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Is life defined by circumstances, or do circumstances define a life?
When you spend your life around rotten people, you wind up in rotten situations.
Luck works best when it isn’t pressed more than once.
The Bible says not to store up treasures on Earth, but I’m convinced the ones my mother kept close gave her a direct line to Jesus. In her own unique way, she cared about the lost and discarded in the same way He did.
Reminds me of my junk journaling
Some girls have all the luck. I have whatever luck is left over when the four-leaf-clover dries up and gets forgotten inside a book.
No one should ever talk unless they’re ready, and I know better than to push.
once you’ve done a little damage to someone, does it count that you didn’t do a lot?”
When you’ve been fed a skewed version of the truth your whole life, it’s hard to see through the cracks to find the lie.
Baby steps stop working the moment you make someone take a giant leap forward.
Some people knew they were mean and kept being mean anyway.
You don’t bite the hand that feeds you when there aren’t any other hands.
Hate’s a heavy burden for anyone to bear, like being pelted with bullets with no hope of them ever letting up.
Regret’s evil twin is shame, and both share an unfortunate kinship with loss.
The funny thing is, we spend most of our lives dwelling on the regret around us, not noticing that the blessings are stacked so much higher, right at eye level, where it’s easiest to see.
