“Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask yourself if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.”
— Deepak Chopra
“And I saw it didn’t matter / who had loved me or who I loved. I was alone.”
— Dorianne Laux, from “After Twelve Days of Rain”, What We Carry
“I could not awaken my heart to joy at the same tone And all i loved, i loved alone.”
— Edgar Allan Poe, From “Alone.”
"كُـل الذين تورطوا في حُزنك سيُضيق الله صدورهم، ويسخر لهم من يؤذي قلوبهم، ولو بعد حين ."
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leavingtimes
i always wanted to send you a letter, but only to tell you how unlovable you made me feel. i’m still trying to shake off this feeling years later.
“When you’re finally able to say “yes, I still miss him but I don’t want him to come back”, that’s how you know you’re healing. Even if it still hurts sometimes.”
— Unknown
Y’all do too much explaining, let whoever think whatever and keep it moving.
What if I tucked your hair behind you ear and kissed your cheek before leaving for work each morning ?
do u ever think about how much you’ve changed in the past 2 years and ur just like, thank god.
“The world tells you many lies about who you are, and you simply have to be realistic enough to remind yourself of this. Every time you feel hurt, offended, or rejected, you have to dare to say to yourself: ‘These feelings, strong as they may be, are not telling me the truth about myself.”
— Henri Nouwen