#Defiance Ohio is a great folk-punk band and imo all of their songs are bangers

[idealisticaspirations]

To add to this (new to Tumblr btw so I'm sorry if formatting is an issue, or if otherwise I have bad etiquette)

While it is great when intimacy is just a *click* oftentimes it takes effort, and effort is neither good nor bad, but it can be hard, does that make it any less worth it to get to that understanding? To resolve an issue, make new friends, to love one another more deeply and earnestly?

Remember always that *presence sets the stage for conversation* sometimes you just have to push yourself out there, otftentimes into the space of other people, other groups, and that's *okay*, it's okay to take up space, as we all do, and it's okay to have conversations both big and small, meaningless and meaningful

you need to be earnest. you need to tell people that you love them. you need to speak on how you’re feeling honestly. you need to be sentimental. you need to stop letting the fear of other people laughing at you have so much control over how you express yourself. you need to get over yourself. you need to be embarrassing but true.