cult of oshun

there’s no rule as to how big or how small you’re allowed to dream. if you just want a small home and an orange kitchen and four cats that’s just as reasonable of a goal to work for as a big new york penthouse. and if all you really want is a simplistic career that isn’t the center of your life then that’s just as valid as dreaming of becoming a famous fashion designer or ceo. i know everyone keeps urging you to dream big, but dreams can be as simple and small as you want. they’ll always be valid. you decide how you want to live and what kind of life you want, no one else.

Having a clean home, a warm bed, and a sense of security is truly the biggest blessing. That is enough to be content especially in the world we live in today. We are rich is ways we don’t realize.

Still Life of Oranges by Rafael Romero Barros, 1863

Girl Reading by Paul Claude Gardère (Haitian 1944-2011)

get someone who really appreciates every inch of your body. not even sexually!!!!! just someone who loves you, even when you can't love yourself. someone truly excited to appreciate you.

you are not a machine. you are more like a garden. you need different things on different days. a little sun today, a little less water tomorrow. you have fallow and fruitful seasons. it is not a design flaw. it is wiser than perpetual sameness. what does your garden need today?

Crispy toasted sourdough with silky goat brie, unsweetened apricot preserves and some petals for a little romance.