I want to be kind despite everything.
>>84277892foolish ambition
The part of you that speaks from the place of needing to say "despite" is where you can find more kindness.This world is full of light, beauty, and justice; choose to act in service of it.
do you want me to wear a fucking suit it's a bar
>>84277973Of course the vapid teenage avatarfag/adjacent has an edgy "Giving up on everything is the same as nihilism" take. Sigh.Such a dark
>>84277892only be kind to people that deserve it
The world is full of suffering, depravity, and violence. Better to reject it entirely.
>>84277973>foolish ambitionshush, you...>>84277977>The part of you that speaks from the place of needing to say "despite" is where you can find more kindness.You are correct.>This world is full of light, beauty, and justice; choose to act in service of it.It is; I try.>>84277980Go in the nude
>>84277984I do feel that way, though. They're not saying anything to me I wouldn't understand. Also, they're quoting Elden Ring.>>84277987Hard to determine who "deserves" anything. Maybe the person who's a total asshole just needs someone to be kind to them consistently and they can turn around. Maybe not. I have hope.>>84277997That is true. It is full of those things and I have been a victim to those things. There is still goodness even if it only resides within you.
>>84277892I'd like to tell you that its entirely possible. Continue to have a beautiful soul.
>>84277892how about now?*squishes your arm flab in front of the whole board*
>>84278013>Maybe the person who's a total asshole just needs someone to be kind to them consistently and they can turn aroundNo no NO. You're setting yourself to be drained of joy by assholes
>>84278020For now. Tomorrow may not be the case.>>84278023Got me again, Flash>>84278044I think back on a guy I used to know who killed himself. I still have guilt over it because I saw how messed up he was one day and he killed himself the next. I tried talking with him that day but he was fighting demons, you know? I could see it. I was only a teenager then but I wish I'd done more.
>>84277892good, choose kindness whenever applicablebe careful not to make a fool of yourself though, for sometimes, punishment is also an act of kindnessbe fair, as i firmly believe fairness is intrinsically linked to kindnesshere's to your success and glory, frentake good care of yourself
>>84278078I struggle maintaining my peace witnessing the injustices of this world perpetuated against myself and others.
>>84278094there isn't much we can do about the world at large, anonpart of growing up is accepting your own powerlessness, but also accepting your own ability to influence others; by ourselves we can only do so much, but maybe our actions can inspire others to be better, and in turn make the world a better placethe injustices will happen and on our own we can't really stop thembut maybe, just maybe, by helping remedy them, we can inspire others to do the samedo what you can, anondon't beat yourself up over coulda woulda shoulda, after all, you could've chosen not to do shit
>>84277892nice sentiment but it gets you hurt if you're not careful/assertive
>>84278123I had to grow up when I was young and faced with tremendous injustices. I don't think there's any growing out of that, especially with things from your formative years clogging your headspace, especially one unmedicated and without therapy."We can be heroes, just for one day." Bowie with the - that one day is your entire life and - should always strive to be a "hero."But I am savior as I am satan, just like everybody else, heart's laden with good intentions still get heavy.I'm hoping to get out of all of this very soon. Taking steps to actually get help for a change rather than muddling through.
>>84278176I'm already hurt. People can't hurt me anymore, only what's in my head.
>>84278183>especially with things from your formative years clogging your headspace, especially one unmedicated and without therapy.the first step is always acknowledgmentyou seem like you're already on the right track there anon, for better or worse, so keep it goingat least, i hope you can do better upon it, i'm not sure what injustice befell you and i don't think i should know (not my place to), but we're an adaptive kind, so... yeah, here's hoping>heart's laden with good intentions still get heavy.balance is key, frenall i'll tell you about it is that it's all up to where you direct that energythe good and the bad should both be present in you, and your judgment should tell you which gets channeled where>Taking steps to actually get help for a change rather than muddling through.i wish i could do more than just hope, lolbut that's great to hear, as i said, you're on the right track hereremember to persevere, failures are but bumps on the road so, even if it takes your whole life, keep trying to improvei firmly believe in you, anon
>>84278230I can acknowledge these things but still regress to an snarling animal under the right circumstances, which are not difficult to meet.Thinking being adaptable isn't always a good thing. Like how animals hide pain. This creature has adapted to the crushing darkness and whatnot but the crushing darkness is still there and the pressure only builds.>the good and the bad should both be present in you, and your judgment should tell you which gets channeled where You're right. This is something I do more as I reach unc status.Appreciate you, anonbro.
