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I am a giving person.

Sharing what little good I have has always brought me immense joy. A meal, a book, a spare hour, a kind word, a place to rest, if I have it, my instinct is to share it.

But life has this irritating habit of teaching the same lesson until one finally pays attention.

The older I get, the more I notice a pattern. Some people don't simply accept kindness; they calculate it. They see generosity not as a gift, but as an opportunity. The few boundaries I ask to be respected are treated as invitations to negotiate rather than limits to accept. And when I finally say "no", they appeal to my compassion, hoping guilt will accomplish what respect would not.

That doesn't feel like respect anymore. It feels a lot like emotional blackmail.

I don't understand it.

Why is the world so often like this? Why do some people see an open hand and immediately wonder how much more they can take?

I don't want to become hard. I don't want suspicion to replace generosity. I don't want every act of kindness or joy to come with a ledger and a lock.

All I've ever wanted is to be a little like a tree (of trees were purple): rooted in who I am, growing as well as I can, offering shade where I can, and standing not alone, but as part of a forest where we look after one another instead of stripping each other bare.

Perhaps that isn't naïve. Perhaps it's simply the kind of world worth trying to grow.
💜

#Kindness #Boundaries #MutualCare #Humanity #Community #Solidarity

I am a giving person.

Sharing what little good I have has always brought me immense joy. A meal, a book, a spare hour, a kind word, a place to rest, if I have it, my instinct is to share it.

But life has this irritating habit of teaching the same lesson until one finally pays attention.

The older I get, the more I notice a pattern. Some people don't simply accept kindness; they calculate it. They see generosity not as a gift, but as an opportunity. The few boundaries I ask to be respected are treated as invitations to negotiate rather than limits to accept. And when I finally say "no", they appeal to my compassion, hoping guilt will accomplish what respect would not.

That doesn't feel like respect anymore. It feels a lot like emotional blackmail.

I don't understand it.

Why is the world so often like this? Why do some people see an open hand and immediately wonder how much more they can take?

I don't want to become hard. I don't want suspicion to replace generosity. I don't want every act of kindness or joy to come with a ledger and a lock.

All I've ever wanted is to be a little like a tree (of trees were purple): rooted in who I am, growing as well as I can, offering shade where I can, and standing not alone, but as part of a forest where we look after one another instead of stripping each other bare.

Perhaps that isn't naïve. Perhaps it's simply the kind of world worth trying to grow.
💜

#Kindness #Boundaries #MutualCare #Humanity #Community #Solidarity

I am a giving person.

Sharing what little good I have has always brought me immense joy. A meal, a book, a spare hour, a kind word, a place to rest, if I have it, my instinct is to share it.

But life has this irritating habit of teaching the same lesson until one finally pays attention.

The older I get, the more I notice a pattern. Some people don't simply accept kindness; they calculate it. They see generosity not as a gift, but as an opportunity. The few boundaries I ask to be respected are treated as invitations to negotiate rather than limits to accept. And when I finally say "no", they appeal to my compassion, hoping guilt will accomplish what respect would not.

That doesn't feel like respect anymore. It feels a lot like emotional blackmail.

I don't understand it.

Why is the world so often like this? Why do some people see an open hand and immediately wonder how much more they can take?

I don't want to become hard. I don't want suspicion to replace generosity. I don't want every act of kindness or joy to come with a ledger and a lock.

All I've ever wanted is to be a little like a tree (of trees were purple): rooted in who I am, growing as well as I can, offering shade where I can, and standing not alone, but as part of a forest where we look after one another instead of stripping each other bare.

Perhaps that isn't naïve. Perhaps it's simply the kind of world worth trying to grow.
💜

#Kindness #Boundaries #MutualCare #Humanity #Community #Solidarity

I am a giving person.

Sharing what little good I have has always brought me immense joy. A meal, a book, a spare hour, a kind word, a place to rest, if I have it, my instinct is to share it.

But life has this irritating habit of teaching the same lesson until one finally pays attention.

The older I get, the more I notice a pattern. Some people don't simply accept kindness; they calculate it. They see generosity not as a gift, but as an opportunity. The few boundaries I ask to be respected are treated as invitations to negotiate rather than limits to accept. And when I finally say "no", they appeal to my compassion, hoping guilt will accomplish what respect would not.

That doesn't feel like respect anymore. It feels a lot like emotional blackmail.

I don't understand it.

Why is the world so often like this? Why do some people see an open hand and immediately wonder how much more they can take?

I don't want to become hard. I don't want suspicion to replace generosity. I don't want every act of kindness or joy to come with a ledger and a lock.

