thepowerwithin:

“Somewhere, somehow, you will get there. No matter what it takes. If you put your heart and soul into an end destination, it will happen, for the power of these combined is stronger than anything else.”

— Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin

I want to try making shepherds pie with sweet potatoes 🍠

duckbunny:

systlin:

annechen-melo:

quousque:

thevideowall:

kayabebe:

aawb:

Let’s say your matrilineal line is fairly consistent and everyone has their daughter at 25. So four women in your matrilineal line are born every hundred years. In a thousand years, that’s only 40 women. Like the math is so simple and yet ? You don’t think about it. So in 2000 years, 80 women. So basically, 0 AD started roughly about 80 mothers ago. That’s it.

I’m……… i’m a little drunk n cannot deal with this right now

Yep

The advent of agriculture around 9500BC was about 450 mothers ago

you can’t just say shit like that without a warning

Many, many mothers ago, when the world was new….

Many of the notes here are saying “But women used to have kids earlier”

Okay. So, assume every woman had her daughter at 20 instead. 

That’s five mothers in a century. 

Fifty mothers in a thousand years. 

One hundred mothers in two thousand years. 

That is five hundred and seventy five mothers since the dawn of agriculture. 

Less than six hundred women, between you and the dawn of civilization. 

You are never so far from your ancestors as you think. 

The recently reconstructed Cheddar Man – the one with dark skin and curly black hair who is the oldest known modern Briton – has also had science done comparing his genome to living people.

They found descendants. Ten thousand years later, Cheddar Man’s many-times-great-grandson lives a mile away, teaches history at the local school, and still has the family nose.

That’s like four hundred generations. Same valley in Somerset. Same face. Ten thousand years.

I love humans.

onlinecounsellingcollege:

“You can’t go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.”

— C.S. Lewis

onlinecounsellingcollege:

“Your journey will be lighter and easier if you don’t carry your past.”

— Unknown

I was just opening a can of condensed milk and made a mental note to get a new can opener as some of the teeth were stripped.

I remember seeing automatic can openers on tv as a kid and thinking it was the height of American decadence.

Chris bought one a few years ago. I always had a hard time getting the can lined up just so with the mechanism to get it to work and after several tries I’d think, well I could have bloody opened it myself by now. The chord got damaged and it stopped working and I happily went back to the manual one. Some things are just too fancy for me.

Why does latest mean most recent? What is wrong with the English language? Who set this up?

wilwheaton:

“Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.”

— Don Miguel Ruiz

aaudny:

Girls aren’t playing hard to get…they don’t want you.

thatfriendlyblackguy:

“Find someone who loves you well. Someone who never belittles you. Even in the heat of an argument. Someone who is gentle with you, but does not treat you like you are fragile. Someone who knows what you are capable of, and celebrates those pieces of you. Not someone who is intimidated by your strength. Someone who doesn’t make you feel guilty for being flawed. It is not love’s job to punish you. And remember the person you love is just as broken as you are when they fall short. No one is perfect – do not hold them to this standard. Find someone who is patient, forgiving, and apologetic. Someone who practices forgiveness freely and often. Love someone who is humble, kind, and empathetic. Not only with you, but with a beggar on the street, or a stranger in the supermarket. Common courtesy is important. Compassion is important. Kindness is important.”

— Unknown 
(via thelovejournals)

antiporn-activist:

“[TW: rape]
We do know something about most men who rape. For example, numerous studies have found that while they tend to be more emotionally constricted than nonaggressive men, and are often angry and hostile to women, most of them are psychologically “normal.” The psychologist David Lisak points out that the old stereotype of the rapist was derived in part from extensive studies with incarcerated rapists, many of whom committed acts of grievous violence against their victims, who were often strangers. But according to Lisak, research over the past twenty years clearly demonstrates that the vast majority of rapes are perpetrated by what he calls “undetected rapists,” and they usually know their victims. Undetected rapists are men who typically behave in stereotypically masculine ways, see sex as conquest, and are hypersensitive to any perceived slight against their manhood. But they are not crazy, and they are not sociopaths. “There is simply no evidence, save the rape itself,” Katharine Baker writes in the Harvard Law Review, “suggesting that all or even most rapists are objectively depraved.“ Chillingly, she goes on to say that given the social norms that encourage it, there is evidence that rape is “culturally dictated, not culturally deviant.””

— Jackson Katz, Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help (via wretchedoftheearth)

I don’t know if y’all know this but Taylor Swift did a country remake of Earth Wind and Fire’s September and I don’t believe in the death penalty but for this I’ll make an exception

marqed4death:

macrolit:

Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac

Big Love – Fleetwood Mac

Sing A Song – Earth Wind and Fire

thepowerwithin:

“You are safe. You are supported. And you are loved unconditionally. Don’t ever change who you are.”

—

Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin 

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thatkindofwoman:

“The way to love someone is to lightly run your finger over that person’s soul until you find a crack, and then gently pour your love into that crack.”

— Keith Miller 

I passed in by a family friend today. It turned out to be an unexpectedly emotionally cathartic experience. It’s good to know that even though there’s little they can do other than witness your journey throughout life, that there are people who see you and support you and want the best for you. It also reinforces that I’m not the only one who thinks my mother treats me like shit.

wordsnquotes:

“Stop trying to leave, and you will arrive.”

—

Lao Tzu, Arrival

Read more at wordsnquotes

(via wnq-quotes)

I went to fix my phone again and they still didn’t have iPhone 6 screens. They said tomorrow. It’s really challenging trying to conduct business with a big black bar over part of my keyboard. It’s a good thing I know my way around my phone. Muscle memory is a thing.

