Hope for the Flowers

gackts-girl-88:

belleandherbeast:

livliviee92:

ravesinthesky:

takesawayourfears:

The other night I was Skyping with one of my best friends. She lives in Holland and I live in America, so we don’t get to talk often. I trust her so much, and every time we talk I just feel so loved. She’s amazing.

I was talking to her about cutting, and started telling her about how I sometimes take pictures of my self-harm instead of writing about it, or in addition to writing about it. I don’t normally show people the pictures, but I sent her a few. She had been sharing her screen with me because I’d been watching her draw something, so I saw when she opened the files.

She opened this picture, kept it on the screen for a few seconds, closed it, and opened it again in Photoshop. I watched, confused, thinking it had been an accident.

I watched quietly while she erased every line of blood, every scar, every cut from my body. I started recording the screen without thinking- I needed to be able to watch it again. I knew I would need to feel that sense of… relief. That there was someone in my life who knew the extent of me and could still see through to something beautiful.

I wanted to share this with you because I think it’s important. If you feel anything close to how I felt when I saw this, I’m happy. Because you should know that it’s possible to be loved, underneath the pain and the scars and the blood. We are all beautiful.

You’re beautiful, and above all, you are not alone.

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen on Tumblr. I’m crying so hard right now.

This is… Wow… I wish I had a friend who wld do this for me when I told them about my cutting problems

Wow.  JUST BEAUTIFUL!

I’m crying so hard right now too because even though I ultimately didn’t do it, I was really, really close to self harm when I was majorly depressed in 2010. I ended up choosing alcohol over the knife many times. I reached out to several different people and none of them had the compassion to reach back like this person did even though they were on different friggin continents. 

If anyone needs someone to talk to, you can message me. 

I started crying to hard. So freakin’ hard. This is beautiful. *sobs*

(Source: somefuckergaveoutmyurl)

lickystickypickywe:

Today, while watching the BBC Life series I was mesmerized by many aspects of nature, but what stuck with me most was that a female octopus lays many many eggs (approximately 100 000) tends to them for six months. Caressing them, and just making sure the eggs are protected. During that time she doesn’t leave her den, Not once, so she doesn’t hunt for food which holds vital energy for her survival. During her pregnancy she thus, slowly starves herself to give the eggs a chance. On her last energy she apparently blows water over them to help them hatch and then she dies.

This sacrifice makes them (to me) one of the most devoted mothers in nature.

Oh and they also have 3 hearts and blue blood.
Absolutely fascinating…