Thoughts on self-love.
Self-love is not passing everything you receive onto others. Self-love is keeping what you require for yourself. Generosity is giving from the overflow.
Self-neglect is giving what you have not already eaten of yourself. Be it an experience, an idea, a feeling, a thought, an insight, a knowledge, an understanding.
First eat and eat your fill, eat thoroughly before trying to pass it on to others. Otherwise your cup will soon run dry and you will become a specter, giving only in the desperate hope of receiving something in return because you are so empty, lost and bereft that your soul will die groveling for the very thing you just tossed on like it was nothing of value – not a treasure to behold, but a trinket to be traded.
#selflove #selfcare #selfneglect #reflections #contemplation #kateausten #lost #oceanic815 #oceanicflight815 #flight815
“Even the stars sometimes fade to gray,
Even the stars hideaway.” #TheWeepies
Today my spirit band would be The Weepies.
What about you?
Pink plates: @EarthandElement
Watercolour bird: Katerina Turk
Sneaking Back Into Work: @earthandelement
Boy: mydiycrafts.blogspot.com
Tea cups: LeslieFillesDuJardin.blogspot.com
Spoons: @murava_ceramics
Sewn Scribbles: Leila Montero
“Even the stars sometimes fade to gray,
Even the stars hideaway.” #TheWeepies
Today my spirit band would be The Weepies.
What about you?
Pink plates: @EarthandElement
Watercolour bird: Katerina Turk
Sneaking Back Into Work: @earthandelement
Boy: mydiycrafts.blogspot.com
Tea cups: LeslieFillesDuJardin.blogspot.com
Spoons: @murava_ceramics
Sewn Scribbles: Leila Montero
“Even the stars sometimes fade to gray,
Even the stars hideaway.” #TheWeepies
Today my spirit band would be The Weepies.
What about you?
Pink plates: @EarthandElement
Watercolour bird: Katerina Turk
Sneaking Back Into Work: @earthandelement
Boy: mydiycrafts.blogspot.com
Tea cups: LeslieFillesDuJardin.blogspot.com
Spoons: @murava_ceramics
Sewn Scribbles: Leila Montero
“Even the stars sometimes fade to gray,
Even the stars hideaway.” #TheWeepies
Today my spirit band would be The Weepies.
What about you?
Pink plates: @EarthandElement
Watercolour bird: Katerina Turk
Sneaking Back Into Work: @earthandelement
Boy: mydiycrafts.blogspot.com
Tea cups: LeslieFillesDuJardin.blogspot.com
Spoons: @murava_ceramics
Sewn Scribbles: Leila Montero
“Even the stars sometimes fade to gray,
Even the stars hideaway.” #TheWeepies
Today my spirit band would be The Weepies.
What about you?
Pink plates: @EarthandElement
Watercolour bird: Katerina Turk
Sneaking Back Into Work: @earthandelement
Boy: mydiycrafts.blogspot.com
Tea cups: LeslieFillesDuJardin.blogspot.com
Spoons: @murava_ceramics
Sewn Scribbles: Leila Montero
“Even the stars sometimes fade to gray,
Even the stars hideaway.” #TheWeepies
Today my spirit band would be The Weepies.
What about you?
Pink plates: @EarthandElement
Watercolour bird: Katerina Turk
Sneaking Back Into Work: @earthandelement
Boy: mydiycrafts.blogspot.com
Tea cups: LeslieFillesDuJardin.blogspot.com
Spoons: @murava_ceramics
Sewn Scribbles: Leila Montero
“Even the stars sometimes fade to gray,
Even the stars hideaway.” #TheWeepies
Today my spirit band would be The Weepies.
What about you?
Pink plates: @EarthandElement
Watercolour bird: Katerina Turk
Sneaking Back Into Work: @earthandelement
Boy: mydiycrafts.blogspot.com
Tea cups: LeslieFillesDuJardin.blogspot.com
Spoons: @murava_ceramics
Sewn Scribbles: Leila Montero
“Even the stars sometimes fade to gray,
Even the stars hideaway.” #TheWeepies
Today my spirit band would be The Weepies.
What about you?
