I hear other adults who also suffered as kids talk about how we want to be the person we needed when we were young. And it is beginning to dawn on me that on the other side of that choice are the people who needed someone, didn’t have that person, and instead of choosing to be that person when they grew up, they chose to perpetuate cruelty and selfishness.
And they act like they are tough and strong and powerful because they don’t let anything get to them … but that’s all a lie they tell themselves.
The truth is, they’re weak and afraid.And when they can’t sleep at night, they know it. And the scariest thing in their reality, the thing they will run from their entire lives, is that they will be found out and exposed.
It takes courage and strength, vulnerability and dedication to be the person you needed, because when you are that person for someone else, part of you remembers and relives that you never had that. The people who choose indifference or cruelty aren’t strong or courageous enough to allow themselves to feel that pain all over again, so they just inflict it on others. They know they’re weak, they know that beneath the mask they are afraid. So all they have is cruelty, which is honestly the easiest thing in the world. It’s the path of least resistance for the people of least courage.
Being cruel is so boring. It’s lazy. Anyone can be cruel. It takes real hard work to be kind.
Make the choice to be the person you needed, and commit to doing the work. Practice it, and break the cycle.
Cruelty is the path of least resistance for the people of least courage.
I want that engraved on my ribs. Facing in. So my heart does not forget.
the ones with the ** are STILL desktop only for some reason???? that’s weird! that’s over half the available themes!! the halloween ones are genuinely really cute, too!!! im so sorry to mobile-only users yall have been robbed :(
reblog with your answer in the tags (or dont idc im not your dad)
every single terf blog on here is like “walked into a tranny at the grocery store today and because im am empath i could tell everyone was thinking the exact same horrific shit i am right now. none of my friends want to associate with me any more. how can i stop being miserable without stopping being a bigot, that’s non negotiable”
we are the daughters of the witches you couldn’t burn yes i love my white pan-european fertility goddess here’s a milquetoast quote from a feminist from the 70s and also here’s outright fascist propaganda but it’s fine because at least me and pogromfan1488 both hate the TRAs
saw some tiktoks making fun of girls who want to wear revealing clothes in public while in a relationship and I just want to say if you love her and she loves you why do you care. “what if another guy tries to get intimate with her” just kill him? what happened to chivalry
The only way this live-action adaption of mha will be acceptable to me is if Izuku runs around calling Kacchan ‘Pookie Bear’ since that’s pretty much the American equivalent of 'Kacchan’
She/her, 24. My whole life basically revolves around fandoms and science. I like bands, space, Pokémon, and NASA way too much. I’m in dental school now and can’t ever seem to remember to log in rip. Feel free to ask me to tag stuff!
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