I’ve started viewing my goals and daily habits as promises to myself. Whenever I consider not doing something (working out, doing my skincare, etc) I view it through the lens of someone making a promise to me and not keeping it. I think about how pissed I would be if my boyfriend or friend would constantly make promises to me and break them. Why do I give myself grace to be inconsistent that I do not give others? Eventually, if someone keeps breaking promises to you, you learn not to trust their word and not rely on them for anything. Is that the kind of relationship you want to foster with yourself? Who can you count on, if not you?
“I am eternally, devastatingly romantic, and I thought people would see it because ‘romantic’ doesn’t mean ‘sugary.’ It’s dark and tormented — the furor of passion, the despair of an idealism that you can’t attain.”
— Catherine Breillat (via requiredwonder)
“Most of the time, the universe speaks to us very quietly … in pockets of silence, in coincidences, in nature, in forgotten memories, in the shape of clouds, in moments of solitude, in small tugs at our hearts.”
When people ask me: "Daphne, how do you manage to have such high self-esteem and self-confidence?".
Rejection is a natural part of life, it's how we react to it that determines if we internalize it as a negative or if we give it no bearing in our minds. You could be the sweetest peach in the world and there will still be someone who doesn't like peaches. This doesn't change the fact that I'm still the sweetest peach. Internal validation will forever trump external accolades or criticism.