Pink plates: @EarthandElement
Watercolour bird: Katerina Turk
Sneaking Back Into Work: @earthandelement
Boy: mydiycrafts.blogspot.com
Tea cups: LeslieFillesDuJardin.blogspot.com
Spoons: @murava_ceramics
Sewn Scribbles: Leila Montero
“Even the stars sometimes fade to gray,
Even the stars hideaway.” #TheWeepies
Today my spirit band would be The Weepies.
What about you?
Pink plates: @EarthandElement
Watercolour bird: Katerina Turk
Sneaking Back Into Work: @earthandelement
Boy: mydiycrafts.blogspot.com
Tea cups: LeslieFillesDuJardin.blogspot.com
Spoons: @murava_ceramics
Sewn Scribbles: Leila Montero
“Even the stars sometimes fade to gray,
Even the stars hideaway.” #TheWeepies
Today my spirit band would be The Weepies.
What about you?
Pink plates: @EarthandElement
Watercolour bird: Katerina Turk
Sneaking Back Into Work: @earthandelement
Boy: mydiycrafts.blogspot.com
Tea cups: LeslieFillesDuJardin.blogspot.com
Spoons: @murava_ceramics
Sewn Scribbles: Leila Montero
For every person in the world who is not free,
I will live as free as I can be.
For every soul in existence who does not have a body,
I will be entirely me.
For every lonely wanderer,
I will treasure home.
For everyone without a friend,
I will cherish my own. – EL
#thoughts #poetry #freedom #love #friendship #homesweethome
I suspect that most of us don’t make choices based on how things are, but based more on how we want them to be.
What do you think?
#choices #contemplation #philosophy #thoughtoftheday
Catch the Compliments
I have seen a hundred compliments
launched lovingly in your direction
that you swatted away like flies in summer
and I have seen too
a handful of hurtful words
fired at your fortifications
which you immediately allowed through
picked up with both hands
made a home for in your heart
and kept for all time
then on days when your heart is sore
you reach for those dark words that hurt
and press them till they hurt more
and the compliments?
they floated away on the breeze
never to be seen again
my friend, I wish, from this day on
that you begin to catch those compliments
shine them to display on a shelf,
in full view
and chase those harmful words from your door
never to be seen again
and so, to begin your collection
you are warm, unique, loving and kind
the world is so much better with you in it
I hope this launches a hundred more.
Poem by @donnaashworthwords
Thank you, Donna. I need this counsel over, and over, and over.🪻
#poetry #selfworth #selfcare
I just left Los Angeles. In my 20 years as an actress, I have so rarely been in LA. The odd time that I am (once every year or two) I am always struck by the intensity of the energy in that city…a frenetic buzz hangs in the air. It can be difficult to settle my heart, mind, body and soul. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to stay grounded, and centered, and in flow if I lived there. And whenever I am in LA, I am also always struck by how beauty can be found everywhere.
I am a country girl. I love the forest and the mountains, trees and streams, brooks and bugs. But, even when in this city, as long as I can feel living things around me, my soul can find peace. 🌱
#LA #losangeles #succulents #greenery #plants #nature #city #peace #mentalhealth
I just left Los Angeles. In my 20 years as an actress, I have so rarely been in LA. The odd time that I am (once every year or two) I am always struck by the intensity of the energy in that city…a frenetic buzz hangs in the air. It can be difficult to settle my heart, mind, body and soul. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to stay grounded, and centered, and in flow if I lived there. And whenever I am in LA, I am also always struck by how beauty can be found everywhere.
I am a country girl. I love the forest and the mountains, trees and streams, brooks and bugs. But, even when in this city, as long as I can feel living things around me, my soul can find peace. 🌱
#LA #losangeles #succulents #greenery #plants #nature #city #peace #mentalhealth
I just left Los Angeles. In my 20 years as an actress, I have so rarely been in LA. The odd time that I am (once every year or two) I am always struck by the intensity of the energy in that city…a frenetic buzz hangs in the air. It can be difficult to settle my heart, mind, body and soul. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to stay grounded, and centered, and in flow if I lived there. And whenever I am in LA, I am also always struck by how beauty can be found everywhere.
