So beautiful.

Why do men always have a need to impress women? Like no, I don’t wanna know how tough or cool or smart you are - let me observe that shit for myself. What happened to humility anyway? Such a big fucking turn off -_-

I feel like I used to be a kind person back in the day as a teenager. Though foolishly, I thought everyone was great and lovable and friendly and wonderful and life was great. Now, I’m just a cynical and sometimes cold asshole. I just keep to myself rather than talking and being friendly. I know this is wrong, and my old naive self was far better than what I am now. But I don’t know how to be that person again. Idk how to love or trust anymore. I can feel compassionate inside, but nothing comes out on the outside. How the hell do I change? :/

To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.
Hermann Hesse (via yasodhara)

(Source: journalofanobody)