Posted by 水仙 on Jun 12, 2023
in the light of love, everything looks more beautiful.
or, maybe it just looks brighter.
clearer.
lighter.
you get to choose what you see.
you get to choose to see things with love.
you get to choose to see things in the light of love.
you get to choose to see things with the light of love.
or not.
you get to choose differently.
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"THE WORLD IS A DIRTY PLACE
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES
BEFORE YOU COME IN"
— 2018 february 5th
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"WHAT IS TO GIVE LIGHT
MUST ENDURE BURNING."
— Viktor Frankl, Jewish-Austrian Holocaust survivor { & ironically, a psychiatrist — & i'm on Team #AbolishPsychiatry. }
i found this quote when i was in late high school, maybe in 2007. i think i've owned at least 2 paper copies of his book "Man's Search for Meaning", at one point. & i still haven't read it. i have 3 separate copies of The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon, the 2 paper book copies of which i think i got both for free in the past few years. i have not read it. i couldn't get past the 1st few pages. i bought e-books of both The Wretched of the Earth & Black Skin, White Masks, when i was living in england for 2 months at the end of 2015, crying & having flashbacks & panic attacks while sleeping on a different couch or bed almost every night.
i didn't live my life linearly as a "wannabe model minority" asian-usameriKKKan immigrant. & i still don't. i can't. i am not able to.
i lack the ability to function in a capitalist system.
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i believe that people can be better. it's one of the only reasons i know how to live for. i was punished for not being "better" in a capitalist perfectionist way. so i forged my own fire. i taught myself how to want better from people, but in love, with love, instead.
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image description for the above image:
screencap of a documentary about an island of stray cats in japan (if i recall correctly). a stray orange tabby cat is sitting, eyes closed, in front of what appears to be a white metal garage door. the left half of their body is in a shadow. the right half of their body is in bright light, which comprises the right two thirds of the screencap.
the subtitle for the screencap says: "Everything is beautiful when you look at it with love."
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