Oh How Beautiful It Is That The Starting Of Both Chaitra Navratri (Hindu New Year) And Ramdan Fell On

oh how beautiful it is that the starting of both Chaitra Navratri (Hindu New Year) and Ramdan fell on the same day, giving us hopes and moments of joy for a new beginning <3

My brother from another room yelling: I WANT CORNFLAKES

Me who didn't hear him correctly yelling back: CONFLICTS?? DAMN YOU ALREADY GOT ENOUGH CONFLICTS OVERFLOWING YOUR TINY HANDS AND YOU WANT MOREEEE????? GIVE ME A BREAK PLEASE I'M TRIED. A PERSON IS TRYING TO SURVIVE RIGHT HERE! NO PEACE IN THIS HOUSE.

btw since it's holi tomorrow here's a friendly reminder to respect people's boundaries, to not throw colour/water/anything on them without their consent in the name of "bura na maano, holi hai," and to not force anyone to play if they don't want to, even if they're your friends. especially if they're your friends. also do NOT fucking throw colour on dogs or stray animals or your pets or i will personally come for you i swear

ain't no hyyh enthusiast tbh, only hyyh sufferer

there’s something so beautiful about knowing that people lived in your home before you. knowing that they ran down your stairs on christmas morning, they sat on your kitchen floor with coffee whilst talking into the latest hours of the night, they stared out of your window and watched the world go by and danced under the ceiling that you stare at as you fall asleep. maybe they even thought about you. there’s such an intimate connection between you and them and it’s so unspoken.

In "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" Ocean tells how in Vietnamese the word for missing someone and remembering someone is same...So when his mother asked if he misses her, he flinched thinking she said "Do you remember me?"

I was just sitting and thinking about my own mother tongue. In Hindi too, the word for missing and remembering is the same "याद" (Yaad) the only difference is the change of verb and sentence formation and that's how we know if the speaker is talking about missing someone or remembering someone; "मुझे तुम्हारी याद आ रही है।" (literally meaning 'Your memory/remembrance is coming to me') "मैं तुम्हे याद कर रहा हूँ।" But the sentence is always talking about remembrance. Now that I see, there is no literal translation for "I miss you" because we don't have the word for "missing" someone, all we ever do is remember them and with the memories, they are never 'missing' they are with us through that remembrance. It's like saying "I am not sad thinking about how you are not here anymore but rather I'm remembering the times you were here and I wish things were the same." It makes sense how the word "याद" also refers to 'memories'. To say "I miss you" in Hindi is to say "Now that I feel your absence, your memories are coming to me, you are coming to me, I am remembering to remember you."