Self improvement is hard, but not changing at all?

gallusrostromegalus:

jumpingjacktrash:

roach-works:

rakukajas:

list of mundane things that feel like ancient human rituals

• cleaning or wipe your bare feet
• breaking off a piece of bread and handing it to someone
• putting the weight of a basket on your hip or head
• eating nuts or berries while hunched over close to the ground
• seeing something startling just out of your line of sight and very quickly stepping or leaping on to a larger object to get a better view
• cupping your hands into running water to wash your face
• the unanimous protection of a baby or child in a public space where women are present
• when an elderly woman laughs and grips your forearm tightly

• crossing your legs so a cat can curl up in your lap
• seeing something beautiful and gesturing for the nearest stranger to come look
• rolling over a log to see the bugs on the underside
• picking up a good stick and swishing it around to hear the Stick Noise

• everything to do with making a fire outdoors
• poking at things and creatures on a shore
• putting a particularly nice fruit where everyone can see it

• Turning dirt over and planting seeds
• saying “cows” when you see some cows while driving, and doing the like with Horses, Sheep, Deer etc.
• Going out of your way to get close to the edge of any body of water to see if there are fish in it.
• Thump side of dog like bongo drums
• Breaking a stick or stick-like object (spaghetti, straw hay, etc.) in half anf half again and half again and so on.
• Pulling up a handful of grass and dumping it on your friend.

• bringing a soup bowl up to your lips and slurping

• curling in a ball to sleep

• tilting your face up in the shower so the water falls right on it

• picking up the colorful shells and keeping them or at least carrying them around for a while even if you drop then again later

• doing the same thing with colorful rocks

• rubbing a dogs face with both hands, one on each side, while you say “who’s a good dog?” Over and over

• dipping your head back in whatever body of water your are in so that your hair gets wet

(via heatherannchristie)

manhattan-gamestop:

Does anyone else desperately need instructions to function but also hates being told what to do

(via bob-belcher)

quotemadness:

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

— Buddha 

fivewrites:

I think the people who say “You don’t need to be critical of every piece of media you consume” fundamentally misunderstand what we mean by “critical”.

When we say “be critical of the media you consume” we don’t mean “be negative” as in, find every flaw and pick it apart CinemaSins style.

We mean “examine it”. Like, look at what you are consuming, and in many cases, enjoying, and ask yourself why you are enjoying it. Ask yourself who made it. Ask yourself if you are the target audience. Ask yourself if you are being represented by the characters you see. Ask yourself if the author has biases or political leanings they are trying to include in the story.

Just, ask yourself questions. The answers don’t have to be negative. That’s not what being critical means.

(via intensional)

snorlaxatives:

i think cyclists are so funny with their little outfits and their little sunglasses and the way they travel in packs like the anchovies from spongebob 

(via intensional)

remanence-of-love:

(via remanence-of-love)

writing-prompt-s:

“Well, my boy, they got it backwards,” he said while handing you a book. “Heaven is where sinners go to be punished eternally by being forced to be good, and Hell is the hedonistic paradise reward for good folks.”