Thread by @visakanv

I haven’t slept all night so I’m slightly deranged and I feel like I have a bit more yelling energy left in the tank so here are some bleary-eyed, fuck-if-its-uncouth tweets. Insert your own caveats or ignore. Fuck it I don’t care:

if you don’t like something about your life you can (often) change it

if you can’t easily change the thing itself overnight, you can “work the problem”. prison breaks are possible, you just have to do the planning, study the guards movements, etc

genuine self-respect is the most powerful thing. you can’t fake it. people can tell when you have it, and they can also tell when you don’t have it

you might fool some of the people some of the time but please don’t play that game. This is your *life*

if you don’t have it, you can earn it in baby steps. you don’t have to slay the dragon on day one. maybe drink some water and throw out the trash. then write down what the next self-respecting step would be, and follow up on that

be kind. to yourself, to others. be kind. take no shit. but be kind. It’s worth it I promise. Cruelty leaks. You might think you have some villain in your life that is deserving of cruelty, but cruelty is a corrosive thing that eats you from the inside

blame is not a useful concept. there is no point looking for someone to blame. everyone is to blame. nobody is to blame. both can be true. it doesn’t matter. the question is what are you going to do to make things better? for yourself and the people/places u care about

your past mistakes and failings etc are things you can learn from. they can become valuable gifts and assets if you frame them properly

none of us has to go it alone

reach out to an old friend

the cure to the loneliness that disfigures our species is inside each and every one of us

persist
don’t give up
get it wrong a thousand times
keep learning
keep growing
you can become stronger, smarter, more sensitive, more powerful
support others & let them support you back
live your life like a mighty river
have a passionate affair with amazement
delight in it all

your purest joy, the spirited communion of your kin, the good vibrations of deep belly laughter, is the highest law

we were born crying we should die laughing

cheers and goodnight I love u all