Applesforthis - You Can't Get There From Here

Some people think VG did not die by suicide but instead was the victim of an accidental shooting by some teens playing around with a gun. And that he claimed afterward that he'd done it himself, to protect the kids from being punished. (Wikipedia has an article with sources, for the curious.)

Everything I learn about this person makes me love him more and wish harder that things could have been different for him.

“Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.”

— Vincent Van Gogh

Reblogging this because I love it and because this is a skill I want to have. I think the more I practice trying to be this way with people, and the more I pay attention to when and why it's hard for me, the more I will get to a place where I can start to learn to be like this.

Wow. The patience, kindness and calm communication skills. Outstanding.

From raindovemodel

Why...would you want to leave the bog

Ohhhh I really like this take.

What I see over and over is that almost all people want to be participants in storytelling, in some way. People don't only want to be passive. Everyone is an artist, everyone has feelings and wants to share them.

I love that we're like this. <3 <3 <3

💥🙌👏

so at my new job there’s been a lot of confusion over my gender (which as an enby is great) but somehow in the confusion my coworkers came to assume I’m a trans man and even though I’m AMAB I’ve used the confusion as leverage to get them to put tampons/pads in the men’s room and add a gender neutral bathroom for any transmascs/enbies down the line and I kept thinking “this is like the ‘my gender is whatever makes the joke funnier’ thing but the opposite??” and anyway tldr here is my “My gender is” alignment chart

Oh this is amazing so many of these are a mood