Pose : [La Baguette] Caprice pose 7
Background : Taken at my friends private sim, the trees aren't mine..
-Garden- by anc curly forest grass {purple}
-Garden- by anc "silence" spider lily {DARK/ai}
-Garden- by anc "secret garden" ROSE {goth/night}
I've been watching youtube for a while this morning, and specifically, Gabby Hanna. She's kind of well known for dealing with drama in her personal life, she's pretty blatant and I feel an odd sort of kinship with her, because it really does seem as though she's a little further in her personal self-betterment journey. Anyway, she mentioned something in one of her videos that really struck home with me, and she said :
"Find a way to be grateful for your pain"
At the time, she was discussing her 'art', and was just commenting on how she felt like she'd been through a lot, but was glad for those experiences because it had helped her develop creatively, and had become a source of inspiration to her too.
It's not the first time I've heard stories about that, and it's also well known that artists such as Van Gogh, and more recently Robin Williams and various musical influencers used their mental health issues to create masterpieces too, and while many of these beautifully creative people suffered immensely, and oftentimes have passed before their time, the remnants of them are left in their art - and I think that is an amazing legacy.
I know that mental health is probably something I reference a lot in my rantings, but I can't help but feel like it does need to be spoken about more. It needs to become more widely accepted that we are ALL on a spectrum, and just because you feel like you can't relate right now, it doesn't mean that you won't need help at some point later in life.
Your mind is a fragile thing, and I am discovering more every day that it is incredibly important to treat yourself with respect. You can be the sweetest, kindest person in the entire world - but if you're not capable of treating yourself with the same hand you treat everyone else, you're only going to exhaust yourself.
Think positively today, peeps. After all, if nothing else it's nearly the weekend!
xoxo
All of the things :
Skin : L'Etre Skin Shop - Isabela Skin
Eyebrows : Bossie. alice eyebrows [LeLutka]
Eyelids : L'Etre - Natural mesh eyelids
Septum & Nose Piercing : From the :: SAGA :: Verena Jewel Set
Hair : little bones. Poison @ Collabor88
Headpiece : *LODE* Head Accessory - Phlox Crown [purple](Gacha)
Nipples : !~SV~! Nipples
Nipple Piercings : [CX] Venereal