All I've ever wanted is to be a little like a tree (of trees were purple): rooted in who I am, growing as well as I can, offering shade where I can, and standing not alone, but as part of a forest where we look after one another instead of stripping each other bare.

Perhaps that isn't naïve. Perhaps it's simply the kind of world worth trying to grow.
💜

#Kindness #Boundaries #MutualCare #Humanity #Community #Solidarity

I am a giving person.

Sharing what little good I have has always brought me immense joy. A meal, a book, a spare hour, a kind word, a place to rest, if I have it, my instinct is to share it.

But life has this irritating habit of teaching the same lesson until one finally pays attention.

The older I get, the more I notice a pattern. Some people don't simply accept kindness; they calculate it. They see generosity not as a gift, but as an opportunity. The few boundaries I ask to be respected are treated as invitations to negotiate rather than limits to accept. And when I finally say "no", they appeal to my compassion, hoping guilt will accomplish what respect would not.

That doesn't feel like respect anymore. It feels a lot like emotional blackmail.

I don't understand it.

Why is the world so often like this? Why do some people see an open hand and immediately wonder how much more they can take?

I don't want to become hard. I don't want suspicion to replace generosity. I don't want every act of kindness or joy to come with a ledger and a lock.

All I've ever wanted is to be a little like a tree (of trees were purple): rooted in who I am, growing as well as I can, offering shade where I can, and standing not alone, but as part of a forest where we look after one another instead of stripping each other bare.

Perhaps that isn't naïve. Perhaps it's simply the kind of world worth trying to grow.
💜

#Kindness #Boundaries #MutualCare #Humanity #Community #Solidarity

OKRAJ #3

Klub Futra, sobota 14. března v 11:00 SEČ

Třetí sestup do hlubin.

HUDBA:

MEKENZY

https://mekenzy.bandcamp.com/album/demo

LA PROSPERITÉ

https://pureheartrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-prosp-rit-s-t

MULEVIKA

https://mulevika.bandcamp.com/track/hromnice

END: SOCIETY

https://tlu-music.bandcamp.com/album/takes-vol-2

AUTORSKÉ ČTENÍ:

HELENA ČERNOHORSKÁ: IDA

Na Okraj přiveze kromě jiných knih nakladatelství Bylo nebylo (které spolutvoří) svou knihu Ida, ve které vypráví příběh mladé ženy z českého pohraničí v době kolektivizace.

https://www.bylonebylo.com/ida

VÝSTAVA:

VIOLA BORKOVÁ

Série životabudících ikon představuje subjektivně vybrané ženy, na které svět jen tak nezapomene. Subjektivní výběr podléhá patosu, který přijímá jako součást světa a nástroj jeho tvoření, nadsázce a snaze neintelektualizovat prožitek, kterým nás umění tváří v tvář může ovlivnit, víc lingvistické než sémiotické (cit. Marian Varga).

NAKLADATELSTVÍ, DISTRA, ETC.:

Risko

Bylo nebylo

Centrala

Intifarma

Broken Books

Black Seeds

Tři ocásci

Želvička Xixi

+tba

https://devent.cz/event/okraj-3

OKRAJ #3

Klub Futra, sobota 14. března v 11:00 SEČ

Třetí sestup do hlubin.

HUDBA:

MEKENZY

https://mekenzy.bandcamp.com/album/demo

LA PROSPERITÉ

https://pureheartrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-prosp-rit-s-t

MULEVIKA

https://mulevika.bandcamp.com/track/hromnice

END: SOCIETY

https://tlu-music.bandcamp.com/album/takes-vol-2

AUTORSKÉ ČTENÍ:

HELENA ČERNOHORSKÁ: IDA

Na Okraj přiveze kromě jiných knih nakladatelství Bylo nebylo (které spolutvoří) svou knihu Ida, ve které vypráví příběh mladé ženy z českého pohraničí v době kolektivizace.

https://www.bylonebylo.com/ida

VÝSTAVA:

VIOLA BORKOVÁ

Série životabudících ikon představuje subjektivně vybrané ženy, na které svět jen tak nezapomene. Subjektivní výběr podléhá patosu, který přijímá jako součást světa a nástroj jeho tvoření, nadsázce a snaze neintelektualizovat prožitek, kterým nás umění tváří v tvář může ovlivnit, víc lingvistické než sémiotické (cit. Marian Varga).

NAKLADATELSTVÍ, DISTRA, ETC.:

Risko

Bylo nebylo

Centrala

Intifarma

Broken Books

Black Seeds

Tři ocásci

Želvička Xixi

+tba

https://devent.cz/event/okraj-3

OKRAJ #3

Klub Futra, sobota 14. března v 11:00 SEČ

Třetí sestup do hlubin.

