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Self love should be priority 🌻

“Everybody does not have to like you. That is not their job. Liking you is not anyone’s purpose in life except yours.”

— Unknown

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“If you’re strong enough to let go of what endlessly tires you the universe will surprise you with something that endlessly inspires you.”

— juansendizon

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🤭✌️true

What we need is just ourselves with gentle care, and lots of love for ourselves.

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

— Oscar Wilde

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Well said!!

“Not everyone deserves to know the real you. Let them criticize who they think you are.”

— Unknown

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It’s annoying but the way you improve yourself is one tiny thing at a time

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🫢 that's quite true!! Was I being spied upon?😂

It's alright to be intense at times, there's just no other way but to embrace our intense beings, since that's what makes us the individual we are.

Sylvia Plath

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its awesome that every day is a bunch of peoples anniversaries

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Ahh so true!!! 😩

“It’s about who you miss at 2 in the afternoon when you’re busy, not 2 in the morning when you’re lonely.”

— Unknown

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I learnt something in the past few days. I'm always in an "ON-OFF" relationship with myself. Something exploring something I never knew, sometimes 'RE-LEARNING' something that I knew in the past but forgot about it along the way. I'm exploring sides of me I never knew existed, I'm exploring myself as a new species that needs research, attention and discovery 😂

I've learnt the meaning of self-love and self-care now that I'm actually trying to embrace my contradictory personality. It's difficult to understand at times, yes it's not easy. But I love myself and I'm happy to be able to self-explore and give all the love I needed for myself by 'myself'.

I learned that I don't need validation, clarification, justification or attention from others. What I wanted was just myself, just my own love, care, understanding and patience.

Surely I have given myself a hard time all this time, I hope to be able to grow and heal happily and healthily along the path of my journey.

I've learned lots of things from many people, strangers, and many different platforms. I'm sharing one of them today.

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An Unknown Self

"In the hidden dimensions of your soul, a stranger awaits acquaintance."

At times, we wander into the uncharted territory of our being. Embrace this strangeness within yourself. Greet the unknown facets of your soul curiously.

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Something that's Boring for others are fun and peaceful for me. 😂

Just let me be bored by myself rather than making me do something you think is fun. I prefer boring myself than anything.

the older i get, the more i need time & personal space to be as boring as possible

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We sure have come a long way , there's still some exploring and experiencing to do.

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Based off of this post by @cwote.

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Honestly the cliche advice is true. If you fill your life w things you’re passionate about, if you challenge yourself every day, if you give your own opinion of yourself more weight than you do other people’s opinions of you, you will actually thrive. Like no one can tell u anything

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soo sweet and cute 🥰 ❤️

I want to know what happens later on!!

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Cute 🥺❤️

mcapriglioneart

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i am yours but i am mines first

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For anyone who needs to hear it:

Your late teens/20s are a weird time in your life. Don’t panic if you think somebody is more “ahead” than you. The concept of being ahead is nonexistent anyway because life’s not a race and each person has different hurdles to overcome.

It’s totally fine if you’re single. It’s fine if you’re still finishing school. It’s fine if you are still looking for a better job, or for any job at all. It’s fine if you haven’t had sex yet, or haven’t gotten your driver license yet. It’s fine if you haven’t gotten your own place yet. It’s fine if you are still figuring things out, saving money, putting the pieces together. It’s fine.

Don’t feel jealous of or lesser than people your age who have done these things. You don’t know what obstacles they faced to get there and they don’t know what you’ve faced. Don’t undermine the progess you have made.

Because, trust me, you have made progress. Even if it hasn’t materialized yet in the traditional way.

You are still young. Like really young.

You got time.

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Never Cease to Wonder

It's tempting to accept things as they are, but choosing to question is choosing to grow.

Challenge the status quo and ask, "Why?"

'The pursuit of questions often leads to the richest discoveries. '