[thepowerwithin]

Please don’t give up on yourself. We all go through tough times sometimes. We all struggle every now and again. There is nothing to be ashamed about, my friend. You are simply growing.

Nicole Addison

[thepowerwithin]

“There is no limit to where you can go. The knowledge you can gain. The new levels you can reach.”

— Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin

[thepowerwithin]

“Be fierce. Face your biggest fears and don’t allow them to scare you. You are strong enough to overcome anything imaginable.”

— Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

i’m tired and just wanna be with my person so i can drift off in their arms

[pastelparrotlet]

Try stuff. Put plants in your room even if you aren’t the best at caring for them. Attempt that dessert recipe even if it turns out ugly. Listen to that music you’ve been meaning to try for a while. The world is full of infinite sources of goodness and the best thing to do it to try and find as many as possible.

How to Really Comprehend a Scientific Paper

[3s-are-green]

**credit to my research advisor, she’s an amazing mentor and I aspire to be just like her someday :)

1. Read the abstract. Write down what the paper says it is going to be about.
2. Read the introduction. Write down what the paper says it is looking to accomplish and how.
   
3. Read the conclusion. Write down what the paper actually did accomplish.
4. Go through and find all the pictures, graphs, or diagrams. Write notes explaining these images to yourself.
5. Read the whole paper start to finish. Write a summary of the paper as though you are explaining it to a layperson, and then another summary as though you are explaining it to a colleague.
   

Throughout all of the above steps:

• If there are words you don’t know google them and write down the definitions
  

• If the paper defines a formula, law, variable, etc in a certain way write that down

• If there are references to or recommendations of other literature write those down. After the last step if there’s anything you’re uncertain about or would like more information on look to that list for further reading
  

[smallyetbeautiful]

sometimes it takes years before you fully understand the reality of a situation you were in, for you to look back and see it for what it truly was

[birthdaylobotomy]

this world can be so kind. butterflies will land and stick in your hair, the smell of rain will float through your mind in the middle of the night, the water we swim in is cold and clear, the fruits we eat so sweet. this world can be so, so kind.

[mournfulroses]

George Herbert, from Enlightened Heart: An Anthology; “Prayer,”

[hisunfailinglove]

“Don't concentrate on what you lack, concentrate on what you have. Then give all of it to Jesus for His use.”

—Anne Graham Lotz