i bet my love life is a disaster because i never forwarded any of those chain emails back in 7th grade
January 2012
“For if a man chooses to be promiscuous, he may still aesthetically turn up his nose at promiscuity. He may still demand a woman be faithful to him, to save him from his own lust. But women have lust, too. Why should they be relegated to the position of custodian of emotions, watcher of the infants, feeder of soul, body and pride of man? Being born a woman is my awful tragedy. From the moment I was conceived I was doomed to sprout breasts and ovaries rather than penis and scrotum; to have my whole circle of action, thought and feeling rigidly circumscribed by my inescapable femininity. Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with road crews, sailors and soldiers, bar room regulars — to be a part of a scene, anonymous, listening, recording — all is spoiled by the fact that I am a girl, a female always in danger of assault and battery. My consuming interest in men and their lives is often misconstrued as a desire to seduce them, or as an invitation to intimacy. Yet, God, I want to talk to everybody I can as deeply as I can. I want to be able to sleep in an open field, to travel west, to walk freely at night…”
—Sylvia Plath, The Unabrided Journals (July 1951)
“What you seek is seeking you.”
—R.
regarding ~ "have been feeling much less than satisfied with myself". It is okay to sometimes, never be fully content in life. Afterall, we all need something to drive us sometimes towards improvement. It is how things get done, but also don't be toooooo hard on yourself. Try balance the extreme's or at least the ones that don't work 'for you'. Use your inner drive towards the positive, and not the negative. You will go further. Wishing you well .... M
i can’t tell you how much i appreciate your message. i am currently working on, and have been working on for a long time, how to not be too hard on myself. it’s difficult to break that nasty, pestering habit, but i’m doing my best to kick it. i will keep your words in my thoughts whenever i am struggling. thank you very much, my dear. i wish all the best to you as well.
xo