by bell hooks
“Switch your mentality from ‘I’m broken and helpless’ to ‘I’m growing and healing’ and watch how your life changes.”
— Unknown
You can stand up for yourself, say how you feel and be assertive while still being kind.
It's not fair to tolerate discomfort to make someone else comfortable. You're not less deserving of joy, rest and happiness than anyone else. You don't have to prove yourself worthy to have the most basic things in life, and I am sorry someone has made you feel like you should be perfect. You don't have to put up with so much only to prove you're not a burden on others. I hope soon you can let go of all this guilt and shame you have for simply existing. I hope soon you will feel more alive than ever.
I hope it gets easier for you to live in the now. To remember that you're here, in the present moment, that you're safe, even if your mind is thinking of the worst case scenario. You will overcome every obstacle when they arrive, but right now, you can rest.
“The more you love your own decisions the less you need others to love them.”
— Unknown
Leave space for your emotions. If you feel something, validate it. Do not repress it, do not criticize it, do not judge it. Emotions are not meant to be logical, they are not meant to make sense. They are just meant to be.
“You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want.”
— (via amargedom)
Source: goodreadss
the thing about being alone is that it’s so peaceful and freeing and cool apart from the evenings you descend into literal hell
I wanna date someone who’s obsessed with me - someone who burns for me, if you’re not doing that then what’s the point
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everything I thought I couldn’t handle, I kept handling.
Norway, 2016
It was the end of the second day of cycling, about 200 km in. I had just had a large hamburger with fries at a gas station and was making my way up a valley at sunset, when I noticed this white horse standing in a meadow, like something out of a fairy tale.