I am a country girl. I love the forest and the mountains, trees and streams, brooks and bugs. But, even when in this city, as long as I can feel living things around me, my soul can find peace. 🌱
#LA #losangeles #succulents #greenery #plants #nature #city #peace #mentalhealth
I just left Los Angeles. In my 20 years as an actress, I have so rarely been in LA. The odd time that I am (once every year or two) I am always struck by the intensity of the energy in that city…a frenetic buzz hangs in the air. It can be difficult to settle my heart, mind, body and soul. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to stay grounded, and centered, and in flow if I lived there. And whenever I am in LA, I am also always struck by how beauty can be found everywhere.
I am a country girl. I love the forest and the mountains, trees and streams, brooks and bugs. But, even when in this city, as long as I can feel living things around me, my soul can find peace. 🌱
#LA #losangeles #succulents #greenery #plants #nature #city #peace #mentalhealth
I just left Los Angeles. In my 20 years as an actress, I have so rarely been in LA. The odd time that I am (once every year or two) I am always struck by the intensity of the energy in that city…a frenetic buzz hangs in the air. It can be difficult to settle my heart, mind, body and soul. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to stay grounded, and centered, and in flow if I lived there. And whenever I am in LA, I am also always struck by how beauty can be found everywhere.
I am a country girl. I love the forest and the mountains, trees and streams, brooks and bugs. But, even when in this city, as long as I can feel living things around me, my soul can find peace. 🌱
#LA #losangeles #succulents #greenery #plants #nature #city #peace #mentalhealth
I just left Los Angeles. In my 20 years as an actress, I have so rarely been in LA. The odd time that I am (once every year or two) I am always struck by the intensity of the energy in that city…a frenetic buzz hangs in the air. It can be difficult to settle my heart, mind, body and soul. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to stay grounded, and centered, and in flow if I lived there. And whenever I am in LA, I am also always struck by how beauty can be found everywhere.
I am a country girl. I love the forest and the mountains, trees and streams, brooks and bugs. But, even when in this city, as long as I can feel living things around me, my soul can find peace. 🌱
#LA #losangeles #succulents #greenery #plants #nature #city #peace #mentalhealth
I just left Los Angeles. In my 20 years as an actress, I have so rarely been in LA. The odd time that I am (once every year or two) I am always struck by the intensity of the energy in that city…a frenetic buzz hangs in the air. It can be difficult to settle my heart, mind, body and soul. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to stay grounded, and centered, and in flow if I lived there. And whenever I am in LA, I am also always struck by how beauty can be found everywhere.
I am a country girl. I love the forest and the mountains, trees and streams, brooks and bugs. But, even when in this city, as long as I can feel living things around me, my soul can find peace. 🌱
#LA #losangeles #succulents #greenery #plants #nature #city #peace #mentalhealth
I just left Los Angeles. In my 20 years as an actress, I have so rarely been in LA. The odd time that I am (once every year or two) I am always struck by the intensity of the energy in that city…a frenetic buzz hangs in the air. It can be difficult to settle my heart, mind, body and soul. I can’t imagine how difficult it would be to stay grounded, and centered, and in flow if I lived there. And whenever I am in LA, I am also always struck by how beauty can be found everywhere.
I am a country girl. I love the forest and the mountains, trees and streams, brooks and bugs. But, even when in this city, as long as I can feel living things around me, my soul can find peace. 🌱
#LA #losangeles #succulents #greenery #plants #nature #city #peace #mentalhealth
For every person in the world who is not free,
I will live as free as I can be.
For every soul in existence who does not have a body,
I will be entirely me.
For every lonely wanderer,
I will treasure home.
For everyone without a friend,
I will cherish my own. ~EL
Photography by (in order):
Roberto De Mitri
De Salva
Ripassa Doman
Daniela Gilda
John Batho
Gary Isaac
Kate Kelleher
Didem Madak
(Unknown)
Antonio Palmerini
#thoughts #poetry #love #freedom #friendship #home #darkness
“We all grew up building walls to keep ourselves safe. But when they crumble, it’s a challenge to determine which parts are genuinely us, and which were put up just for our protection. It’s a journey of sifting through the fragments to find our true selves.”
This is a repost from digital artist @thenextmostfamousartist
🤎🩵❤️
And the song was recently sent to me from one of my close friends in Rwanda. 💚💛💙
Introspection really can be a group effort. These words…they strike me to the core. YES. Exactly.
#introspection #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