HUDBA:

MEKENZY

https://mekenzy.bandcamp.com/album/demo

LA PROSPERITÉ

https://pureheartrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-prosp-rit-s-t

MULEVIKA

https://mulevika.bandcamp.com/track/hromnice

END: SOCIETY

https://tlu-music.bandcamp.com/album/takes-vol-2

AUTORSKÉ ČTENÍ:

HELENA ČERNOHORSKÁ: IDA

Na Okraj přiveze kromě jiných knih nakladatelství Bylo nebylo (které spolutvoří) svou knihu Ida, ve které vypráví příběh mladé ženy z českého pohraničí v době kolektivizace.

https://www.bylonebylo.com/ida

VÝSTAVA:

VIOLA BORKOVÁ

Série životabudících ikon představuje subjektivně vybrané ženy, na které svět jen tak nezapomene. Subjektivní výběr podléhá patosu, který přijímá jako součást světa a nástroj jeho tvoření, nadsázce a snaze neintelektualizovat prožitek, kterým nás umění tváří v tvář může ovlivnit, víc lingvistické než sémiotické (cit. Marian Varga).

NAKLADATELSTVÍ, DISTRA, ETC.:

Risko

Bylo nebylo

Centrala

Intifarma

Broken Books

Black Seeds

Tři ocásci

Želvička Xixi

+tba

https://devent.cz/event/okraj-3

OKRAJ #3

Klub Futra, sobota 14. března v 11:00 SEČ

Třetí sestup do hlubin.

HUDBA:

MEKENZY

https://mekenzy.bandcamp.com/album/demo

LA PROSPERITÉ

https://pureheartrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-prosp-rit-s-t

MULEVIKA

https://mulevika.bandcamp.com/track/hromnice

END: SOCIETY

https://tlu-music.bandcamp.com/album/takes-vol-2

AUTORSKÉ ČTENÍ:

HELENA ČERNOHORSKÁ: IDA

Na Okraj přiveze kromě jiných knih nakladatelství Bylo nebylo (které spolutvoří) svou knihu Ida, ve které vypráví příběh mladé ženy z českého pohraničí v době kolektivizace.

https://www.bylonebylo.com/ida

VÝSTAVA:

VIOLA BORKOVÁ

Série životabudících ikon představuje subjektivně vybrané ženy, na které svět jen tak nezapomene. Subjektivní výběr podléhá patosu, který přijímá jako součást světa a nástroj jeho tvoření, nadsázce a snaze neintelektualizovat prožitek, kterým nás umění tváří v tvář může ovlivnit, víc lingvistické než sémiotické (cit. Marian Varga).

NAKLADATELSTVÍ, DISTRA, ETC.:

Risko

Bylo nebylo

Centrala

Intifarma

Broken Books

Black Seeds

Tři ocásci

Želvička Xixi

+tba

https://devent.cz/event/okraj-3

OKRAJ #3

Klub Futra, sobota 14. března v 11:00 SEČ

Třetí sestup do hlubin.

HUDBA:

MEKENZY

https://mekenzy.bandcamp.com/album/demo

LA PROSPERITÉ

https://pureheartrecords.bandcamp.com/album/la-prosp-rit-s-t

MULEVIKA

https://mulevika.bandcamp.com/track/hromnice

END: SOCIETY

https://tlu-music.bandcamp.com/album/takes-vol-2

AUTORSKÉ ČTENÍ:

HELENA ČERNOHORSKÁ: IDA

Na Okraj přiveze kromě jiných knih nakladatelství Bylo nebylo (které spolutvoří) svou knihu Ida, ve které vypráví příběh mladé ženy z českého pohraničí v době kolektivizace.

https://www.bylonebylo.com/ida

VÝSTAVA:

VIOLA BORKOVÁ

Série životabudících ikon představuje subjektivně vybrané ženy, na které svět jen tak nezapomene. Subjektivní výběr podléhá patosu, který přijímá jako součást světa a nástroj jeho tvoření, nadsázce a snaze neintelektualizovat prožitek, kterým nás umění tváří v tvář může ovlivnit, víc lingvistické než sémiotické (cit. Marian Varga).

