just want to be a place other people can relax and be themselves and not worry for a fraction of an instant.
I’m a full believer in doing small things for yourself to cultivate your soul without having to tell anybody especially in a day and age where people feel the need to capitalize on every aspect of themselves to create an aestheticized identity… like learning a language going on a run writing a poem practicing your craft going to a museum dancing for fun can and should give you personal fulfillment that doesn’t have to be presented through a lens or validated by an audience
spring is so consistently healing for me !!! I always forget how much my mood is impacted by the weather until the sun comes out and the trees start growing leaves again and everything is good
concept: it’s springtime. the flowers in your garden have bloomed. the grass is bright green. the air is warm. rays of sun float through your window. your bed covers feel warm as they hug your body.
It’s important to learn how to be alone. Whether you be heading to university, or living in your first apartment. Even when you have a partner, and close relationships with your friends and family, there will be times where you’ll be alone. Use this opportunity to get to know yourself better. Learn to change those feelings of isolation and loneliness into ones of positivity and independence. Take the time to watch your favourite shows, try that new recipe you’ve been holding back on. Dance around your room to those nostalgic 00’s bops. Being alone doesn’t have to be a negative experience! So take these moments and let them be filled with new experiences and self-love more than anything else.
