One thing I wish I could have told my younger self would be to never let anyone treat you poorly, or tell you what you can and can't do.
"You and your horse. His strength and beauty. Your knowledge and patience and determination and understanding and love. That's what fuses the two of you onto this marvelous partnership that makes you wonder... What can heaven offer any better than what I have here on earth?" - Monica Dickens
If we could we'd sit down with our younger self and explain that they are genderqueer, plural, and oherkin, and give them tips for how to process it and what to do from then on to feel comfortable.
You're gonna be broken so many times, but you have the strength to pull yourself up, each and every time. People will still love you.
" Each of us must dance to his own tune. " previously Red-Cola taurus - demisexual - college - history major Certified cool kid and hippie my toyhouse • my Pinterest • my Carrd • my Art Fight Current favorite songs: 🥤🥤🥤 🎸" The ordinary will ignore whatever they cannot explain... "🎸 I like cool history, music with an attitude, and games I can obsess over. I listen mostly to alt rock, but I also love phonk and punk music. My favorite games are Red Dead Redemption 2, Stardew Valley, Genshin Impact, and Minecraft.
there are going to be many moments when the walls feel like they're closing in, and I can't say that life is remarkably better than it was then, but things slow down. you don't deserve the way they treat you and you are a beautiful person. there are people who love you. hold onto them as tight as you can because you never know what could happen. i love you.