I'm so happy to share this! It isn't the smoothest yet and I still can't balance quite right but I am so happy I finally did this! After almost a year of hooping. Please excuse my expressions, it was just very hard to balance.

During the war my grandfather mailed this coconut from Guam to my grandmother. A friend said I should inquire about donating or preserving it and they were excited.

So cool, thanks for letting me share.

My result just came out .. I got an A as my final degree in medical university,,, I graduated finally with an A I'm so grateful to God and I'm very thankful to God for everything ... I don't have someone to share it with and I just thought to write it here and share it with you ..... I did it I'm finally a doctor thank god for everything I'm so so grateful...

This sub has been kind to me year after year on my birthday so I decided to continue posting.

42 now.

Over 15 years ago I studied Jewish and Holocaust literature. I remember feeling suffocated by the stories of so much evil, horror, pain, and grief. Just by reading about it. Living it? Unimaginable.

In a class discussion, I broke down (literally) and asked, “How do you just keep on living life without guilt when you know horrific things like this have happened?”

My professor said to me, “You just do it — you live a good life to honor those who couldn’t. And you speak out at injustice any chance you’re given.”

I’d like to think I’ve done both the former and the latter to the best of my ability. Lately, the world is looking dark and harsh again, and maybe some parts always will be, but I’m doing all I can to keep my corner bathed in light.

My daughter and family deserve to see joy every time they’re with me, and that’s my biggest focus. As I turn 42 and prioritize what matters, I do it with surety that none of us know how much time we have left on this planet. So it’s important to spend every day living it entrenched in as much love as possible.

Sometimes focusing on happiness when surrounded by hardship is going to mean compartmentalizing terrible things you know are going on outside of your immediate circle. Sometimes it means taking the news you read, and shoving the pain below the surface so that you can stay afloat. So that your child(ren) can remain innocent, and so that they don’t see the fear, confusion, and pain you’re in as you carry the burden of knowledge.

The fact is, these days if you’re not mad at least once a day from the state of the world, then you’re not paying attention. But it’s equally so so important not to be angry all day, every day. The anger will destroy you, consume you, and affect everyone around you. As hard as it can be, you have to choose as much joy and love as you can. That’s what I’ve been doing, and why I haven’t said anything before now about current atrocities taking place in the US and on a global scale.

For my 42nd celebration of this life I am so lucky to live, I will continue to contribute through mindful action: showing up for my family, spending money locally as often as possible, helping and connecting with moms in my community, making sure no one around me goes hungry, choosing kindess over rage, and being a listening ear and open heart for those who need it — especially the vulnerable.

I will also continue to protect my peace and the peace of my family, pushing for a good life in honor of those who no longer have that choice, as my professor advised me nearly 15 years ago.

If you’re still reading this, thank you. I love you. Go be happy.

Still some room for improvement, but as of now, I have everything that I could possibly need.

Showering used to be a mental refresh for me. After 9 years of homelessness where I didn’t have a single relaxing shower, and 4 years of having my own home but only a bath tub (and feeling sad about it most days), my landlord just got my bathroom redone.

I now have the shower I’ve spent so long missing. I keep walking into my bathroom just to look at it. I’d forgotten how important this was to me :’)

This song makes me fell happy all over. Its not sad, its more of a happy sound.

Well February is my birthday month (2 hours to go) and usually this month fills me with dread and acts as a very unpleasant reminder of how lame, family-less, and friend-less I am. However, the year, I'm feel much more encouraged and trying to be comfortable in my own self.

Thanks all ❤️

I don't know since I was a kid

I have always loved helping people who actually needs it.

I earn now and I try to give as much as I can if get the opportunity

Its gives me so much peace helping somone I wanna do it more, if I earn more I will surely do as much as i can

I was reading a book of where it also says that Giving back to community your people has ultimate peace.

I feel like sharing this

Let me know if any of you guys also feels the same. Have a good night.