>>84277892/ I want to be held because, not despite // I want to be loved for my crooked bite /Being kind is futile when everyone is cruelI wanted to be kind oncethen I justgave up :3
>>84278282You are kind to me. I like your words.Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil. For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters.
>>84277892do you have any more pictures like this?
>>84278323/ for even the old whales // left land for the water /erm anyways I am quite literally the lowest of humans. Like 2 people here can attest! anyways I'm going to go mourn my lost life. keep poetry posting man.
>>84278361Yes, indeed. I have a lot but my folders are very disorganized.
>>84278393>Like 2 people here can attest!Opinions change just as people do. We are animals, afraid of the dark.If you would like to read the full poem I plucked that excerpt from, it's here: https://poets.org/poem/good-and-evil
>>84278415Thanks manmakes it a little less lonely sucking up to strangers Here is an old favorite of mine
>>84278520I used to compile a bunch of poetry with an old friend of mine. If I still had my dusty old Chromebook I'd boot it up and send you some from there."A Prayer" - EhrmannLet me do my work each day; and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me, may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times.May I still remember the bright hours that found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood, or dreaming on the margin of a quiet river, when a light glowed within me, and I promised my early God to have courage amid the tempests of the changing years.Spare me from bitterness and from the sharp passions of unguarded moments. May I not forget that poverty and riches are of the spirit. Though the world knows me not, may my thoughts and actions be such as shall keep me friendly with myself.Lift up my eyes from the earth, and let me not forget the uses of the stars. Forbid that I should judge others lest I condemn myself. Let me not follow the clamor of the world, but walk calmly in my path.Give me a few friends who will love me for what I am; and keep ever burning before my vagrant steps the kindly light of hope.And though age and infirmity overtake me, and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams, teach me still to be thankful for life, and for time's olden memories that are good and sweet; and may the evening's twilight find me gentle still.
>>84278520"The Art of Embracing Loneliness" - HanhLoneliness is the ill-being of our time. We feel very lonely, even if we are surrounded by many people. We are lonely together. There is a vacuum inside of us, where you do not feel comfortable. We try to fill the vacuum by connecting with other people.We believe that when you can connect with other people, the feeling of loneliness will disappear. And technology supplies us with a lot of devices in order to connect."Stay connected." We always stay connected, but we continue to feel lonely. We check our email several times a day, we send emails several times a day, we post messages; we want to share and we want to receive. We are busy during the day in order to 'connect' - but that does not help reduce the amount of loneliness within us.This is what is happening in the present moment in our modern civilization. Our relationship is not good. We are not in a good relationship with our partner, with our brother, with our sister, with our parents, with our society. We feel very lonely. And we have tried to use technologies in order to dissipate that feeling of loneliness, but we have not succeeded.
>>84277892it's nice to see a fellow kind soul here. (((hugs)))
>>84278606You just caught me on a good day after Pluto's transit.
>>84277973One time I was at BJJ and I was talking shit to my friend. I was about to submit him and said "Put these foolish ambitions to rest." He didn't get it but I thought it was funny
>>84277892a sisyphean effort but its one you will not regret a second of it
>>84279755Eh, I'm already falling off. It probably won't be long until I'm hurling racial slurs and telling people to kill themselves again. But I'm going to enjoy the brief bit of clarity and the "real" me I have while it lasts.
being kind is a nice, but very ungrateful endeavor
>>84279856I just want to feel intense emotions intensely, good or bad. I don't feel things like I used to and I'm chasing the emo dragon.
>>84277977>This world is full of... justiceyou're full of... shit
>>84279877It's the thought that counts, innit? They might not be describing institutional justice but rather, street justice. We don't know. And even so "justice" as a concept is tenable, because, what is just? Anyone can argue that a mother had to steal bread to feed her children, or a repeat violent offender is only that way because someone beat him until he was little more than a violent brain damaged zombie.
>>84277892I might be gay and I'm not sure how to cope
>>84279877Yeah justice is a fucking lie. You have to be the one to bring the justice
>>84277892I want to be a martyr despite the fact I'm a evil miserable piece of shit.I just wish no one else should experience the same mental anguish I do.
>>84280532What's there to cope about? Just be gay if it makes you happy. As long as you don't act gross I couldn't personally be offended.>>84280592That's understandable. I doubt you're evil though. Probably just mentally ill and dealing with stuff you can't even see yourself sometimes. You've made mistakes you regret, so you call yourself an evil piece of shit? It just means there is more for you to rectify with your higher self.I definitely relate to that second one. The inside of my head can be loud as hell. Sorry you're going through it.
>>84277892I have no idea what that creature on the right is but I want to have sex with it
>>84280825Congratulations you're a furry