NAKLADATELSTVÍ, DISTRA, ETC.:

Risko

Bylo nebylo

Centrala

Intifarma

Broken Books

Black Seeds

Tři ocásci

Želvička Xixi

+tba

https://devent.cz/event/okraj-3

"What we restore says more about us than what we destroy." L. Nault

#Restoration #Sustainability #CommunityAction #MutualCare #ProgressiveValues

"What we restore says more about us than what we destroy." L. Nault

#Restoration #Sustainability #CommunityAction #MutualCare #ProgressiveValues

"What we restore says more about us than what we destroy." L. Nault

#Restoration #Sustainability #CommunityAction #MutualCare #ProgressiveValues

"What we restore says more about us than what we destroy." L. Nault

#Restoration #Sustainability #CommunityAction #MutualCare #ProgressiveValues

"What we restore says more about us than what we destroy." L. Nault

#Restoration #Sustainability #CommunityAction #MutualCare #ProgressiveValues

I'm on #meshcore now. The distributed off-grid communication system that will work when everything else is down, so we can organize #mutualaid / #mutualcare when it's needed. It seems to be booming in the Netherlands right now.

#collapse #talkcollapse #justcollapse

https://meshcore.co.uk/about.html

I'm on #meshcore now. The distributed off-grid communication system that will work when everything else is down, so we can organize #mutualaid / #mutualcare when it's needed. It seems to be booming in the Netherlands right now.

#collapse #talkcollapse #justcollapse

https://meshcore.co.uk/about.html

I'm on #meshcore now. The distributed off-grid communication system that will work when everything else is down, so we can organize #mutualaid / #mutualcare when it's needed. It seems to be booming in the Netherlands right now.

#collapse #talkcollapse #justcollapse

https://meshcore.co.uk/about.html

I'm on #meshcore now. The distributed off-grid communication system that will work when everything else is down, so we can organize #mutualaid / #mutualcare when it's needed. It seems to be booming in the Netherlands right now.

#collapse #talkcollapse #justcollapse

https://meshcore.co.uk/about.html

I'm on #meshcore now. The distributed off-grid communication system that will work when everything else is down, so we can organize #mutualaid / #mutualcare when it's needed. It seems to be booming in the Netherlands right now.

#collapse #talkcollapse #justcollapse

https://meshcore.co.uk/about.html

I'm on #meshcore now. The distributed off-grid communication system that will work when everything else is down, so we can organize #mutualaid / #mutualcare when it's needed. It seems to be booming in the Netherlands right now. #collapse #talkcollapse #justcollapse meshcore.co.uk/about.html

I'm on #meshcore now. The distributed off-grid communication system that will work when everything else is down, so we can organize #mutualaid / #mutualcare when it's needed. It seems to be booming in the Netherlands right now. #collapse #talkcollapse #justcollapse meshcore.co.uk/about.html

Hawken’s critique of GDP lands hard because it’s true:
we’ve normalised the extraction of the future and called it “growth.”

Witnessing this honestly is part of ecological grief — not to paralyse us, but to clarify the work ahead.
Peace, in this context, becomes a practice of repair, reciprocity, and community-scale regeneration.

#Regeneration #Degrowth #EcologicalGrief #Reciprocity #FutureCommons #MutualCare #LifeboatAcademy

Hawken’s critique of GDP lands hard because it’s true:
we’ve normalised the extraction of the future and called it “growth.”

Witnessing this honestly is part of ecological grief — not to paralyse us, but to clarify the work ahead.
Peace, in this context, becomes a practice of repair, reciprocity, and community-scale regeneration.

#Regeneration #Degrowth #EcologicalGrief #Reciprocity #FutureCommons #MutualCare #LifeboatAcademy

Hawken’s critique of GDP lands hard because it’s true:
we’ve normalised the extraction of the future and called it “growth.”

Witnessing this honestly is part of ecological grief — not to paralyse us, but to clarify the work ahead.
Peace, in this context, becomes a practice of repair, reciprocity, and community-scale regeneration.

#Regeneration #Degrowth #EcologicalGrief #Reciprocity #FutureCommons #MutualCare #LifeboatAcademy

Hawken’s critique of GDP lands hard because it’s true:
we’ve normalised the extraction of the future and called it “growth.”

Witnessing this honestly is part of ecological grief — not to paralyse us, but to clarify the work ahead.
Peace, in this context, becomes a practice of repair, reciprocity, and community-scale regeneration.

