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Crédit photo Shaoqi-Hu

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"I Spy Fantasy" artworks by Walter Wick

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Small faces, Becky Kolsrud

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Photograph by Stanley Kubrick, 1945-1950

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We are called to be fruitful - not successful, not productive, not accomplished. Success comes from strength, stress, and human effort. Fruitfulness comes from vulnerability and the admission of our own weakness.

— Henri J. M. Nouwen, "The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society"  (Image; November 20, 2013) (via Alive on All Channels)

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“Fiction is usually seen as escapist entertainment, [but] it’s hard to reconcile the escapist theory of fiction with the deep patterns we find in the art of storytelling […]. Our various fictional worlds are—on the whole—horrorscapes. Fiction may temporarily free us from our troubles, but it does so by ensnaring us in new sets of troubles—in imaginary worlds of struggle and stress and mortal woe. […] [This paradox] was first noticed by Aristotle in the Poetics. We are drawn to fiction because fiction gives us pleasure. But most of what is actually in fiction is deeply unpleasant: threat, death, despair, anxiety, Sturm und Drang. […] Literature offers feelings for which we don’t have to pay. It allows us to love, condemn, condone, hope, dread, and hate without any of the risks those feelings ordinarily involve.”

— Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human (via exhaled-spirals)

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Anyone else done hiding? 🙋🏻‍♀️

I’ve avoided short clothing for the longest time. To say I’m not a fan of my legs is an understatement. But I’m no longer hiding them. If hundreds of squats a week won't make them smaller, I know for a fact we’re just getting stronger. 🦵🏽 🦵🏽

(@haciendatorresparadiseofnature gave me this dress on my last trip to PR - thank you again!)

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#summerdress #ootd #picoftheday #outfitoftheday #winstonsalem #midsizegals #thickthighs #curvyfashion #curvygirl #midsizefashion #midsizestyle #curlyhair #30plusstyle #styleover30 #summerlooks #under1k #photooftheday #bohostyle #puertoricofashion #styleinspo #bodypositive #selfconfidence #loveyourselftour

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Hyping myself up to think bright today (and hope this color palette does the same for you!) 💛 I had been eyeing this ModCloth Barbie Collection bodysuit for days, and last Monday while I was doing my weekly work reports, I needed a little pick-me-up and went for it. So glad I did, because this one will be on repeat for a while. I loved everything Barbie back in the day, so it gave me instant joy to wear the colorful vibe.

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Anyone else out there that was all about Barbie?

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Winter rain.

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want.

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