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#InternationalWomensDay
#March8
Not a ladybird which might have been a slightly more appropriate "supermodel" for International Women's Day because of its name, but an equally pretty Cryptocephalus bipunctatus. The whole supermodel thing is a relic of the past anyway, but unfortunately, we still haven't freed ourselves from questionable beauty "ideals" that often come across as beauty dictates. Social media and "influencers" don't make it any easier, especially not for the younger generation that is exposed (and exposes itself) to what one might call the "daily dose of beauty brainwash", recently taken to the next level with the all-new "beauty filters".
In Berlin (and in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, one of Germany's Northern federal states), March 8 is an official holiday, but not (yet?) in the other 14 of our 16 federal states. So this Wednesday – where all shops, schools, etc. are closed (and the weather is too ghastly to go outside – winter made a snowy-wet, cold reappearance) – feels like a very quiet, lazy Sunday, and I have too much time for writing rants instead of simply letting you enjoy this adorable, brightly orange beetle, a member of the so-called "Fallkäfer" (Cryptocephalinae) subfamily of the leaf beetle family. The name "Fallkäfer" (a beetle that falls or drops) derives from their distinctive habit of dropping abruptly when disturbed. This image also is a true oldie, I've taken it back in June 2017 at the beautiful public park Britzer Garten. The focus is ever so slightly off and more on the plant than on the beetle itself, but I think it's still sharp enough in general.
Wishing all of my female Flickr friends a Happy International Women's Day!
“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.”
— Albert Einstein
"Para evolucionar...
El otro no existe para complacerte o para desagradarte. El otro existe para enseñarte.
Nadie es culpable de lo que sientes. Tú eres quien opta por los sentimientos que tienes ahora mismo. Solo tú.
El arte de vivir sin expectativas, pero con perspectiva es la clave para no frustrarte.
Cura en ti mismo la adicción a la necesidad de aprobación del otro. Solo así podrás disfrutar de la audacia y la confianza natural de tu espíritu, tu esencia.
No tienes control de nada externo, no importa cuánto creas que haces. Libérate de la necesidad de controlar, solo entonces tendrás dominio sobre ti mismo y tu vida (auto control).
No te alejes de ti para intentar 'encajar' en el estrecho espacio del pensamiento que el otro tiene hacia ti. Eso no funcionará. Cuando te cancelas para complacer a alguien, tu Luz se apaga.
No creas lo que te digan los demás, por muy romántico y poético que sea. Lo que importa son las actitudes y actos y no las palabras.
Abandona el orgullo y la ilusión de creer que todo será como quieres, deseas o necesitas. Aprende a fluir con la vida, abrazando tu humildad y flexibilidad.
Todo es fugaz. De cerca la vida es una tragedia, de lejos es una comedia. En un rato te reirás de todos los dramas que has creado. Porque todo pasa.
Eres responsable de todo lo que sucede en tu vida. Tus pensamientos y sentimientos predominantes darán forma a tu realidad, te guste o no. Entonces, si quieres cambiar tu realidad, cambia tus pensamientos y sentimientos.
Vive con sencillez y más realidad. Solo entonces, quién eres realmente, emergerá. Esto te hará auténtico y transparente.
La felicidad es una tarea interior. Ríete más y no te tomes todo tan en serio. Después de todo, la esencia de la vida es descubrir y disfrutar de esta maravillosa aventura llamada evolución."
Créditos: Energía Sanadora
🎸 Black Veil Brides - In The End: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0EQlIzPowM
*Foto de archivo*
ʚ♥ɞ Eres tu propia flor, riégate, háblate bonito y florece. ʚ♥ɞ
❀ You are your own flower, water yourself, speak beautifully and bloom. ❀
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Picture taken in Naturally Naughty Studio: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Coast%20of%20Passion/162/2...
“Ne regrette jamais d’être qui tu es. Chaque détail de toi est un miracle.” – Émile Zola –
Love this song!🎼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yNEohtQSW8
Lingerie from Glitzz Store 💋
📷 Taken in Sunny´s Photo Studio with "Partition Set" pose:
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Lingerie from Glitzz Store 💋
🍷: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP6tQ7OEFlY
📷 Taken in Sunny´s Photo Studio with "Partition Set" pose:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunny%20Photo%20Studio/128...
“Nadie se ilumina fantaseando figuras de luz, sino haciendo consciente su oscuridad.” - Carl Jung.
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“Shadow work is the path of the heart warrior.” - Carl Jung.
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🔉Carl Jung on Accepting the Darkness of Self and Others: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvgmyaSTosg
📷 Taken in Sunny´s Photo Studio with "What is shame" pose:
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"Sanar es tan difícil porque es una batalla constante entre tu niño interior que tiene miedo y sólo quiere seguridad, tu adolescente interior que está enojado y sólo quiere justicia y tu yo adulto, que está cansado y sólo quiere paz.
