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“Everything I’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.”

— David Foster Wallace (via bnmxfld)

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Book Recommendation: No One Ever Asked by Katie Ganshert

Source: poemswords

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lilpieceofmyworld

“I’d shoot for the moon but I’m too busy gazing at stars.”

— Eminem

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poemswords

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

— Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan (via books-n-quotes)

Source: booksnquotes.com

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poemswords

“There used to be days that I thought I was okay, or at least that I was going to be. We’d be hanging out somewhere and everything would just fit right and I would think ‘it will be okay if it can just be like this forever’ but of course nothing can ever stay just how it is forever”

— Nina LaCour, Hold Still (via the-book-diaries)

Source: the-book-diaries

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onlinecounsellingcollege

10 Ways to Simplify Life

1. Don’t try to read other peoples’ minds and don’t expect others to be able to read yours. Communicate if it is important to you.

2. Don’t expect to be friends with everyone. We all are different – and we all like different things. Instead, invest your time in a few good friends. That’s all you really need to feel happy and fulfilled.

3. Create a budget and live within your means. Accruing debt will only cause you to feel stressed.

4. Get rid of the monster of jealousy, and only compare yourself with yourself.

5. Organize your clutter and get rid of some stuff. It will leave you feeling calmer, and will save you lots of time!

6. Stay on the sidelines and don’t get drawn into pointless dramas in other peoples’ lives (unless it’s a crisis – and you know you ought to help).

7. Finish what you’ve started, and then do something else.

8. Treat every person you meet with respect, and err on the side of being patient and kind.

9. Accept there are things that you can’t change or control, and focus on those things that you can change or control.

10. Don’t be too proud to apologise. Admit that you were wrong, say you’re sorry, and move on.

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quotesndnotes

“I barely talk to anyone anymore. So if I talk to you, congrats.”

—

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My last battle cry

We use to be that two friends so in love everyone thought we were dating. Now we're barely even friends. I'm still fighting to still be friends with you, but it seems I'm fighting against you and, although I don't like it, I think I'll let this one go. I'm putting down my sword and picking up my shield again. I'll just stay on the sidelines, hiding myself, because you don't want me in your fight against life. But I'll still be there for when you fall or drop your sword, because I know how difficult it is fighting with your heavy shield in the other hand.

I never wanted to be your problem, I wanted to be part of your solution. I'm sorry it turned out this way. Although I still don't know how it happened, I'll shout my last battle cry and then if I still have power left I'll sway out of the battlefield, alone

~Chereé Labuschagne

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onlinecounsellingcollege

“She practices being herself every day. Having to shed the layers of other identities took time. She even lost friendships. She couldn’t fill their egos anymore. When you focus on yourself, and love yourself, some relationships have to go.”

— Adrian Michael

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poetryportal

Dramatic Pause

Sometimes This empty page Is the only ear Which listens When a voice Grows coarse And desperate From years Of being unheard

Still yelling That withered plea Through verse Not hardly spoken But written Down In context On margins Missing their lines,

Like the kind Our lives define By an absent rule Or meaning Left hanging there

For emphasis

To denote What space Exists

By virtue Of losing faith At the cost These phrases carry,

Each one A subtle murder,

Each pain Dramatic Pause -

Where proof Is feeling numb Beyond such bold Descriptions Despite How words Show pictures Expressed Without consent.

Those lifetimes Between terms Are God’s Disgusted grammar,

His book Of violations Lost among Each sentence Told

Dealing judgments So unfair As what blankness Carries vaguely

These obscene And pale Emotions

Called expression Left behind.

- J. Pigno

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poetryportal

peonywatts

I am fragile today,

but I am trying.

I am reaching and missing;

like when you were young and small, and you leaned as far as you could to reach the first bar of the monkey bars.

and you missed and fell, despite your arms feeling like they were stretched far enough to touch the sun.

But just like when I was young and small, I get up and try again.

I reach and reach and reach until

I no longer miss.

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onlinecounsellingcollege

“There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you. And there are others who will understand — without you even speaking a word.”

— Yasmin Mogahed