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The famous astronaut who defied odds – and gravity – by landing on the moon alongside Neil Armstrong in 1969struggled with depression and alcoholism after his inspiring feat. “I can’t recall ever sharing my pain with another male friend or confiding in anyone that I was struggling to hold life together,”he wrote in his bookMagnificent Desolation.“At first the alcohol soothed the depression, making it at least somewhat bearable. But the situation progressed into depressive-alcoholic binges in which I would withdraw like a hermit into my apartment.”
After treating his depression and alcoholism, Aldrin went on to serve as thechairman of the National Association of Mental Health.
Read More… These 12 Incredibly Successful People Will Change The Way You Think About Depression
That we go numb along the way is to be expected. Even the bravest among us, who give their lives to care for others, go numb with fatigue, when the heart can take in no more…. Perhaps the noblest private act is the unheralded effort to return: to open our hearts once they’ve closed.’
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela
Today is Nelson Mandela Day, marked by his birthday. This is the first Mandela Day since his death last December.
Sometimes you need to remind yourself that you were the one who carried you through the heartache. You are the one who sits with the cold body on the shower floor, and picks it up. You are the one who feeds it, who clothes it, who tucks it into bed, and you should be proud of that. Having the strength to take care of yourself when everyone around you is trying to bleed you dry, that is the strongest thing in the universe.
I absolutely needed to read that.
I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me.
Joshua Graham (via outdoor-anarchy)
This is unexpectedly not about make-up haha
reblogged before it was even finished.
SUPREME
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
“Well I know what you were thinking
You thought you’d watch me fade away, away
When you broke me into pieces
But I gave each piece a name, a nameOne of me is wiser
One of me is stronger
One of me’s a fighter
And there’s a thousand faces of me
And we’re gonna rise up
Yeah we’re gonna rise up
For every time you wronged me
Well you’re gonna face an army, army of me”
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Whenever you’re going through a bad day just remember, your track record for getting through bad days, so far, is 100%; and that’s pretty damn good.
My amazing friend (via pain-is-temporary-keep-fighting)
7 Key Insights on Self Love
1. I need to affirm and to validate myself as it’s hard to accept validation from others if, deep down inside, I don’t believe it’s true.
2. My time is valuable as anybody else’s so I need to prioritise what I need to do.
3. I can’t give to others, and help to build them up, if I’m not taking care of my own self first.
4. I need to remember that I’m worthy of love, of success, opportunities, and knowing happiness.
5. My opinions are as valuable as anybody else’s. It’s up to me to decide and to choose my own beliefs.
6. I don’t have to explain why I do what I do (unless you’re the police or have some authority!)
7. My past does not define me – I’m free to change and grow, to try on different “me”s, and to set inspiring goals.
Holding the Bowl 