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"how to prevent smile lines" there are a thousand more important things to do with your time than postpone evidence of life's joy on your face

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There were times I was kind when I should have been cruel and times when I was cruel when I should have been kind

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I’m so happy I got this shot earlier holy shit

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the ultimate butch boss

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If nobody ever explained this to you, if someone you see a lot does something you like and you never ever tell them that, they might think you don’t like them or don’t like the things they do for you.

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For #Woodensday :

Figure of a wild boar sow, 1952

Eastern Band of Cherokee artist

(Eastern Cherokee Reservation, Qualla Boundary, Swain Co, NC, USA)

Carved & polished walnut wood

11.8 x 3.5 x 7 cm

Smithsonian NMAI 25/6978

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"Sometimes while I ride the subway I try to look at each person and imagine what they look like to someone who is totally in love with them. I think everyone has had someone look at them that way, whether it was a lover, or a parent, or a friend, whether they know it or not. It's a wonderful thing, to look at someone to whom I would never be attracted and think about what looking at them feels like to someone who is devouring every part of their image, who has invisible strings that are connected to this person tied to every part of their body. I think this fun pastime is a way of cultivating compassion. It feels good to think about people that way, and to use that part of my mind that I think is traditionally reserved for a tiny portion of people I'll meet in my life to appreciate the general public. I wish I thought about people like this more often. I think it's the opposite of what our culture teaches us to do. We prefer to pick people apart to find their flaws. Cultivating these feelings of love or appreciation for random people, and even for people I don't like, makes me a more forgiving and appreciative person toward myself and people I love. Also, it's just a really excellent pastime."

— Dean Spade, from his essay For Lovers and Fighters

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there’s always a next book to read, a next show to see, a next concert to go to, another friend to meet, another treat to eat, there’s always more to discover or experience

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Southern long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas edwardii

Observed by whale_nerd, CC BY-NC

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Dusk at Ulster Heights Wetlands by Gerald Berliner

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making a compilation of text posts that knocked sense straight into me

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Alpacas By: Francisco Erize From: Wild, Wild World of Animals: Wild Herds 1977

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