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people who only wish to stifle your bloom, do not belong in your garden.
you are a woman after your own heart, darling, that is the bravest thing you could possibly be.
1. Do not accept the love of a man who makes you feel small, the universe is already so vast. 2. You are innately beautiful and completely irreplaceable. 3. You don’t have to go far to find love and validation, start from within. 4. Boys are boys and men are mean, tell them apart. 5. Be alone often, as you are, but don’t that turn into loneliness. 6. Remember to remain gentle. 7. Don’t stay angry at the world too long. Seek out life in little things and move past sadness. 8. Touch somebody, with your hands or with your heart, with your words or with your silence. Share yourself. 9. Celebrate
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it is when we don’t believe we are enough for ourselves that we start looking for people to drown in.
to the girl at battle with her body, I pray you find a place to lay your weapons down.
consider this: your body is a blessing. where it curves, sags, wrinkles. where it was scarred burnt, touched, all of this is a map of your life. your body is memory some sweet some sad but memory nonetheless your soul is living in a house of stories. your body is memory.
