My horoscope is very wise today:
"Learn to be a good friend to yourself. If you perceive your sore spots and treat them with understanding and love, you will soon feel lighter and freer."
I'd fucking love to be my friend. I am highly experienced at tiptoeing around everyone's sore spots and being so overly gentle with everyone's feelings, so all I need to do is flip the direction inward, which has already been my self-improvement focus this year, so I'm seeing some improvement.
I watched Hannah Gadsby last night (I love her) and she remarked about people who YELL at her for being "too sensitive." She said sometimes she feels like a nose being lectured by a fart.
She also said, "There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself."
Today I am grateful for comedians like Hannah Gadsby and Jenny Slate and so many other incredible female stand up comedians who validate my experiences as a woman in this patriarchal nation, my spicy coffee, the comforting silence in my apartment, safety, clean air, a simmering desire to create, a good night's sleep, hope, clean dishes, clean slate.
9:14 a.m. - 2020-08-25