Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path.
Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
— Hafiz (via loveyourchaos)
Sometimes you have to let things go so there’s room for better things to come into your life.
— Gossip Girl (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
But I have seen the best of you and the worst of you, and I choose both.
— Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye, “An Origin Story” (via loveyourchaos)
what doesn’t kill you
leaves scars
ruins your lungs
dries out all your tears
leaves you lying awake at 4 in the morning
wishing you weren’t alive
— c.c. (via urbanzakapalatte)
The fact that you’re struggling doesn’t make you a burden. It doesn’t make you unloveable or undesirable or undeserving of care. It doesn’t make you too much or too sensitive or too needy. It makes you human. Everyone struggles. Everyone has a difficult time coping, and at times, we all fall apart. During these times, we aren’t always easy to be around — and that’s okay. No one is easy to be around one hundred percent of the time. Yes, you may sometimes be unpleasant or difficult. And yes, you may sometimes do or say things that make the people around you feel helpless or sad. But those things aren’t all of who you are and they certainly don’t discount your worth as a human being. The truth is that you can be struggling and still be loved. You can be difficult and still be cared for. You can be less than perfect, and still be deserving of compassion and kindness.
— Daniell Koepke (via anditslove)
Oy. Remember this.
You might be sitting with him at the kitchen table drinking coffee from mismatched mugs and saying nothing because sometimes saying nothing is the best thing to say. He’s miles away, and you’re thinking you should take a shower or fix your hair or at least brush your teeth because you feel dirty and self-conscious. You wish the sun weren’t so bright on your face and you wish there was something other than corn flakes for breakfast so your stomach won’t start making hideous noises. You’re about to open your mouth and say something to break the silence, but he speaks first. He tilts his head slightly and says:
“You make me really happy.”
And you will agree he does, too.
— Carrie Laski, Things To Say Besides I Love You (via theflowershop)
You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.
— Amy Bloom (via littlemiss)
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