Plant diversity is important, and human diversity is too! 🌱 I’m glad we’re all different, and I hope all those differences are accepted and celebrated.
After a year of watching CR, the cast’s panels and the Between the Sheets interviews… I think I can safely say that the most important lesson I’ve learned from them is how life-changing it can be to surround yourself with good people.
Surround yourself with people who are open and vocal about how much they love and admire you, who call themselves your biggest fan and who are there to support you through your path to greatness.
Surround yourself with people who enjoy their own interests unapologetically, who genuinely seek for the things that will make them happy and who are not restrained by what people will think of them.
Surround yourself with people who aren’t afraid to show affection through words or physical gestures, who are shamelessly in love with their special other and who see that their love is a sign of strength, not weakness.
Surround yourself with people with healing energy, people who will listen to you attentively, who will offer a helping hand when the world is falling down around you, who will try their best to understand your struggles.
Surround yourself with people that are loud, who aren’t afraid to exist brightly and colorfully, who laugh and cry and have fun and feel with every fiber of their being.
Most importantly, though, be that kind of person. Put positive energy into the world and you will find it coming back to you. This group of nerds is just a taste of what unapologetic genuine shameless love can accomplish. And I feel grateful every day for the reminder that there’s someone out there who, when you least expect it, will show up and love you and make life a thousand times better.
I struggle SO much with feeling behind. Behind on work, on chores, on goals in my personal life. But in reality, I’m comparing myself to unrealistic standards, and I should feel good about the progress I’m making, not constantly worrying about what I haven’t done yet! The idea that life is a race with a finish line just isn’t true. Life is a constant journey, and we’ll all find the right pace and place that works for us.
I just finished binge-watching ATLA and I’m already wishing I could watch it all over again for the first time ahah. Zuko’s journey especially was so satisfying, and I had to try drawing him.
People need to stop burying their heads in the sand and acting like there’s not been a huge problem at that network (on multiple inclusion fronts but this is just one).
Kudos to actors (and fans) who try to fight for better LGBTQ rep. Even in the face of constant phobia and attack from peers, other viewers and more.
