I am happy to live the rest of my life alone if I don’t find the love I want, but don’t you dare pretend to be it while wasting years I could have spent being happy!
I do not consent to that ugly, dark bargain.
https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/please-dont-settle-for-me/
#relationships #love
You are deserving of love💜
A Love Letter to FreeBSD
https://www.tara.sh/posts/2025/2025-11-25_freebsd_letter/
#HackerNews #FreeBSD #Love #Letter #OpenSource #Community #Tech #Passion
I am happy to live the rest of my life alone if I don’t find the love I want, but don’t you dare pretend to be it while wasting years I could have spent being happy!
I do not consent to that ugly, dark bargain.
https://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/please-dont-settle-for-me/
#relationships #love
You are deserving of love💜
@stefan #empathy and #love are so beautiful in that they grow the more you give them away ☺️
thanks for being a tooting friend to us Stef ♡ #lovesfedi
If you're still #masking and taking #covid #precautions I #love you and hope you stay #safe
If you're still #masking and taking #covid #precautions I #love you and hope you stay #safe
Fresh from the easel!
Have a lovely day!
Two cats meet under the mistletoe - handmade watercolor painting
--> https://karenkasparartprints.com/featured/two-cats-meet-under-the-mistletoe-karen-kaspar.html
#art #painting #cats #caturday #love #romance #CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #kitten #AnimalArt #christmas #BlackCats #ArtForSale #giftideas #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #aquarelle #handmade #TraditionalArt #kunst #cat #artist #arte #kitty #kittens #CatsOfMastodon #MastoArt #FediArt #FediGiftShop #MastodonArt #catstodon #WhiskersWednesday #buyintoArt
Fresh from the easel!
Have a lovely day!
Two cats meet under the mistletoe - handmade watercolor painting
--> https://karenkasparartprints.com/featured/two-cats-meet-under-the-mistletoe-karen-kaspar.html
#art #painting #cats #caturday #love #romance #CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #kitten #AnimalArt #christmas #BlackCats #ArtForSale #giftideas #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #aquarelle #handmade #TraditionalArt #kunst #cat #artist #arte #kitty #kittens #CatsOfMastodon #MastoArt #FediArt #FediGiftShop #MastodonArt #catstodon #WhiskersWednesday #buyintoArt
Ganz frisch von mir für euch - für alle Katzenliebhaber und Romantiker!
Zwei Katzen treffen sich unter einem Mistelzweig
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#cats #catsofMastodon #Aquarell #weihnachten #christmas #love #romance #winter #snow #schnee #kunst
Fresh from the easel!
Have a lovely day!
Two cats meet under the mistletoe - handmade watercolor painting
--> https://karenkasparartprints.com/featured/two-cats-meet-under-the-mistletoe-karen-kaspar.html
#art #painting #cats #caturday #love #romance #CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #kitten #AnimalArt #christmas #BlackCats #ArtForSale #giftideas #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #aquarelle #handmade #TraditionalArt #kunst #cat #artist #arte #kitty #kittens #CatsOfMastodon #MastoArt #FediArt #FediGiftShop #MastodonArt #catstodon #WhiskersWednesday #buyintoArt
“Folks, I'm telling you,
birthing is hard
and dying is mean ―
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.”
– Langston Hughes
True love doesn’t wait for perfection. It meets you in your chaos, your flaws, your scars.
It stays when storms rage, when nights feel endless, when you doubt yourself. It doesn’t run from your darkness—it holds you in it.
True love is presence: the quiet “I’m here” when you’re broken, the hand held when you’re afraid, the laughter at your quirks.
It chooses you again and again, even when it’s hard, even when it hurts. It sees beauty in your mess, strength in your struggle, light in your shadows.
Love is not about finding someone flawless—it’s about finding someone willing to grow, to fight, to stay. It’s a promise to walk together, to build meaning in imperfection. #TrueLove is home.
🪷 Buddhist Reflection: True love is not clinging to perfection—
it is compassion that endures suffering.
In #Buddhism we speak of the Four Immeasurables:
Metta (loving-kindness): wishing well even in difficulty.
Karuna (compassion): staying with pain instead of turning away.
Mudita (joy): celebrating even small moments.
Upekkha (equanimity): remaining steady when life shakes.
Love that stays through storms is love rooted in these qualities.
It sees your scars not as flaws but as part of your wholeness.
It chooses you again and again, even when it hurts.
True love is presence:
the quiet “I am here” in darkness,
the hand held in fear,
the laughter at your quirks.
It is a promise to walk together,
to grow, to endure.
#Love is not escape from suffering—
it is walking through suffering together,
with open hearts.