In reply to @djkhalis:matrix.org
Regarding to your career -- you really seem to have gone through so much!! At the same time, you also seemed to have accomplished a lot as well so congrats on that!

Thank you... Indeed... 'Been through a lot... Sometimes I think way too much for a lifetime... I've been through some very, VERY dark times -- moments that very few people have lived through in this world... But I guess I'm living proof that, no matter how hard things are, it is possible to make it through if you learn to accept and listen to your body, to respect nature, and to give things due time (to be patient, working on your healing whenever you can).

It's not easy, but if you learn to work with nature, not against her, it's not unrewarding either. There is joy, comfort, and peace to be found, and life's cycle goes on. There is actually purpose to be found in that natural cycle, in being a part of that larger miracle that humankind still knows so little about.

For example, that trees can both feel and talk/communicate -- and do so much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWOqeyPIVRo

"Nowhere are we content with what nature displays before our senses. We look everywhere for what we call an explanation of the facts. That which we seek in things, over and above what is given to us immediately, splits our entire being into two parts. We become aware of standing in opposition to the world, as independent beings. ... We set up this barrier between ourselves and the world as soon as consciousness lights up within us. But we never lose the feeling that we do belong to the world, that a link exists that connects us to it, that we are creatures not outside, but within, the universe."

"We can only find nature outside us if we first know her within us. What is akin to her within us will be our guide."

~ Rudolf Steiner in 'Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path' a.k.a 'The Philosophy of Freedom'

In reply to @djkhalis:matrix.org
I believe so much in the balance of this cycle and see it as essential in not only ours but in life-forms-as-we-know-them's survival that I think it really is my "religion". Like, for me, it covers most aspects of a traditional religion. It sounds kind of silly but it gives me clarity, and so much happiness. If I have plants that dry up for any reason I keep them until they're literally a few sticks with some dirt underneath. And I always leave the fallen leaves of any of the plants on their soil, I love so much to see how life thrives on itself :) I love it in every stage

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the Mysterious — the knowledge of the existence of something unfathomable to us, the manifestation of the most profound reason coupled with the most brilliant beauty. I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, or who has a will of the kind we experience in ourselves. I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with the awareness of — and glimpse into — the marvelous construction of the existing world together with the steadfast determination to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the reason that manifests itself in nature. This is the basics of cosmic religiosity, and it appears to me that the most important function of art and science is to awaken this feeling among the receptive and keep it alive.

I sense that it is not the State that has intrinsic value in the machinery of humankind, but rather the creative, feeling individual, the personality alone that creates the noble and sublime.

Man's ethical behavior should be effectively grounded on compassion, nurture and social bonds. What is moral is not the divine, but rather a purely human matter, albeit the most important of all human matters."

~ Albert Einstein in 'An Ideal of Service to Our Fellow Man'

In reply to @djkhalis:matrix.org
Made me so happy I could tear up hahah!! It means so much to me to share this feeling/view with somebody else. Oh and yes I jave seen his films:) not all of them, I'm sure

Have you seen any of Miyazaki's films?

If you haven't seen it yet, watch Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and Princess Mononoke! Both deeply thought-provoking and moving. ;)

Also this 1987 animated short film (The Man Who Planted Trees):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY_zuNtf3_g

I realised something today. You know how neurotypical people will get offended if we don't notice that something is bothering them (if we miss NT social cues)?

Well, here's the thing: they actually do this to each other, too! They are so secretive about certain personal things that they actually withhold sharing information about their state with certain people, and then act all offended and against that person, simply because they're in that mood and it helps them emotionally to villainise a person.

I realised something today. You know how neurotypical people will get offended if we don't notice that something is bothering them (if we miss NT social cues)?

Well, here's the thing: they actually do this to each other, too! They are so secretive about certain personal things that they actually deliberately withhold sharing crucial information about their state/being/feelings with certain people, and then act all offended and against that person -- simply because they're in that mood and it helps them emotionally to villainise a person.

I realised something today. You know how neurotypical people will get offended if we don't notice that something is bothering them (if we miss NT social cues)?

Well, here's the thing: they actually do this to each other, too! They are so secretive about certain personal things that they actually deliberately withhold sharing crucial information about their state/being/feelings with certain people, and then act all offended and against that person -- simply because they're in that mood and it helps them emotionally to villainise a person.

So a lot of the time that this happens, it actually had nothing to do with us not realising their NT social cues, because they never actually gave out any!

