Where happy things grow. Or mushrooms.
19. F. Hong Kong.
*Aspiring artist.
*Things I find motivational, inspirational.
Mushroom Korner
It’s a beautiful thing if you learn to be independent and strong on your own— to not always depend on others. Because you know that you can’t trust everyone in this world. People come and go. And if you learn to be happy on your own, and someone else comes along that is able to add on to that happiness of yours— it’s a feeling like no other.
okay all of this is great except for the “to be depressed” because fuck you, depression is a psychological disorder. It’s like saying “life is too short to get the flu.”
but yes I agree with most of this — live your life to the fullest!
(Source: foreveratypenerd)
i don’t know you and you don’t know me. i don’t know how much i say will affect you. i don’t know how much you’re going through. what i do know is that there will always be someone out there who loves you, who will always be waiting for you. a stranger, an acquaintance, a friend, a lover, a relative, someone. but they are those little gems that are challenging to find, but not challenging enough to never be found. once you find them, however many years it may take you, don’t give up on them, because they love you for who you are. and by then, once you look back at the people you met in high school, you’ll realize that you’re only surrounded by what you think are scumbags. they don’t stick. they’re just scumbags. i know for a fact that you’re strong, and that this is a fleeting moment of weakness among the many years of life stretched before you. empower yourself, find the things that you like about yourself and prove to yourself that you can pull through. because you know what, once you do, you’ll come out stronger, and you’ll find stuff to do that makes you happier. you’ll see people in a different light, and you’ll come out more mature than the rest. if there aren’t any rocky mountains to climb in life, then why are we humans to begin with? it’s not all sweet and smooth sailing, but it won’t remain bitter for long. we spend most of our youngest years searching for that identity we conform with, and that part’s never easy. but trust me when i tell you this, you will start to like yourself when you have faith in yourself. you are brought into this world through an act of love and you are meant to respect and love, starting with your physical body. so once again, i don’t know you and you don’t know me. but what i do know is that i love you, even as a stranger on the internet. i love you with all my heart, because you’re living here today, as a young human being. i love you with all the warmth i possibly can give through mere text, and if i am where you are right now, i’d give you a big hug.
Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner.
But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening took an unexpected turn.
He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.
“He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, ‘Here you go,’” Diaz says.
As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, “Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm.”
The would-be robber looked at his would-be victim, “like what’s going on here?” Diaz says. “He asked me, ‘Why are you doing this?’”
Diaz replied: “If you’re willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then I guess you must really need the money. I mean, all I wanted to do was get dinner and if you really want to join me … hey, you’re more than welcome.
“You know, I just felt maybe he really needs help,” Diaz says.
Diaz says he and the teen went into the diner and sat in a booth.
“The manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi,” Diaz says. “The kid was like, ‘You know everybody here. Do you own this place?’”
“No, I just eat here a lot,” Diaz says he told the teen. “He says, ‘But you’re even nice to the dishwasher.’”
Diaz replied, “Well, haven’t you been taught you should be nice to everybody?”
“Yea, but I didn’t think people actually behaved that way,” the teen said.
Diaz asked him what he wanted out of life. “He just had almost a sad face,” Diaz says.
The teen couldn’t answer Diaz — or he didn’t want to.
When the bill arrived, Diaz told the teen, “Look, I guess you’re going to have to pay for this bill ‘cause you have my money and I can’t pay for this. So if you give me my wallet back, I’ll gladly treat you.”
The teen “didn’t even think about it” and returned the wallet, Diaz says. “I gave him $20 … I figure maybe it’ll help him. I don’t know.”
Diaz says he asked for something in return — the teen’s knife — “and he gave it to me.”
Afterward, when Diaz told his mother what happened, she said, “You’re the type of kid that if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch.”
“I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It’s as simple as it gets in this complicated world.”
FAITH IN HUMANITY RESTORED
THIS IS WHAT JESUS WOULD DO EVERYONE
JUST SAYING
THIS IS HOW HE WANTS US TO ACT IRL
TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE US
This is great. I wish there were more people like this guy.
(via doctorticktock)
