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Compassion sprouted out of the worst situation today, like it generally does.

I've been so sick and frustrated lately, and it was spilling out. I thought I was containing it pretty well, but I wasn't, and it was getting worse. Unintentionally, something happened and I ended up having an extremely raw, heartfelt conversation that I never wanted to have.
It was one of the most painful things I've ever gone through, and it left me feeling like I was made of thinly spun glass, afterwards.
But, it was a good experience - to admit to my wrong, which I hadn't imagined would hurt someone - I was so absorbed in my own internalised fury - and we fixed it as much as possible, as much as it may hurt.
And you know what? It's okay. Things are okay.
I think it snapped me from an extremely desolate place that I'd been spiralling into.
I think we're stronger now, and that an important sort of milestone was passed - and we passed with flying colours.


Compassion - in that I was on a vaguely similar cross-roads, many years ago, with reversed roles.
Compassion - I spent hours crying in relief that it wasn't as bad as I imagined it. That I am able to change, grow and learn from the experience.
Compassion and perhaps insight into what I overlooked years ago, when it was another person crying over another friend.

I'm going to work on compassion for myself - for why I was spiralling, the feelings behind the event, and how I can positively cope with it.
Growth, and compassion.

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LadySakinah
05:21 Jul 29 2018

good thing to work on dear, i hope all works out well in the end.

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Unf. My hair's roughly 3ft long at the moment, and I'm loving it. I've gone with all-natural and vegan products for the last few years - so no more bleaching every 4 weeks and making it pastel - it's been a gorgeous henna for the last 3 years, and right now it's black and dark green, tendrils of siren sea-witch hair.
I wish it were about a foot longer. Heh.

I've been wedding-hair prepping for the last couple of months, trying new pins, different styles, up, down, half-way, twisted, folded, braided, curled... trying to find styles that fit my dress, and that won't likely come undone if we're hiking to the location.
I'm excited.

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LZAPERVERT
17:54 Jun 20 2018

Sweet. My best friend gets married this weekend. Good luck :}

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Things that will forever be amusing: people copy-pasting from easily identifiable websites (like Wikipedia), not sourcing or citing, try passing it off as their own, and then throwing a lil' tantrum when you comment on the fact that they've blatantly plagiarised.

It's weird, having been in and out of uni for the last 5 years, to see people plag so frivolously. In uni, directly copying so much as one line of uncited text is enough to not only fail your paper, but depending on the course and circumstances? Black-listed from university here, in temporary or permanent bans.
Not that I expect people to APA reference their profiles on here, but when the entire body of the content is made of a Wiki article? A "- Wikipedia" is at least something. Or, like, not cropping out watermarks/signatures on artwork.


Kids these days.

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LZAPERVERT
17:30 Jun 20 2018

When I snag a pic from online, I try my best to make sure the artist's name is legible. I want the artist known even if I do snag their shit from online. The only art I know is food. BTW, I feel ya on the wiki articles. That shit cracks me up.

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