Foraged this morning: mint leaves & flowers, persicaria longiseta, hibiscus syriacus, vitus riparia (wild river grape leaves), aegopodium podagraria (ground elder or bishops goutweed), musk mallow, yarrow, viola sororia, taraxacum officianale (dandelion leaves!), rubus idaeus (raspberry leaves), beautiful little clover bunches...

...with rain descending, still, from what seems like a clear blue sky,...

...the early morning sunlight waking my skin, magicking my photoreceptors,...

...and glinting golden vital life-force upon every living being in sight.

🌿🌺🕊️🌞✨

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I just don't even know how to tell you, this amazing joyfulness.

The stark depth of pain and anguish and the deeper brilliant resonance, the terrible wonderful gift of recognizing how powerful that core of love is.

It's astonishing and I'm so grateful you’re here, beautiful interconnected beings — with whom I get to experience it.

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rachelclif:

' one of the most healing & liberating things I’ve ever done, as a woman

is becoming a person who isn't afraid of men’s needs, nor put off by their neediness

but is instead galvanized & almost (dare I say) aroused by it

because it shows me that they can feel '

https://twitter.com/rachelclif/status/1780345228718715343

Mark Silver writes:

' This. I knew I could make a lifetime commitment to Holly K. Glaser after watching us navigate and process through the rough patches, not by how great the good times were. (Although that’s also true.) '

Dominic Lawson's post, re-shared by Mark:

' Fine I’ll say it…because these dating/relationship podcasts…

#MarriageGoals is not when you see Kenda Johnson-Lawson and myself out here having business/career success together.

It’s actually her picking me up off the floor from sobbing due to the passing of our son. And because of her own childhood trauma, SHE was better suited to be the stronger one while we both grieved.

#MarriageGoals is not us taking trips together, eating at fancy restaurants, and taking cute pictures.

It is my wife scheduled to give a talk at a conference and watching the anxiety come over her because the room is empty and we spent our last to travel for it. Which leads me to go out to the conference hall and LITERALLY pull people into her session so it wouldn’t be empty.

Man listen, this s🤬 ain’t always cute, it damn sure ain’t always fun, and that 50/50 crap does not work.

It’s 100/100. And sometimes you need to be prepared to carry some if not all of their load.

So while you are dating, instead of “are you submissive” or “can you pay my bills” what you need to ask is “when the s🤬 hits the fan, like some real life s🤬, do you have the mental capacity and fortitude to help us get through it”.

That is #MarriageGoals '

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' Men need to understand that building a real relationship with a woman requires commitment to her, the family, and the life you build together. It’s not just about what you want it's about trusting and respecting her and her boundaries. Relationships take character and understanding, not just focusing on your own needs. Many of the things you’ve built in your life may be protecting you from the woman you truly seek.✨ '
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' I’m speaking for a lot of women out there right now. They’re not just looking for a guy who’s here for the good times. They want someone who, if they go broke, will still stand by them.

If they have it all and then lose everything, will you still be there? That’s what really matters.

It’s not about how handsome you are or what you bring to the table; it’s about whether you’re willing to stick with them through life’s ups and downs.

They’re looking for someone who’ll say, "I’m here, I’m not leaving, no matter what you have or don’t have."

That’s the best feeling in the world, to know someone has your back no matter what.

Most people stay for what you have, and they’ll leave when it’s gone that’s just life.

But if you find that one guy who’ll stay, hold onto him tight.😊 '

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substack.com/@starfirecodes/note/c-72516208 • t.me/Esomancy/136

' Men often get frustrated when a woman brings up something they did in the past, saying, "I thought we were past this," even if it just happened recently.
One reason a woman might not be over it is that, scientifically, women are better at recalling emotional events.
When we think about a hurtful memory, we often feel the same emotions we did when it first happened.
Men, on the other hand, aren’t wired that way they remember the event but not the emotional impact.
So when a woman brings it up, men might think she's doing it to punish them, not realizing she’s still feeling the pain. Before telling her to move on, understand that she’s reliving those emotions as if the event just happened.✨ '

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Ninga Odé:

' “Loving” women is not the same as respecting women.

Loving women is not the same as valuing women.

Loving women is not the same as being good to (and for) women.

I am intimately comfortable with the way fierce men move through this world and the differences in how men and women tend to respond to love, and life, and conflict, but if you can not respect and value women (all women) when they are making you uncomfortable or challenging you to look beyond your ego, hear me when I say that is not love.

There are other words for that.

Strong men, healthy men, safe men, warriors protect the sacred - respect the sacred. Apane.

Not just when those sacred are feeding their ego or when it is easy, convenient and serves their purpose.

Not just when the pressure of accountability and real life consequences are immediate, but when no one is watching, and no one but yourself can stand you on that line.

It is a commitment to the labor of moving differently with those who bring the future and carry the past.

Understand what you’re giving, not just what you’re taking and hold that responsibility like the gift it is.

(2022) 🌻 '

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