look my level of love for bts is ridiculous ok but it’s not only because of their pretty faces and magical voices…it’s because of emotions, struggles, positive and negative…they speak of my strengths, my weaknesses, my goodness, my otherness, they allow me to embody myself. they’re that light of dawn i look for after the darkness, the cheers i hear when i need a lift. they remind me of all that is important: my youth, my memories, my life.
their music and lyrics are not only about one part of living : love. they’re about all parts, the good, the bad, the ugly. BTS is not just handsome faces and fancy dance moves, they’re constantly connecting with us, speaking of their fears, their concerns, their worries, showing us that they’re humans too, that we all have weak, fragile moments and when bent too far we can chip and break, but also that we are strong enough to pick up the pieces and keep moving forward.
They have shown me that perseverance and dedication is a major key to success, that dreaming is perfectly fine, but doing is better. they remind me to stop and smell the flowers, that to love someone else with all of my heart, i have to love ME with all of my heart first because at the end of the day, in the mirror, i am the person i have to live with forever.
I hope BTS realizes how special they are, they aren’t just empty bubbles and wispy dreams, they are life lines, a support system, an embodiment of all things life is. Happy 5 Years, let’s keep going for another 5+ ~
Hi I'm indy I'm a new follower I plan on going in to computer science! Any advice ?
Hi there! Ohhh that’s so awesome, good luck! Computer science is an amazing subject to study! I was terrified at first because I haven’t had much experience in coding before going to uni, but you’re going to be just FINE trust me! ✨
💻 first of all DON’T BE SCARED YOU CAN’T CODE - that’s why you’re going to computer science in the first place, to learn to code. Of course, there’s going to be people who are pro-coders already, but don’t get intimidated by them, find your own pace and just do your thing! They’re probably repeating the year anyway or they transferred.
💻 I know in computer science you’re mostly like ‘why do I need lectures when I need to CODE not listen about coding’, but trust me GO TO LECTURES - I attended (almost) every lecture possible during my first year and it really made a World of a difference especially if you’re a newbie to all of this! You’ll meet the professors and you’ll know what they’re expecting of you and they’ll probably tell you some funny stories as well. Plus you’ll have more familiar faces on the campus :)
💻 DO SOME READING - there’s one lecture that I didn’t go to and that was a mistake I tell you. I didn’t go because the lecturer's voice was boring and I was literally falling asleep. But after I did some reading about the subject before the exam I realized his words were very valuable, but unfortunately if you already knew a bit about the subject, so if you have a subject that bores you - do some reading on your own and then go to the lecture. you’ll get much more information out of it!
💻 CODE AT HOME - after you’ve practiced some skills during the classes, go home and practice them again on your own. Try doing something useful or fun with it. Like make it print out “Yolo” in a circle (I did that, no regrets lmao)
💻 INSTALL ALL THE SOFTWARE DURING YOUR FIRST WEEK - install all the things you’re going to need during the year on your first week, honestly, please do! It’ll save you time later on. As soon as the professor mentions what you should install, note it down, go home, install it.
💻 PRACTICE EVEN REALLY SIMPLE THINGS - if you don’t understand anything just type it on youtube and you’ll find plenty of the video tutorials which ARE AMAZING. They helped me a lot with understanding some stuff I couldn’t get a grip of. And I know you’ll find some stuff that you’re like “I don’t need to practice this, this is trivial” IT’S NOT and you’ll get it wrong if you don’t code it at least once, just do it, it’ll take like 30s.
Hi guys! Here’s a masterpost of some inspirational quotes taken from classical literature that you can use in your bullet journal, planner, or whenever you need some extra motivation! Italicized are some of my favorites that really help me stop procrastinating and get through the day :)
romans:
seneca:
“i will storm the gods, and shake the universe.”
“luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
“if one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”
“it is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, but because we do not dare, things are difficult.”
“sometimes it is an act of bravery even to live.”
ovid:
“nothing is stronger than habit.”
“let your hook be always cast. in the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.”
“endure and persist; this pain will turn into good by and by.”
“what is without periods of rest will not endure.”
virgil:
“they can because they think they can.”
“let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.”
“work conquers all.”
“practice and thought may forge many an art.”
“we cannot all do everything.”
horace:
“adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.”
“he who has begun has half done. dare to be wise; begin!”
“remember when life’s path is steep to keep your mind even.”
“mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. it is lovely to be silly at the right moment.”
“he who feared that he would not succeed sat still.”
catullus:
“often has leisure ruined great kings and fine cities.”
“if anything has happened to one who ever yearned and wished but never hoped, that is a rare pleasure of the soul.”
“i hate and i love. perhaps you ask why i do this? i do not know, but i feel it happening and i am tortured.”
greeks:
homer:
“the fates have given mortals hearts that can endure.”
“some of the words you’ll find within yourself, the rest some power will inspire you to say.”
“for a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother.”
“there is a time for many words and there is a time also for sleep.”
sappho:
“may I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.”
“beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.”
“you who judge me, for me you are nothing.”
plato:
“be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
“no one should be discouraged who can make constant progress, even though it be slow.”
“music is a moral law. it gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”
“the first and best victory is to conquer self.”
“the beginning is the most important part of the work.”
aristotle:
“the roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
“pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
“poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.”
“we are what we repeatedly do. excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” (misattributed, but too good to pass up :) )
plutarch:
“the mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
“what we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
“to make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
“painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”
“to find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
I hope you find these useful, or at least enjoyed reading through them! Let me know which are your favorites!
“The people you love the most hurt you the most”. It hurts when you care about them and expect them to never hurt you. But if it was anyone else, it wouldn’t bother you. You give them the power to hurt you when you have expectations from them. If you don’t want to be hurt, don’t expect anything. It’s that simple.
Hence, I say,
“They can’t hurt you if you don’t give them the power to.”—Fariya Bano
He doesn’t ask to see her anymore. He doesn’t ask what she’s doing anymore. He doesn’t bother to tell her about his day anymore. He doesn’t bother to reply to her messages anymore.
We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It’s easy.
But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. These are the most important people in your life, and you’ll meet maybe four or five of these people over the span of 80 years. But there’s still one more tier to all this; there is always one person you love who becomes that definition. It usually happens retrospectively, but it always happens eventually. This is the person who unknowingly sets the template for what you will always love about other people, even if some of those qualities are self-destructive and unreasonable.
You will remember having conversations with this person that never actually happened. You will recall sexual trysts with this person that never technically occurred. This is because the individual who embodies your personal definition of love does not really exist. The person is real, and the feelings are real–but you create the context. And the context is everything.
The person who defines your understanding of love is not inherently different than anyone else, and they’re often just the person you happen to meet the first time you really, really want to love someone. But that person still wins. They win, and you lose. Because for the rest of your life, they will control how you feel about everyone else.
Words unspoken for days,
A silence lingered far,
Bringing the pain of new wounds,
And the oldest scars.
Simple words had led to a fray,
Thinking was all she could do,
With him gone she blamed herself.
She had caused this,
But she didn’t deserve this.
Yet still afraid to lose him,
She told herself that,
The next time he crossed the line,
She’d let him speak,
The stars being her witness,
Next time, she wouldn’t be,
The reason for the Drift.