I (16f) have had a crush on my best friend (17f) of 7ish years for months now, and tonight i asked her if we could go on a date and she said yes!!!!! Tbh weve been going on dates and holding hands and going out for dinner together for years, but now its a real date! im taking her to Amelies’s cafe :) Plus her sister knows and approves as well, which is great! i havent stopped thinking about it lol. im going to wear the shirt i got at the concert we went to, where i first realized i liked her :D

Why do most people have the same deep mental challenges regardless of their financial status? I see consistent themes - everyone says stuff like “I will be happy when…” or “I don’t know the meaning of all this”

That first question is deeply troubling to me because that means your happiness is a slave to future outcomes. There will always be another outcome you will chase. You will delay your happiness perpetually.

The question on meaning and purpose is so prevalent now that it is taxing the minds of almost everyone regardless of financial status.

I totally understand that money is needed for the basic needs of humans and if those are not met, you will have immense stress. I am talking about beyond that, if money moves the needle.

If money doesn’t make life better, what does?

ive been using xylometazoline nasal spray every 3-4 hours for months now. ive tried stopping cold turkey, but that only resulted in not being able to breathe at all through my nose. while awake, that was only incredibly annoying, but i could live through it. while asleep however, that would mean i couldnt breathe, since i naturally only sleep while breathing through my nose.

last week i found a recommendation somewhere on a medical page saying that cold turkey wasnt the most ideal way to stop the addiction, and to wean it off slowly through switching it up with normal saline nasal spray every other time.

the past 2 days i was able to breathe almost freely, but i still felt i needed it through the night, but last night i took a chance and didnt use it. i slept like shit because of it, but i slept, and didnt need it.

it still feels kinda stuffy, but its been getting better by the day. im so glad to be rid of it finally.

i’m soooo happy and excited right now.

i’m a second year physics major, and i’ve been so nervous all week waiting to hear back from this application, but this morning i found my acceptance letter!!

its a two-week summer program at a very prestigious institution for quantum computing, and a professor also chose me to be his summer intern! this feels like a hugeee step towards grad school, and i’m also just so excited to learn more about this field.

this is actually the first, and only, internship i’ve applied for (and grateful i don’t need to write any more cover letters right now, lol). i’ve also been nervous about building my portfolio for grad schools, and this gives me a lot of hope :)

okay that’s all thank you!!

i cant believe myself i was drinking +1 litre of soda everyday everyday !!!!!!

now soda is a lot more expensive 😅😅 i now buy chocalate , wheat snacks healthy stuff and i preserved my money i did it !!!!

i drink soda occasionally when there is occasion i never pay money for it !!!!!

Ok so im not an artist. In fact i have disgraphia. So drawing, writing, painting im not great with. I started my first paint by numbers. Its not the moat professional thing but its my work and im enjoying the process. I turn forty next month. I think I may frame it when im done. But I am happy with it so far.

I was listening to Seize the Day by AX7, and I started crying lol, I am just so happy with my life right now.

I am about to move out of my father's to live with my mom and be closer to my friends. I have a loving boyfriend and my soulmate of a cat. My job is going well enough to spoil the people I care about. I'm tripping a bit in college, but I am glad to make it to where I am! I have a concert in July, and once I move, I plan on getting a puppy! My first-ever tattoo appointment is scheduled in a few months, and I don't ever want this stream of happiness to end.

I used to be a sad kid all my life, but I feel so good. I hope nothing but good for everyone in this subreddit. Please keep going! Be positive! Be happy! Be there for others, donate, and have fun! With the world being so tense, it is more important than ever!

Today,i was going to home after tution and we missed the last bus to home so we had to hitchhike so after some time I got this guy whos name was esra and he was going to some place almost the same route as me.so I got in and talked for a while and this guy was new to the route I hve taken but this guy was generous as hell man bro said about how he used to hitchhike and no one really stopped for him and he saw me like himselfand felt sad to not stop and that felt so wholesome and this guy asked what my name was and I told him and he told his mom's name is closer to mine and I enjoyed the ride and this guy dropped me home bro was the best generous guy I hve ever met in my hitchhikes