#Regeneration #Degrowth #EcologicalGrief #Reciprocity #FutureCommons #MutualCare #LifeboatAcademy

"I'm just one person" said 99% of the humans who are too scared of discomfort to even sit with someone in dire pain and suffering

"I'm just one person" said the 99% who keep r*ping the earth and all her children and enabling #capitalism to keep on infecting our planet

"I'm just one person" said the 99% who think they have the right to dictate life with every plea for help #MutualAid #MutualCare and #Direct support they ignore while the suckle media from the 1% and its fear mongering

"I'm just one person" said 99% of the humans who are too scared of discomfort to even sit with someone in dire pain and suffering

"I'm just one person" said the 99% who keep r*ping the earth and all her children and enabling #capitalism to keep on infecting our planet

"I'm just one person" said the 99% who think they have the right to dictate life with every plea for help #MutualAid #MutualCare and #Direct support they ignore while the suckle media from the 1% and its fear mongering

"I'm just one person" said 99% of the humans who are too scared of discomfort to even sit with someone in dire pain and suffering

"I'm just one person" said the 99% who keep r*ping the earth and all her children and enabling #capitalism to keep on infecting our planet

"I'm just one person" said the 99% who think they have the right to dictate life with every plea for help #MutualAid #MutualCare and #Direct support they ignore while the suckle media from the 1% and its fear mongering

"I'm just one person" said 99% of the humans who are too scared of discomfort to even sit with someone in dire pain and suffering

"I'm just one person" said the 99% who keep r*ping the earth and all her children and enabling #capitalism to keep on infecting our planet

"I'm just one person" said the 99% who think they have the right to dictate life with every plea for help #MutualAid #MutualCare and #Direct support they ignore while the suckle media from the 1% and its fear mongering

"I'm just one person" said 99% of the humans who are too scared of discomfort to even sit with someone in dire pain and suffering

"I'm just one person" said the 99% who keep r*ping the earth and all her children and enabling #capitalism to keep on infecting our planet

"I'm just one person" said the 99% who think they have the right to dictate life with every plea for help #MutualAid #MutualCare and #Direct support they ignore while the suckle media from the 1% and its fear mongering

#FabuFriday…We rise stronger when we rise together…

#MutualCare #LiveWholeHeartily #TogetherWeRise

Read On:
https://wholeheartedleadersthrive.blogspot.com/2025/07/RisingTogether.html

#ChangeAndThrivalHood
@zponderings
@ZPonderings.bsky.social
#Change #ThrivalHood #EmotionalWisdom #Creativity
https://linktr.ee/WHLThrive = Change and ThrivalHood
https://pegaphinz.com = Byte Wise Thriving

#FabuFriday…We rise stronger when we rise together…

#MutualCare #LiveWholeHeartily #TogetherWeRise

Read On:
https://wholeheartedleadersthrive.blogspot.com/2025/07/RisingTogether.html

#ChangeAndThrivalHood
@zponderings
@ZPonderings.bsky.social
#Change #ThrivalHood #EmotionalWisdom #Creativity
https://linktr.ee/WHLThrive = Change and ThrivalHood
https://pegaphinz.com = Byte Wise Thriving

#FabuFriday…We rise stronger when we rise together…

#MutualCare #LiveWholeHeartily #TogetherWeRise

Read On:
https://wholeheartedleadersthrive.blogspot.com/2025/07/RisingTogether.html

#ChangeAndThrivalHood
@zponderings
@ZPonderings.bsky.social
#Change #ThrivalHood #EmotionalWisdom #Creativity
https://linktr.ee/WHLThrive = Change and ThrivalHood
https://pegaphinz.com = Byte Wise Thriving

How to #survive the #apocalypse (again)

Wherever there is a #history of #homophobia and #transphobia, we also find a #history of our #people #celebrating #community, #mutualcare and #joy

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Activism #Politics #Representation #Culture

https://xtramagazine.com/health/survive-mental-health-homophobia-transphobia-268850

How to #survive the #apocalypse (again)

Wherever there is a #history of #homophobia and #transphobia, we also find a #history of our #people #celebrating #community, #mutualcare and #joy

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Activism #Politics #Representation #Culture

https://xtramagazine.com/health/survive-mental-health-homophobia-transphobia-268850

How to #survive the #apocalypse (again)

Wherever there is a #history of #homophobia and #transphobia, we also find a #history of our #people #celebrating #community, #mutualcare and #joy

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Activism #Politics #Representation #Culture

https://xtramagazine.com/health/survive-mental-health-homophobia-transphobia-268850

How to #survive the #apocalypse (again)

Wherever there is a #history of #homophobia and #transphobia, we also find a #history of our #people #celebrating #community, #mutualcare and #joy

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Activism #Politics #Representation #Culture

https://xtramagazine.com/health/survive-mental-health-homophobia-transphobia-268850

How to #survive the #apocalypse (again)

Wherever there is a #history of #homophobia and #transphobia, we also find a #history of our #people #celebrating #community, #mutualcare and #joy

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Activism #Politics #Representation #Culture

https://xtramagazine.com/health/survive-mental-health-homophobia-transphobia-268850