Tell me something human. gifting randomly

[beignet]

"If I could tell someone younger something, what?"

Enjoy your youth. Enjoy the time you are able to spend unencumbered by the expectations and realities of the adult world. Childhood can be absolutely wonderful if you give yourself the opportunity to learn, explore and play. I think it is equally important for adults and yet it's so easy to be caught up in survival mode as an adult and trying to navigate a world where your privilege determines much of what you are able to accomplish.

I had a difficult childhood at times but even so, I wish I had spent more time being child-like, carefree and playful. I took life too seriously from the get go. Not to diminish academic achievement or being a determined student, but I feel that I robbed myself of many opportunities and experiences with others/friends and learning about who I am. While that is a lifelong process, being extremely withdrawn and afraid of life didn't do me any favors. Often times I find myself wishing I could rewind that clock and have an opportunity to experience life in different ways. Even something that might not necessarily have had a huge impact but may have improved my life in some respects would have been graduating and getting my GED early so I could pursue college or life earlier rather than feeling stuck and attending high school without any friends.

And don't be so hard on yourself. Life is learning. Making mistakes shows you you're making progress. You always have the opportunity to learn from mistakes and improve. It's a huge part of life. Let go of what you cannot control and anything pertaining to you is often within your control. You may be frustrated or distraught by circumstance but how you cope is within your power. Empower yourself. Follow your intuition.

[coffin]

i was sick with bronchitis for about 7 months and was having the worst time of my life. got kicked out of college couldnt work had to move in with my grandma because i couldn't support myself etc. i was left with lingering conditions and side effects due to the illness and had just had a very discouraging doctors appointment where they told me nothing was wrong with me despite me having some horrible internal tremors that wouldn't go away.

i was hungry but i didn't feel like i could stomach much of anything. my grandma brought up the idea of getting some miso soup. it was 9 pm at the time and she lives in a small town, so we couldn't find much of anything that was open. we ended up calling ahead and driving 20 minutes to get me some soup right before the last open sushi place closed for the night.

my grandma came out of the sushi place crying and i thought she had received some bad news or was discouraged about my health, but when i asked what was wrong she told me the lady at the restaurant had not only given her the very last two cups of miso soup, but had also given her the $6 it wouldve cost to buy the soup itself. i had never had something like that happen to me. it felt like the stuff you would hear happening on a wholesome reddit story or something. it felt like some kind of sign that things were going to get better and that the world was still good

i never met the lady but she really changed my life. i think about her a lot. she shined so much light into the darkest point of my life and i hope i never forget that. i gave $5 to a guy in a grocery store who wanted to buy himself a slice if pizza but couldnt afford it and used the other dollar to buy a homeless man some water. it didnt feel right to spend it on myself, i felt like i needed to pass it on once i was healthy enough to do so

i hope that lady is doing well nowadays.

[BreadBowl]

Not a long story, but something so wonderfully human I've noticed: me, two of my neighbors, and the mobile home park manger have all been feeding the stray cats around the park

Trailer parks tend to be hotspots for people to dump pet cats and strays they don't like, and while it's sad, we have a speed limit of 5 miles an hour and tons of speed bumps so they are pretty safe here (tons of space under trailers to live too) And me and my boyfriend have been noticing that despite the increase of cats, most of them seem to stay pretty plump?

Ive been keeping my eyes out and watching the new cats to make sure they settle in safely, and recently noticed an old lady leaving our food. Then another old lady, then my weird doomsday prepper neighbor was even leaving steak and eggs?? A mob of emo kids even was seen last week feeding one chunky orange tomcat a piece a sandwich. We've been feeding all of these cats simultaneously a gourmet buffet and getting got by around 7 chubby cats.

Two new cats also seem to be house cats and they keep sneaking into people's houses. My neighbors have yet to notice they both adopted the friendly gray cat with bright orange eyes. I almost fell for his act too, but alas he hates my indoor cat even if my bonnie was desperate to make a friend, he'll have to live with only two families instead of three.

[hellebore]

I don't see a way to survive but I have no choice but to act like there's hope. I keep crawling onward. Idk, I think that's human.

[T-Psy]

Everyone expects us to have some modicum of control and success in our lives when they know well that nobody has that, at least not in the way it counts to them.

I don't know if this helps.

[birb]

The vast difference between the love and compassion we feel for other people and their struggles compared to just how capable we are of hating people and destroying their lives. There is no other species like us that has so much vast range for emotions and the stuff we can pull ourselves out of.

Animals are wonderful creatures, but they do not feel hate like people do. Only fear, or the need to defend themselves and protect what is theirs. Animals dont feel hate like we do. Or anger. But even as emotional as we are we are equally capable of loving across the board in immense extravagance.

[crrow]

The random urge we get to cut our finger off when chopping up something’s is actually completely normal- it is literally a test from your brain to see if you’re going insane, because if you actually follow through, something is wrong! I used to think I was a terrible person when I got the urge to like do something awful when really it’s just my brain making sure im still functioning in the head.

[Ch!cken]

its been a bit of an anxious week for me being honest with end of semester nearing and all that, its normal for me to have assignments piling up at the end but it never makes it any less stressful.

i'm gonna go try the wendy's krabby patty maybe today or tomorrow before therapy, i am looking forward to the pineapple ice cream a lot or whatever they had there, idk how good itll actually be but i think the idea of it will be a nice treat.
other than that idk like. i picked up toontown since i had always wanted to play it since i was a kid and i finally have a computer that can run just about anything, its been fun!! it reminds me a lot of when little me first picked up animal jam since i have no idea whats going on most of the time LOL i had a rough past week or so but things are looking up a bit and i'm very grateful for that,
idk i'm kind of just rambling but maybe thats the most human thing a person can do.

in general i think i am just grateful to take things slower for once in my life, its been a few years since this "new chapter" of sorts started and itll be concluding soon with me graduating and all that, i hope that my younger self can see us now and be like "wow we're away from bad people and are in school for real now!!! thats crazy" anyway i think thats it i hope u enjoy reading through my rambles op, this is such a cool idea for a thread