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“Boy, we all gonna die. Question is, how did you live? Did you live or just wait for death to come? Not me. I ain’t waiting for nothing.”
Talking too much usually means saying things I didn’t want to or shouldn’t have.
And in a moment when I wasn’t looking, I’ve found exactly what I was looking for.
I’m cautious not only about who I share my heart and body with, but I’m also protective of my dreams; of my ambition. I won’t endanger my future for a man who can fuck.
would amend that to say it’s often written by liars. History is fact. You can’t change what happened, but you can edit it. People lie and leave out the
truth, bend it to suit their needs.
Whatever happened to make you leave was a blessing in disguise.”
The things that hurt you most—it’s sometimes hard to accept that those are
the result of fate or a deity’s deliberation.
you find people along the way who keep your feet on the ground—who remind you that real life matters, too.”
Don’t worry? Easier said than done.
You can’t do nothing about how you messed up or fell short or didn’t do yesterday. Even when you mess up and make it right, it has to be done today.”
The only thing you can do with today is make it count, because soon it will be tomorrow. And I already told you about them tomorrows. Better todays make better tomorrows, and if you don’t get tomorrow, at least you had today.”
Living with an urgency to say what needs to be said, do what needs to be done. To no matter what, live with what you’ll leave behind in mind.
Saints and poets maybe.
living with as few regrets as possible. Of loving even when it might hurt because loss is as much a part of life as what we gain.
“Mama always said waiting for sunsets was like waiting for a
miracle you knew would come,”
