Rushes into my heart and my skull
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dolorosa_12Day 4. What do you think it means to be in love?
This is difficult. I know I'm in love, but it's hard to distill the distinct aspects of that feeling into coherent words. I'll try. A caveat: this is how love feels to me. To other people it might feel very different.
Firstly, love isn't selfish. That is obsession, not love.
Love makes me feel filled with compassion for everyone in the world. It was as if the state of being in love increased my capacity to feel love, and it's now as if I'm overflowing with empathy and the desire to nurture everyone I've ever met (I try to tone this down).
Love is empowering. It makes me feel braver, stronger, wiser, kinder and more beautiful. It makes me feel as if I am more myself than I have ever been.
Love doesn't mean that I am always blissed out and happy, or that nothing bad will ever happen, or that the bad things won't affect me. Love does not protect you from harm or pain or bad luck.
Love is both a comfort and an adventure. I feel safe, and yet I feel like I'm embarking on a journey every day.
Day 5. Pick a song that projects the same mood as your day or week and explain.
Day 6. Talk about a recent experience that has affected you greatly and how.
Day 7. Think of the last person you hugged. What would you do if they vanished completely?
Day 8. Write about the first moment that comes to your head when you read the words “childhood memory”
Day 9. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Day 10. Did you have a good day or a bad day? Where do you think that defining line was?
Day 11. Do you feel protective over someone?
Day 12. If you could trade places with anyone for one week, who would it be and why?
Day 13. Where do you see your best friend in 10 years?
Day 14. When you are stressed, what can you use as an outlet? Why do you think it helps you?
Day 15. What do you believe in? And not just God or atheism.
Day 16. What are you passionate about?
Day 17. Who was the last person you kissed? (If you are still with them now, pick the person before them.) What would they say if they saw you now?
Day 18. Talk about your extended family. Why do you think they are the way they are?
Day 19. If you could be anywhere in the world, but you had to be there for a certain cause, where would you be and why?
Day 20. Again, pick a song that projects the mood of your week or day.
Day 21. Look back. Why did you choose this challenge? Do you think it says anything about you?
Day 22. How do you think people see you? Be a little negative and a little positive.
Day 23. Explain your life plan for the next month, then the next year, then three years, then five years.
Day 24. Are you more social or independent? Why do you think that is?
Day 25. What do you think it means to be a good parent?
Day 26. Talk about a moment where you were truly happy. What was happening? Who were you with?
Day 27. Is there a friend you are worried about? Why do they have you concerned? Do you think they’ll be okay?
Day 28. Would you rather someone tell you the truth up front but gently, or be lied to to spare your feelings?
Day 29. If you could be doing the same things you do now, only in your own way, how would a normal day in your life go?
Day 30. Look back on this last month and talk about it.
This is difficult. I know I'm in love, but it's hard to distill the distinct aspects of that feeling into coherent words. I'll try. A caveat: this is how love feels to me. To other people it might feel very different.
Firstly, love isn't selfish. That is obsession, not love.
Love makes me feel filled with compassion for everyone in the world. It was as if the state of being in love increased my capacity to feel love, and it's now as if I'm overflowing with empathy and the desire to nurture everyone I've ever met (I try to tone this down).
Love is empowering. It makes me feel braver, stronger, wiser, kinder and more beautiful. It makes me feel as if I am more myself than I have ever been.
Love doesn't mean that I am always blissed out and happy, or that nothing bad will ever happen, or that the bad things won't affect me. Love does not protect you from harm or pain or bad luck.
Love is both a comfort and an adventure. I feel safe, and yet I feel like I'm embarking on a journey every day.
Day 5. Pick a song that projects the same mood as your day or week and explain.
Day 6. Talk about a recent experience that has affected you greatly and how.
Day 7. Think of the last person you hugged. What would you do if they vanished completely?
Day 8. Write about the first moment that comes to your head when you read the words “childhood memory”
Day 9. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Day 10. Did you have a good day or a bad day? Where do you think that defining line was?
Day 11. Do you feel protective over someone?
Day 12. If you could trade places with anyone for one week, who would it be and why?
Day 13. Where do you see your best friend in 10 years?
Day 14. When you are stressed, what can you use as an outlet? Why do you think it helps you?
Day 15. What do you believe in? And not just God or atheism.
Day 16. What are you passionate about?
Day 17. Who was the last person you kissed? (If you are still with them now, pick the person before them.) What would they say if they saw you now?
Day 18. Talk about your extended family. Why do you think they are the way they are?
Day 19. If you could be anywhere in the world, but you had to be there for a certain cause, where would you be and why?
Day 20. Again, pick a song that projects the mood of your week or day.
Day 21. Look back. Why did you choose this challenge? Do you think it says anything about you?
Day 22. How do you think people see you? Be a little negative and a little positive.
Day 23. Explain your life plan for the next month, then the next year, then three years, then five years.
Day 24. Are you more social or independent? Why do you think that is?
Day 25. What do you think it means to be a good parent?
Day 26. Talk about a moment where you were truly happy. What was happening? Who were you with?
Day 27. Is there a friend you are worried about? Why do they have you concerned? Do you think they’ll be okay?
Day 28. Would you rather someone tell you the truth up front but gently, or be lied to to spare your feelings?
Day 29. If you could be doing the same things you do now, only in your own way, how would a normal day in your life go?
Day 30. Look back on this last month and talk about it.
