• i hope that you do not let the world condemn you for being too loud, too expressive, too soft; that you do not let it convince you to be perfect instead of real. i truly hope that you celebrate the fact that you are not for everyone, that you are not impressing the kinds of people who were built on the foundations of a sad world. if there is anything you do, please, let yourself rejoice in the fact that you do not fit in, that you think differently, because there is a chaos that laughs inside of you and it is going to change lives. it is going to make even the cynics believe again. it is going to grow love from thorn and glass.
    • you will hurt people. you will hurt, and you will be hurt. however, you will also love, and you will be loved in the most magnificent ways. to live life is to understand that together these extremes thrive within us — our heart is both a blessing and a blade. to put our soul into the hands of someone who could wound it or heal it is quite possibly the most courageously beautiful risk we take. it is like looking someone right in the eye and saying "you may hurt me, but you may also love me, and I am willing to take that chance. i am willing to trust."
    • repeat after me: you are a vessel of roses, and you wont always be in bloom, but i promise that the frost never stays for long. i promise that the light will find you.
    • dreams should be boundless as the sky. have the courage to dream big for what can be imagined can be achieved. never be afraid to push your limits.
    • dignity /ˈdignitē/ noun: the moment you live your dreams, not because of what it will prove or get you, but because that is all you want to do. people’s opinions don’t matter.
    • energy is contagious. all energy. be very mindful of what you’re putting out into the universe. it can make or break you.
    • one of the most satisfying experiences i know is just fully to appreciate an individual in the same way i appreciate a sunset. when i look at a sunset, i don’t find myself saying, “soften the orange a little on the right hand corner, and put a bit more purple in the cloud color” … i don’t try to control a sunset. i watch it with awe as it unfolds. it is this receptive, open attitude which is necessary to truly perceive something as it is.
    • maybe it won’t work out. but maybe seeing if it does will he the best adventure ever.
    • “dil baagh baagh ho-gaya” — (proverb) an urdu and punjabi, untranslatable phrase literally, meaning “my heart became a garden.” it is a phrase used to expressed overwhelming joy.
    • if ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… i’ll always be with you.
    • life isn’t easy. simply put, you will have good days and not so good days. you may relapse, or you may just feel off. whatever the case may be, you are you. you are perfect. you are not a broken toy, or malfunctioning software. you are human. let yourself heal and recover.
    • there are feelings. you haven’t felt yet. give them time. they are almost here.
    • you have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. i have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. it’s their mistake, not my failing.
    • a muscle is created by repeatedly lifting things that have been designed to weigh us down. so when your shoulders feel heavy, stand up straight and lift your chin – call it exercise. when the world crumbles around you, you have to look at the wreckage and then build a new one out of all the pieces that are still here. remember, you are still here. the human heart beats approximately four thousand times per hour. each pulse, each throb, each palpitation is a trophy engraved with the words "you are still alive".
    • because recovery is not a straight line, some days are messy and confusing, some days it feels like we’re moving backwards, and some days are just not so wonderful, and that’s okay.
    • there’s someone out there hoping to meet you just as much as you’re hoping to meet them. there is someone out there aimlessly making mistakes as they go, just as you are, hoping that along the way they’ll find you.
    • i know it’s hard believe me i know it feels like tomorrow will never come and today will be the most difficult day to get through but i swear you will get through the hurt will pass as it always does if you give it time and let it so let it go. slowly like a broken promise. let it go.
    • heartbreak is never permanent. learn from your sadness and turn all your focus onto loving yourself first.
    • sometimes, things don’t happen the way we planned and wanted it to be. sometimes they happen with no valid explanation. and sometimes our choices and decisions bring out the worst in us. but despite these things, never let yourself run out of positivity. try to see the good in everything especially the one within you. if you think you’ve done something wrong, forgive yourself. you’re human and that means you’re capable of committing mistakes.
    • stop letting people treat you like a complete pushover, stop allowing them to walk all over you, you’re not a doormat. you’re a human being, and you have feelings, and if they don’t respect that, they don’t respect you, and guess what? they don’t deserve you and they probably never have, so i guess you’re definitely in no need of them, you are under no obligation to tolerate what you don’t even have to accept in the first place, learn to respect yourself enough to walk away from anyone who belittles you, disrespects you, who never cares about your feelings, because your feelings exist and they have to be respected the same way you would respect theirs.
    • and every day, the world will drag you by the hand, yelling "this is important! and this is important! and this is important! you need to worry about this! and this! and this!" and each day, it's up to you, to yank your hand back, put it on your heart and say "no. this is what's important."
    • don’t you dare, for one minute, believe that my kindness makes me anything but insurmountable. i did not unzip my chest to every kind of hurt, and stagger back, wounded and alive, just to hear you call me weak for trying.
    • constantly reminding myself each day that i am good enough. that the universe shining on me is all the validation i need.
    • be gentle with yourself. you are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
    • forgive yourself for accepting less than you deserved - but don’t do it again.
    • your heart will fix itself. it’s your mind you need to worry about. your mind where you locked the memories, your mind where you have kept pieces of the ones that hurt you, that still cut through you like shards of glass. your mind will keep you up at night, make you cry, destroy you over and over again. you need to convince your mind that it has to let go, because your heart already knows how to heal.
    • love, at every opportunity you are given. be less afraid. embrace each day (none are promised). cry when you need to, it'll make you feel better. you were put on this planet to feel every feeling you could, do that. everything works out in the end, i promise.
    • i wish i were outgoing and intriguing. i wish i were bright and social. i wish i were happy and had an endless supply of kindness. I wish i had a warmer heart and more beauty in others eyes. i wish i were enough. i can write all the millions of things i wish i were, but i am me. i think it’s time to start embracing it before it’s too late and i resent the missed opportunities.
    • no one is ever really alone. you are part of everything alive.
    • life is never ordinary. you simply failed to notice how extraordinary it is.
    • stay peculiar.
    • how you live your life is your business, just remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. right now, there's sorrow, pain. don't kill it and with it the joy you've felt.
apr 30 2017 ∞
jan 27 2018 +