Sé amable contigo mismo."
- Bayek de Siwa -
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💛 Be strong. Be brave. Be yourself. 💛
Happy weekend to everyone!
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🌠 One of my favourite singers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLm8gfCHakQ
🎶"Ámate hasta morir
Así como te gusta a ti
Olvídate de los que apuntan con el dedo
Olvida a los que no te han comprendido
Y ponte ese vestido
Aunque te digan: Te sienta fatal
No hace falta que te diga siempre
Para bailar no existe nunca edad
Y sí, vuélvete a preguntar
Cómo te sientes de verdad
Tu confía sin temor en tu instinto
Hoy el futuro es un espejismo
El para siempre nunca lo dirás
Porque no existe un amor tan total
Y si tropiezas te levantas siempre
Porque al final tú fuiste la más fuerte
¿No crees?
Que la vida es así
Aunque nos abra heridas es espléndida al fin
Superaste los miles de obstáculos y tú
Vas batiendo los récords mundiales
Aunque nadie en la meta te aguarde
Espléndida, sí, espléndida
Espléndida melancolía
Espléndida con la mentira
Que te tiene prisionera lamentando
Atrapada una fotografía
Espléndida contra esa luna
Que te ha robado media juventud
Espléndida la locura
De comenzar y de gritar: ¡Adiós, adiós!
Y la vida es así
Aunque nos abra heridas es espléndida al fin
Superaste los miles de obstáculos y tú
Vas batiendo los récords mundiales
Aunque no, nunca es fácil, combate
Algunas veces creíste morirte
Y qué fácil es siempre mentirse
Mientras llueve, tú te sientes sola
Si la vida es así
Y la quiero de todas las formas sentir
Aún temblando yo nunca me rendiré
Yo prefiero cantarle
Aunque al fondo la orquesta se pare
La la la la
La la la la, la vida espléndida" 🎶
*Foto de archivo, una de mis favoritas*
it's a cozy blanket and tea kind of day where i'm noting random thoughts in between reading the multi-language manual of my new instax mini and admiring the flare these instax prints can catch.
happy friday!
I know I shouldn't have, but I opened up my old food diary just to have a peek, and as soon as I'd seen that tiny, spidery handwriting carefully documenting each grape, each 1/2 spoonful of mustard, my memory went into that terrible, dark overdrive.
It's still really hard, you know. Life is becoming wonderful, but there's a strange sort of nostalgia that comes with recovery from an eating disorder. It was so simple.
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No. 5 on explore.
took this shot while on red light...i'm not really having a bad day! :)
just the day...was cloudy.... :)
Listening to:
You revisit old wounds for the same reason
birds will come back to the places
their nests have been destroyed
The mind walks into the same room
because it wants to know how to fix
those floorboards, paint the walls,
turn this into a more habitable place
if it tries something different from the last time.
This is survival.
This is learning how to live through pain
once the skeletons have decided to walk out
of the closet and refuse to go back in again.
Call it the worst story you have ever owned,
a car crash within your bones
that you cannot stop staring at.
But the only way to understand pain
is to look at it and feel it
without turning away.
There is no shame in this.
Eventually, it will scab over and heal.
― Nikita Gill.
Poem: When You Hate Yourself For Revisiting Old Wounds
Shadows of my past
Made it to the end
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Final Curve
When you turn the corner
And you run into yourself
Then you know that you have turned
― Langston Hughes
* “We need our worlds. We need our first worlds around us to even grasp the larger world, not to mention the stars.” Mary Oliver
Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? Mary Oliver
Tell that to someone today.
There are people who need to hear this.
I'm thinking of getting a tumblr.
But I'm not sure.
Oh, and I saw the movie 500 Days of Summer today.
It is officially my absolute FAVORITE movie.
You really must watch it. I'm serious.
amazing acts of kindness, love and extreme generosity have been coming my way as of late. flickr friends + postal service = massive unfettered joy!
thank you. thank you. thank you.
12 x 12 x .5” mixed media on board
for upcoming show at Nemo Design in Portland.
The show opens June 5th, runs through June 26th.
i hear they throw good parties, if you in the area, drop by for the opening
sharing some teacup love on my site...
a tribute to my sweet Auntie Marg who left her enormous teacup collection to my family...
kimklassencafe.com
xxo, Kim
The story behind the mural and the artist, Matthew Hoffman www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150206/andersonville/you-are-be...
For the "I Am Beautiful Project" by "Amy Spanos".
You are all beautiful. :D
You are beautiful, no matter what they say.