Ok then…

Someone had messaged me on Instagram a few days ago asking about a piece they had seen in my feed which had long sold. They asked if I’d be making more and i said I didn’t know when but I’d be sure to post when I did. She then asked the price range. I remember typing out the answer but I guess I didn’t hit send.

She messaged me this morning and asked if I was avoiding her questions and if my products were for “particular” customers? Then she went on to say that perhaps I answer according to profile status. And followed it by saying she had long admired my work but that my way of handling potential customers left her uncomfortable and she would essentially take her business elsewhere.

I was polite in my response explaining that I thought I had answered her and apologized. I also assured her that in no way do I pick and choose my customers and that I had been preparing for two markets and was overwhelmed and her response has merely slipped through that cracks as I handle all facets of the business myself. She answered that she understood, bless.

I was really kind of flabbergasted to receive a message like that. I’ve never had anyone message me in that tone before. Most people are quite patient and understanding and remind me if haven’t answered them. It happens rarely but there are times I don’t respond to people, usually Instagram because their notifications are shit. This woman’s profile was set to private so I couldn’t even see it anyway. And why would I want to pick and choose clients? Money is money I don’t care who buys my pieces. What a defensive attitude to walk through the world with.

So kindle unlimited is only for U.S. residents with a U.S. Credit card now? Since when???? Wow thanks Amazon

I made shepherd’s pie today with lamb. Omg what a difference. It was soooooo much yummier.

onlinecounsellingcollege:

“If you find yourself constantly trying to prove your worth to someone, you have already forgotten your value.”

— Unknown

I passed out today and was woken up by a client messaging. My phone was on silent but the vibration of her multiple messages was enough to thoroughly wake me. I’ll never regret not giving out my number in my call cards or any social media. Imagine if every client actually called me? Ugh

The market today is going really slow. Few customers, low sales. When that happens all the vendors get restless and time seems to crawl. We have two and half hours. This is gonna be one of those days people pack up early. At this point everyone’s just happy if they made back the cost of their table.

onlinecounsellingcollege:

“Hidden resentments poison a relationship; so if something bothers you, say it.”

— EXTRAMADNESS.COM

myownjadedpieceofmind:

revolutionarygays:

1) lepidolite

lepidolite is a variety of mica and is typically pink or lavender colored. when tumbled it is extremely glittery – pictures don’t do it justice!

2) ulexite

ulexite is also called “tv rock” and has a super unique optical effect – when placed over something it displays that image onto the top of the rock. it’s not merely opaque – the fibers within the mineral literally project an image onto the surface of the stone.

3) pietersite

pietersite has chatoyancy – much like tiger’s eye – that creates movement and shine through the surface of the stone. however, unlike tiger’s eye, pietersite’s chatoyancy is in swirls instead of straight lines. it’s incredible to behold – i recommend looking up pietersite on youtube and checking out videos of it under good lighting.

4) optical calcite/iceland spar

this type of calcite is actually completely clear, but refracts the light going through it in ways that create rainbows and other neat optical effects. isaac newton himself actually studied this rock to help better understand the nature of light itself & the phenomenon of optical illusions.

5) alexandrite

alexandrite is a variety of chrysoberyl that exhibits a color change! it changes from a greenish hue to a brilliant red depending on the type of light and the source. the color changes in alexandrite are phenomenal and rarely seen in other stones.

6) spectrolite

don’t let the image fool you – this stone is actually pure black. the brilliant colors it exhibits are just a flash (it’s actually called labradorescence, which is what the stone labradorite is named for). spectrolite is an uncommon form of labradorite mined only from finland. some varieties of high quality labradorite from madagascar can show a spectrolite play, but nothing is as dark with as brilliant a flash as spectrolite.

7) specular hematite

specular hematite is a variety of hematite that has a beautiful, glimmering surface especially when polished. much like lepidolite, the shimmer of specular hematite is caused by mica.

8) boulder opal

boulder opal is ironstone with cracks of brilliant natural opal running through it. these formations are entirely natural. opal has the most brilliant and vibrantly colored flash of any other stone.

9) enhydro quartz

enhydro quartz is a variety of quartz that was formed with naturally occuring water & air bubbles within them! in some specimens the water bubbles will actually move underneath the surface of the crystal.

10) fire agate

fire agate is actually a form of chalcedony, and is well known for having a beautiful rainbow effect caused by schiller, rather than flash or labradorescence. 

All the shiny! 💕

You guys have *NO* idea how much I love rocks.

I want all of them. The only one I have is Alexandrite.

onlinecounsellingcollege:

“The way to love someone is to lightly run your finger over that person’s soul until you find a crack, and then gently pour your love into that crack.”

— TheMindJournal

I think I’m actually coming down with something. I’m under three layers of covers with no fan or ac and I can feel the heat coming off my body and I’m not feeling hot. Some asshole gave me the flu or something. Aw fuck man. I’m gonna go to sleep. Maybe it’s a 12 hour bug. Haha as if.

I’ve been lying here trying to get up the gumption to change my clothes or wash my face or something and I can’t move. I don’t know why I’m so tired. And my body really hurts. Sort of like when you have the flu except I’m not sick. I’m still wearing pants for God’s sake. I’m gonna die in these clothes.

onlinecounsellingcollege:

“Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.”

— Eckhart Tolle

onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. Be gentle and kind

2. Show respect to everyone you meet (whether you think they deserve it or not)

3. Pay attention to the little things (often that makes you stand out from the crowd)

4. Do everything wholeheartedly, with passion and love

5. Be flexible, adaptable, and open to change

6. Don’t complicate your life with lots of oughts, musts and shoulds

7. Encourage other people to be all that they can be.