Today I Was Going On An Impromptu Visit To My Friend's House Who Has Been Very Sick Lately And While

Today I was going on an impromptu visit to my friend's house who has been very sick lately and while I was on my way, sitting behind my father on the scooty, I saw a stray dog passing by. He had his whole tongue out and I thought maybe there was some health issue that caused it. I only saw him in the passing but I felt sad for not being able to help him out and then it led me to thinking about the animals that are way worse than him, living on streets with pain and trauma and then there people whose lives are full of pain and trauma too and I just couldn't do anything to change the fact and it then led me into thinking how much better am I than the person who is oblivious to these sufferings? I am doing nothing just like the oblivious people. How much value does just knowing and being aware while doing nothing holds? And then it led me into thinking of having this conversation with one of my friends and I know they'd tell me "Something better than nothing." and I'd think "For how long tho?" but I know they'd reply saying "You won't always stay on the side watching silently. One day you'll get a chance to do something and you'd do it because you know and that'll make a change, no matter how small. An oblivious unaware person won't be able to do that because they don't know." And I felt okay then. Maybe only for a bit but something better than nothing right? It must hold some meaning right?

To truly love another person is to accept that the work of loving them is worth the pain of losing them. And that's it. That's all.

Owen Sharma, The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) dir. Mike Flanagan

Our Dining Table by Mita Ori

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Henri J.M. Nouwen

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The Wind Rises (2013) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

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Love Run (Intro) by The Amazing Devil

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Things You Save In A Fire by Katherine Center

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Quora

From The Japanese (The Triumph of Achilles, 1985) by Louise Glück

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John Green [Vlog Comment & Tumblr post]

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Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

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starpeace & serialghost

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"It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all."

yknow maybe we should let ryan reynolds stay - the guy has his likes and following hidden like a true tumblrina.

or we have him and neil gaiman duke it out for the coveted position of The Only celebrity allowed on tumblr, which is infinitely more entertaining.

Fatimah Asghar

i jumped out of bed in a cold sweat to make this

id: first image is the tumblr halloween icon, which depicts a skeleton-like ghoul in a spooky red robe. the second image is the same ghoul, now photoshopped to look like they're dabbing. end id