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Sep. 7th, 2019
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ailithnight:
I have never seen this concept so perfectly and eloquently articulated.
You cannot serve from an empty vessel.
theactualcluegirl:
In the event of a sudden pressure change, put on your own oxygen mask before helping a companion with theirs if needed.
sandersstudies:
When your friends are hungry, you cannot serve them from an empty breadbasket, no matter how good your intentions. When they’re thirsty, you cannot serve them from an empty pitcher, no matter the effort you put in.
We have to stock ourselves with good things before we are able to give them away, and if we are too exhausted to make bread, we must rest before we can make it to serve our friends. If we are too hungry to serve, we must eat some bread ourselves first.
It’s a metaphor for emotional exhaustion. When we wear ourselves down it makes it difficult or impossible to help the people around us, and all the effort and good intentions in the world can’t make up for the fact that our vessels are empty. It’s hard to not want to serve when our friends are in trouble, but trying to serve from an empty vessel often leaves both of you floundering.
On the contrary, when we care for ourselves and are kind to our body and mind, we are full vessels, and serving the people around us becomes easier. That’s why it’s important to take time for ourselves once in a while, to refill ourselves with good things.
i-have-n0-idea-what-im-d0ing:
OP what does this mean?
sandersstudies:
You CANNOT serve from an empty vessel but go off I guess
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ailithnight:
I have never seen this concept so perfectly and eloquently articulated.
You cannot serve from an empty vessel.
theactualcluegirl:
In the event of a sudden pressure change, put on your own oxygen mask before helping a companion with theirs if needed.
sandersstudies:
When your friends are hungry, you cannot serve them from an empty breadbasket, no matter how good your intentions. When they’re thirsty, you cannot serve them from an empty pitcher, no matter the effort you put in.
We have to stock ourselves with good things before we are able to give them away, and if we are too exhausted to make bread, we must rest before we can make it to serve our friends. If we are too hungry to serve, we must eat some bread ourselves first.
It’s a metaphor for emotional exhaustion. When we wear ourselves down it makes it difficult or impossible to help the people around us, and all the effort and good intentions in the world can’t make up for the fact that our vessels are empty. It’s hard to not want to serve when our friends are in trouble, but trying to serve from an empty vessel often leaves both of you floundering.
On the contrary, when we care for ourselves and are kind to our body and mind, we are full vessels, and serving the people around us becomes easier. That’s why it’s important to take time for ourselves once in a while, to refill ourselves with good things.
i-have-n0-idea-what-im-d0ing:
OP what does this mean?
sandersstudies:
You CANNOT serve from an empty vessel but go off I guess
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hoechlin:
TOM HARDY
as Eddie Brock in Venom (2018)
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hoechlin:
TOM HARDY
as Eddie Brock in Venom (2018)
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snailfarts:
squish-this:
luidilovins:
i-am-the-narwhal:
themockingcrows:
just-fic-me-up:
claudiamatossilva:
Hilda by Duane Bryers
More Hilda!!
in this family we love and support Hilda.
Yes! Hilda!
What i love about this artist’s depictions of women is even the sexualized ones the woman is always genuinely happy and enjoying herself. Frolicking or making funny faces, she’s living her life and looking sexy while doing it, not sitting in a sexual pose for the audience’s view.
I always forget about Hilda and am so pleased when she randomly shows up on my dash. Always makes my day
I love Hilda so much and I want her to be happy
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snailfarts:
squish-this:
luidilovins:
i-am-the-narwhal:
themockingcrows:
just-fic-me-up:
claudiamatossilva:
Hilda by Duane Bryers
More Hilda!!
in this family we love and support Hilda.
Yes! Hilda!
What i love about this artist’s depictions of women is even the sexualized ones the woman is always genuinely happy and enjoying herself. Frolicking or making funny faces, she’s living her life and looking sexy while doing it, not sitting in a sexual pose for the audience’s view.
I always forget about Hilda and am so pleased when she randomly shows up on my dash. Always makes my day
I love Hilda so much and I want her to be happy
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metalheadswaltzing:
mcgonagirl:
kdaziz:
purgatoilet:
beenwandering:
help I’m having emotions about a cartoon antidepressant trying to be useful
DID YOU GUYS SERIOUSLY GIF AN ABILIFY COMMERCIAL
yes but look at it, it cares about her and just wants to help her be able to function. It’s like “I know you’re sad. here, I’ll help you.”
LIKE OKAY THOUGH can I explain why this is exceedingly brilliant?? Because when anti-depressants work right, that’s what they DO. They don’t make you happy or emotionless or unhealthy in any way, they make you FUNCTIONAL. They make it so that a depressed person who can barely get out of bed can start to support themselves again and more importantly, start to THINK for themselves again without the permeating presence of depression.
Depression is a cyclical disease, that tells you to think a certain way, and, because you’re depressed, you generally believe it, and then things get worse and worse. The ONLY thing anti-depressants do is to STOP that cycle in its tracks!! Which is something to be ecstatic about and celebrated, even if you don’t realize it at the time, because when you’re depressed, getting out of bed is climbing Mount Everest. Antidepressants help stop that cycle so that one day soon, getting out of bed can JUST be getting out of bed. They don’t even expedite the recovery process in most cases, they just make recovery POSSIBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE. So this little guy is portrayed with a fuckton more accuracy than I ever expected from a commercial.
It’s back and adorable
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metalheadswaltzing:
mcgonagirl:
kdaziz:
purgatoilet:
beenwandering:
help I’m having emotions about a cartoon antidepressant trying to be useful
DID YOU GUYS SERIOUSLY GIF AN ABILIFY COMMERCIAL
yes but look at it, it cares about her and just wants to help her be able to function. It’s like “I know you’re sad. here, I’ll help you.”
LIKE OKAY THOUGH can I explain why this is exceedingly brilliant?? Because when anti-depressants work right, that’s what they DO. They don’t make you happy or emotionless or unhealthy in any way, they make you FUNCTIONAL. They make it so that a depressed person who can barely get out of bed can start to support themselves again and more importantly, start to THINK for themselves again without the permeating presence of depression.
Depression is a cyclical disease, that tells you to think a certain way, and, because you’re depressed, you generally believe it, and then things get worse and worse. The ONLY thing anti-depressants do is to STOP that cycle in its tracks!! Which is something to be ecstatic about and celebrated, even if you don’t realize it at the time, because when you’re depressed, getting out of bed is climbing Mount Everest. Antidepressants help stop that cycle so that one day soon, getting out of bed can JUST be getting out of bed. They don’t even expedite the recovery process in most cases, they just make recovery POSSIBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE. So this little guy is portrayed with a fuckton more accuracy than I ever expected from a commercial.
It’s back and adorable
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rdprice29:
theglowstickchronicles:
cwicseolfor:
https://twitter.com/DavidJuurlink/status/1129811903776198659
We deserve autonomy.
This.
Beautiful. We should all be so lucky.
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rdprice29:
theglowstickchronicles:
cwicseolfor:
https://twitter.com/DavidJuurlink/status/1129811903776198659
We deserve autonomy.
This.
Beautiful. We should all be so lucky.
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