~ you owe yourself the love you crave for ~ . since we were children, we've been conditioned to see love as some thing outside of ourselves. We associate it with a soulmate, friends or family. . hence, to feel loved has always been a waiting game for someone's care and attention. To feel nourished, an external dependency. . often, we forget we are love-incarnates ourselves. We are independent lighthouses of love and are fully capable to provide ourselves with the detailed care we crave and need. . healthy companionship with ourselves or others can never exist if we keep seeking the love we need from an external resource and expect it consistently. . if we can just reconnect to that sweet spot which tells you what you need from time to time and ask ourselves how we can provide the same, love becomes an active force in our day-to-day living. . it stops being a dormant, passive energy that only springs up with external association. . loving ourselves isn't a choice, really. Come to think of it, it is a very primal need on which rests the very core of our being. . here's to hoping we look at ourselves a little differently today.🌼
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Picture: @llamacafe
~ Someone from Finland, over a Zoom call, said something that helps me change my life. . A conversation with a friend, on his terrace, can stay with me and help me embrace all that sparks joy. . A spring playlist appearing as a suggestion from YouTube turns out to be exactly what my heart needs to feel warm and hopeful. . If this isn't magic, I don't know what is. . Those inner, persistent nudges that illogically, consistently, lead to a spring of joy, each time listened to. . My body talking to me about how it feels, what it needs, how I can I provide for it. . A spontaneous text conversation at 4 pm on what scares me turns into a safe space for not just me, but for another one too. . If these aren't miracles, I don't know what are. . Remembering someone who has never left my heart despite more than a decade of not meeting each other. . If this isn't love, I don't know what is. . . ~ notes from everyday ~ . . P.S: A beautiful boat ride. 🌼
~ 'quiet enjoyment' ~ ~ the art of deriving deep joy from life's moments tenderly, without feeling the need to talk about it.~ . e.g: a small, steady smile as you breathe in the fresh morning air, humming softly as you prepare coffee, feeling content while you create, sitting down with a loved one in shared silence. 🌼 . . Picture: Jaehee Cho, Behance
~ New journal cover + ‘Love Soul’ is the direct English translation of ‘sarang yeonghon’ ~❤🌼
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Do you like stickers on your journal cover? For some reason, I love looking at them when I pick up mine to journal.🌼
~ If you’ve seen the ‘Let’s Eat’ series, you already know the level of GOLD Soo-Ji Baek’s eating skills are. She’s also the perfect actor-pairing with Dae-Young (a.k.a Yoon Doo-Joon) whose way of enjoying food can really make you fall for the man.
Today’s to Soo-Ji and high-key tripping on her love for food. Of course, I had to do a series of her nom-nom GIFs. ~ 🔥
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GIF Credits: GIF 1: Low Gif | GIF 2: MyDramaList | GIF 3, 6, 8, 12, 13: https://www.nemopan.com/ | GIF 4: MLB Park | GIF 7, 10: Naver | GIF 9: SAYS | GIF 11: My Reading Wonderland | GIF 14: honeycam
~ When the Camellia Blooms ~
It’s the middle of a working Tuesday and here I am, sharing a little love note from the beautiful Japanese (YouTube) series ‘Kitchen for Singles (2019)’. 🌸
Hope it makes your heart warm.
Anybody have those really dear dramas that they’re almost possessive about and don’t want to share with the rest of the world because they feel like they were made just for you?
For me, one of them is Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo. 🌼
| Sources | GIF 1: joowons.tumblr.com GIF 2: Pinterest GIF 3: tenor.com GIF 4: Pinterest GIF 5: Pinterest GIF 6: Soompi GIF 7: Soompi
~ Meteor Garden (2018) ~
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Credits | GIF 1: Bookwyrming Thoughts | GIF 2: Guidie Dyshen | GIF 3: We Heart It | GIF 4, 5, 6: Tumblr | GIF 7: Tenor | GIF 8: @optimisticgirl
As often as you need, disconnect from the noise of the surrounding world so that you can listen to yourself clearly. 🌺
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(Picture of a page before the words were written.)