nineteen seventy-two

So scared of getting older, I'm only good at being young

You looked at me with your old, old eyes 

That you used to 

Look at your god in your old, old ways 

If you lost your way, walk on, walk on, walk on

even though if i disappear from this room / no one will know that i have existed

Migration describes a movement, potential, or need for mobility, with the intended or unintended consequences of circulating and liquefying certain aspects of identity and everyday being, along the way through the emblematic non-places of transnational transition like airports or highway rest stops. In this way, both migration and tourism are both types of mobility that can be seen as movements to escape certain conditions and articulations of capitalism, albeit moving in contrary directions.

30seasons: Dear Neil, I am a horrible person. How to be kinder, please?

neil-gaiman:

Sometimes I suspect we are all horrible people. Or at least, we are human people. Same thing. We are impatient, judgmental, irritating and irritated, grumpy, easily offended and the rest of it.

So how to be kinder if it doesn’t come naturally? 

Fake it. 

Fake it a little bit at a time. 

Because there isn’t actually any difference between doing something nice for someone because you are naturally saintly and perfect, and doing something nice for someone because you are secretly demonic and trying to cover it up. It’s still an act of kindness either way, and you still made their lives better.

Smile at people. Say hullo. Ask about their lives. Remember what they’ve told you about their lives. Do small things to try and help them. (They will not know you are horrible, do not worry. They will just perceive that you are helping.)

Give people the benefit of the doubt. Remember that it’s more often stupidity to blame than evil, that everyone can screw up (including you) and what’s important is learning from that.

Think “What would an actually kind person do now?” – and do that. Don’t beat yourself up when you fail. Just be as kind to yourself as you will be to others – even if you have to fake that.

And good luck.