I literally woke up today and I was a butterfly send help.

Also known as CBT...

Good old Mr X. Goes by many names, always the same c***!

There have been studies that suggest that butterflies retain at least some of their caterpillar memories. I don't think that indicates that it's a conscious transformation, though.

It is true, because any institution is only as good as the members of it’s faculty, which are all subject to corruption and death. Things can change in an instant that might completely topple even our greatest and most popular institutions.

I don't know. They were a standalone comic, but it's possible they did some commissions.

You see how many peoples day have been made brighter by this right?

Happy nice people don’t go online to critique and complain about inspiring quotes. That’s what the assholes do

Love this visualization!

Don't wait.

no, i think that's never the intention of these but for example, the last one "is it all a dream?" no, it's not. and it kinda makes me feel like... an easy way to dismiss people? they just rub me the wrong way basically.

May your shits indeed be big my dude

Taking the actions brings the results of having taken the actions.

I may be seeing it wrong but I don’t think this was trying to negate the problems that someone feel? But just trying to put into perspective to be thankful for what you have and that you may be more fortunate than you initially believe?

Like if you do have a serious problem, at the very least, there is some comfort in knowing you are not alone and others are experiencing it too

Thx, this saves me a trip to a the rapist

I understand it more along the lines of masculinity/femininity. Everyone has both masculine and feminine traits, generally man have more masculine traits and women more feminine traits, but its always a mix. A similar idea is represented by the ying-yang symbol in Eastern religions.

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Don’t be so passive, make the good shit happen yourself

My 2 closest friends, who I’ve known for 15 years, 1 lives in a different state, and the other lives in another country. We’ll likely never meet, but I don’t think I’d trade them for anyone else.

Some of these i like. But some... Motivation sometimes seems to be like "hey your problems aren't that big!" But people are for real sick, for real homeless, for real friendless, for real suicidal. Problems can be actually really big and you can't stand up to everything and everyone.

I tell myself “shut up Dad”. It’s always in his voice too. Life is so much better now that I stopped talking to him

Well I was fortunate enough to receive a small ‘safety net’ when I was in college. Bittersweet as it came unexpectedly from my godmother who passed away. She was an amazing women and I’d wish I’d gotten to know her better.

Point is…I have always been a procrastinator. I always wanted to ‘maximize my enjoyment’. I’d skip classes all semester and then stress out and teach myself everything the week before the midterm/final. Stay up all night writing that 10 page paper the night before. It’s a miracle I graduated with a 3.0. I had a lot of fun along the way BUT…

I continued living this way forever. I still am! My charisma and intelligence were enough to get me by and I was always commended at work. Even when I started doing opiates. No one knew. They all thought I was killing it. In reality I was doing what I considered to be the bare minimum while ‘maximizing my enjoyment’. Turns out doing $200 of Oxy a day isn’t very financially sound. So I quit my job and the opiates. Slowly replaced that with drinking. And on and on it went from 27-34.

SEVEN YEARS I’ve been fucking about while my friends put in the work and all have amazing jobs and houses. And now that I’m about to be 35 I am finally completely sober but…I have no idea wtf to do. My previous work experience is in fields I won’t go back into and I spent the last 2 years learning a business with the intention of buying it only to have the deal fall through. I’m constantly stressed and feel like I have to start over and basically put myself 10 years back from where I ‘should be’

All that to say that I would trade places with you in a heartbeat. You 100% made the right decision and life choices

I agree, except for the confidence thing. There are some that are extremely self assured and there are brain exercises one can do to improve one’s confidence, just like working a muscle at the gym (just don’t expect overnight miracles at either location; it’s a long process, but a worthy one).

Nope, the brain of the caterpillar is almost entirely consumedduring the process of metamorphosis.

Definitely a great reminder. Thank you ❤️

The little monster on the leg kind of makes it seem like the image suggests pulling down, to me. I think the artist was probably thinking of institutions in a negative light.

(My ability to help is probably limited to whether being sick on things is helpful...)