#smile-files

[hopepunk-humanity]

hey there!! i have an eensy weensy story that feels silly to tell, but when it happened i thought of this blog...

so i stayed at school later than usual today to watch a school play (she kills monsters, which was amazing) -- it had been raining pretty heavily for a while before i left.

i walked a pretty long way until i got to the train station to go home; soon after i entered, a kind stranger let me know that my backpack was open. i smiled, thanked them, and zipped up my backpack, quietly thinking, "oh! what bad luck, for my bag to be open in the pouring rain!"

but it felt nice for a stranger to be so kind to me. of course it sucked to get my school stuff all wet, but i was glad that, if my stuff should get wet in the rain, there should be a kind person to tell me my bag was open. if i had never left my bag open, this person and their compassion would've never entered and lit up my life, even if for just a brief moment.

not to say that i'm glad i left my bag open, no... it's just that, most of the time, at least one good or nice thing will come out of a bad experience. that's how i like looking at things. it sucks that my stuff got wet, but it sucks a little less because someone was nice to me in turn.

and this has changed the way i think of things... if my train gets delayed, or i forget something at home, i'll be annoyed, but at the same time i wonder and am excited about what little good thing might come out of it. of course, this is harder to apply to bigger frustrations and sadnesses, especially in the moment in which they occur, but i think it still helps.

one of my cats recently passed away; on that day, i wrote a song for him. i hadn't written a song in a while before then. i am so terribly sad about his passing, and no good thing that is caused by that could ever reverse its infinite tragedy -- but at least, in a little way, it was nice that i could finally get back into songwriting. no, his passing was not a good thing, and of course, i would rather it not have happened, but i guess the point is that there will always be joys, even infinitesimally small ones, no matter the darkness surrounding them. and those build up to something when you put them together, right?

getting back into writing songs; the kindness of a stranger; watching an amazing play my friends are in; my other cat licking me on the hand when i hug her in tears... i am in such deep darkness at the moment, mourning my dear kitty (school/applying to college/a billion other things have also been stressing me out) but there are little pinpricks of light, little stars out in the distance... they don't light much up, nor do they eliminate the darkness, but they're something beautiful amid the horrible, something to look at and wish upon... and that counts for something.

i apologize for the long ramble. thank you so much for this blog; it gives me the strength to keep looking for those twinkling stars. i hope you have the most wonderful day <3

I think this is what it means to "look on the bright side". Too many people use that phrase to mean "ignore and brush aside the pain, just be positive!". But truly looking on the bright side is finding these twinkling moments among the darkness, making an effort to see the stars amongst the night. The night is still there; it's important to acknowledge that, and give it space. But so are the stars. That's important too, and admiring them makes the night a little easier.

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

hello!!!! i just found out about you and you seem really cool :D how are you today?

Good, I'm good! How are you doing?

[motherforthefamicom]

leafy (bfdi) for the character bingo!! or goo (ii)!!! :)

[blorbobingus]

“oh yes, i am very reasonable and normal about this subject!!”

*proceeds to mass reblog any related content*

[hinamie]

mentor

[maguneedsalife]

ended up in thaleia with a couple of moby dick RPers

unfortunately, the fight with llymlaen did not contain any whales

unbeknownst to captain ahab, between battles i quickly edited my usual party greeting macro to work for alliance chat

videogames are good actually im going to be giggling about this all night

[katebeckets]

how to say “I love you” in x-files [7/?] ⤷ 3.12 — “War of the Coprophages”

[leqclerc]

Charles + "Sebastian" in Grill the Grid 2024: Name Two Drivers Challenge!

[suntails]

reality

[karlydraws]

☎️"Hi. Can you guys investigate?"

Welcome to Trighost, a show where two investigators trying to prove the supernatural

Nick is a firm believer of ghosts and wants to capture the proof so that he can convince his skeptic friend, Vash

Season premiere: interview

Calling out for friends 😁

Hi can we get a word from you sir?

There are two types of players

BTS: meet the producers

[hopepunk-humanity]

hey there, sorry for spam liking! i'm just really reassured by your posts and reblogs... cuz life is scary! i'm terrified of it!! but i also think it's beautiful... sometimes it can feel like i can never get those two parts of myself to agree, but this blog really helps. life is scary! but it will be okay!! it will!!! i have all the time i need to experience the beauty of life!!!!!!

...haha, i just want to say thank you for making my day! hopefully this little message can give you a smile like the one you gave me :)

You're welcome, and thank you! It did make me smile. We do have time, maybe not as much as we'd like, but time all the same.

(Don't worry about spam-liking/reblogging/anything like that, I like seeing the engagement here.)

[kimtaegis]

three superheroes, anpanman! for @sopekooks ♡

cr. jung-koook

[mockingjaysongbird]

#an idiot in love

[bisexualfbiagents]

THE X FILES | Max (4.18)

[guardian-angle22]

[professorsta]

Shane's a good example of how the longer you know someone the less likely it is that they can annoy you with their bullshit cus you know them so well. Oh aliens? Aliens you say? Well I love to hear it baby cus I knew you'd say it, cus I was expecting it ya endearing fool