I realised something today. You know how neurotypical people will get offended if we don't notice that something is bothering them (if we miss NT social cues)?

Well, here's the thing: they actually do this to each other, too! They are so secretive about certain personal things that they actually deliberately withhold sharing crucial information about their state/being/feelings with certain people, and then act all offended and against that person -- simply because they're in that mood and it helps them emotionally to villainise a person.

So a lot of the time that this happens, it actually had nothing to do with us not realising their NT social cues, because they never actually gave out any! It's just an empty excuse for them to single us out and vent their frustration (or whatever negative feelings they want to have) on us.

I realised something today. You know how neurotypical people will get offended if we don't notice that something is bothering them (if we miss NT social cues)?

Well, here's the thing: they actually do this to each other, too! They are so secretive about certain personal things that they actually deliberately withhold sharing crucial information about their state/being/feelings with certain people, and then act all offended and against that person -- simply because they're in that mood and it helps them emotionally to villainise a person.

So a lot of the time that this happens, it actually had nothing to do with us not realising their NT social cues, because they never actually gave out any! It's just an empty excuse for them to single us out and vent their frustration (or whatever negative feelings they want to have) on us.

I came to this realisation today.

I realised something. You know how neurotypical people will get offended if we don't notice that something is bothering them (if we miss NT social cues)?

Well, here's the thing: they actually do this to each other, too! They are so secretive about certain personal things that they actually deliberately withhold sharing crucial information about their state/being/feelings with certain people, and then act all offended and against that person -- simply because they're in that mood and it helps them emotionally to villainise a person.

So a lot of the time that this happens, it actually had nothing to do with us not realising their NT social cues, because they never actually gave out any! It's just an empty excuse for them to single us out and vent their frustration (or whatever negative feelings they want to have) on us.

I just came to this realisation today.

I realised something. You know how neurotypical people will get offended if we don't notice that something is bothering them (if we miss NT social cues)?

Well, here's the thing: they actually do this to each other, too! They are so secretive about certain personal things that they actually deliberately withhold sharing crucial information about their state/being/feelings with certain people, and then act all offended and against that person -- simply because they're in that mood and it helps them emotionally to villainise a person.

So a lot of the time that this happens, it actually had nothing to do with us not realising their NT social cues, because they never actually gave out any (deliberately)! It's just an empty excuse for them to single us out and vent their frustration (or whatever negative feelings they want to have) on us.

I just came to this realisation today.

I realised something. You know how neurotypical people will get offended if we don't notice that something is bothering them (if we miss NT social cues)?

Well, here's the thing: they actually do this to each other, too! They are so secretive about certain personal things that they actually deliberately withhold sharing crucial information about their state/being/feelings with certain people, and then act all offended and against that person -- simply because they're in that mood and it helps them emotionally to villainise a person.

So a lot of the time that this happens, it actually had nothing to do with us not realising their NT social cues, because they never actually gave out any (deliberately)! It's just an empty excuse for them to single us out and vent their frustration (or whatever negative feelings they want to have) on us.

I just came to this realisation today.

I realised something. You know how neurotypical people will get offended if we don't notice that something is bothering them (if we miss NT social cues)?

Well, here's the thing: they actually do this to each other, too! They are so secretive about certain personal things that they actually deliberately withhold sharing crucial information about their state/being/feelings with certain people, and then act all offended and against that person -- simply because they're in that mood and it helps them emotionally to villainise a person.

So a lot of the time that this happens, it actually had nothing to do with us not realising their NT social cues, because they never actually gave out any (deliberately)! It's just an empty excuse for them to single us out and vent their frustration (or whatever negative feelings they want to have) on us.

I just came to this eye-opening realisation today.

Everyone, I realised something. You know how neurotypical people will get offended if we don't notice that something is bothering them (if we miss NT social cues)?

Well, here's the thing: they actually do this to each other, too! They are so secretive about certain personal things that they actually deliberately withhold sharing crucial information about their state/being/feelings with certain people, and then act all offended and against that person -- simply because they're in that mood and it helps them emotionally to villainise a person.

So a lot of the time that this happens, it actually had nothing to do with us not realising their NT social cues, because they never actually gave out any (deliberately)! It's just an empty excuse for them to single us out and vent their frustration (or whatever negative feelings they want to have) on us.

I just came to this eye-opening realisation today.