i am not particularly religious but the serenity prayer has always struck me as incredibly sage and powerful. there are variations on the wording but the general idea is: god grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change, the courage to change what i can, and the wisdom to know the difference. has gotten me through many tough days
i go to a little group therapy sesh every once in a while and they close every meeting with the prayer. i don't ever actually pray during it and i used to write it off as corny, but i'm sitting with it right now and it's just so sweet.
there's so much that we just cannot change and it takes so much to accept that! be loving to yourself and honor the strength it takes to be! just to be!
When the bar or venue or whatever is underground and you have to descend into the place because you can say some shit like “We are entering the seedy underbelly of this wicked city” “You know,” *cig drag* “crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.”
And then your friends can be like “Viv, you can’t smoke inside Dude also where the fuck did you find a pipe and a fedora What are you even saying” Giving you the opportunity to respond with a
“Beat it toots, you’re too pretty for these streets anyhow”
Then you remember your friend already offered to pay for the Uber XL home and you have like 11 bucks so you drop the bit but the sentiment is still there below the surface
