Sometimes you only need to peel off just a little of paper to see them colour perfectly well.
this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2025
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Paper peelers party!
I remember having a bunch of crayons in a pencil case with all the pencil shavings because the sharpener thing wasn't emptied and so the crayons get all the lead dust over it and so the colors got so dull lol.
You can break it in half, but still, the edges stil has those dark pencil lead on it.
You can try coloring, but when your use uo the middle and it starts touching the side, the pencil lead particles wil go on the paper.
What I'm saying is: The darkness never really goes away.
In my experience people with the healthiest mindset are the ones who learn to accept and live with the darkness. The concept of the "pursuit of happiness" drives a lot of people to become miserable. We can't, and shouldn't be happy all the time.
"We don't need a red crayon, we need another yellow one instead. Can you change?"
I wrote a farewell letter today
Yep! Just gotta peel off the skin!