A Gentle Reminder

I hope you have the courage to go deeper. To never exist on the surface of your life, even if it’s easier or more convenient.

You are not afraid of being without it, because you know that you will always have yourself.

No one will ever fully be able to understand the internal battles you had to endure just to heal, just to grow, just to make it here today. Be proud of the way you fought to save yourself. Be proud of the way you survived.

When it comes to your heart, do not rush your healing. In a society that is so deeply fixated on instant gratification, just be the person who accepts that moving on will not happen overnight. Do not try to dismiss your feelings or sweep them under the rug. Take your time. Be gentle with yourself.

When you can stand on your own solid foundation, as your own person, as someone who is growing on your own terms and healing on your own terms and not looking at love as a means of completion, but rather, complementation — that is where the most beautiful kind of connections are grown, that is where the most inspiring kind of hope is discovered. Love transforms.

See, we all have different rooms within our hearts dedicated to those we once loved.

If it is for you, trust that it will find you.

You are so deeply capable of doing something beautiful with your life.

futures and our success within them. But there is no point in rushing quickly towards a life that will not inspire you or fulfill you.

when you keep something alive inside of you, you are allowing for your past to take up the space in your heart and in your mind that is meant for your future. You have to let go because at the end of the day, if you are going to find the human being who is going to bring you the deepest kind of joy, if you are going to find the person who is going to help you experience the kind of love you have always deserved

— you have to make sure that you are ready for it.