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Life is too short for games unless it’s a game of cards. Don’t text back right away; if you like them, pretend you don’t; and don’t you dare say I love you first. Well screw all that. I will text you back in three seconds; I will tell you that I like you; and if I love you, I’ll tell you every chance I get. Life is unpredictable, and I’d rather play every card as honestly as I can than have a deck full of regrets and what-ifs.
If you are in love and the love is returned, be grateful. Because if you take love for granted, it will be overturned.
Love makes us both happy and sad, and there is not a soul alive that has been able to understand why.
I hope you find someone who never makes you question your own self-worth. I hope you find someone who chases your happiness as much as their own. I hope you find someone who supports you in the things you are passionate about. I hope you find someone whom you can laugh with and sit in silence with and share your deepest secrets with. I hope you find someone who is your lover, your partner, and your friend. I hope you find someone who treats you as their equal, who learns and grows with you and beside you. I hope you find someone who appreciates all the tiny details that make up who you are. I
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Where do I go when a lover and a friend becomes a memory and a dead end?
Stop trying to convince yourself of the things you already know. Your head wants another war when your heart needs to let go.
My therapist asked, “How do you prepare for the day?” And I replied, “I count my lies, find my mask, and pretend it isn’t easier to fly away.”
You’re beautiful without even trying but each time I bring you a flower it ends up dying and you don’t see how I look at you you just keep crying and the saddest part is that you’re so special but you think I’m lying
I understand why people take flight from bridges, I understand why a girl holds a blade to her wrist, I understand why a grown man cries counting all his lists. What I wish for the world to understand is that in these fragile moments, patience and love are needed most.
I keep wondering how sad do I have to be for someone to stop insisting everything is going to be fine?
Even sadness needs someone in its corner.
But life is not about half doing. You cannot half love, or half accept, or half live. It’s about giving everything you have. When you are old and worn, do you really want to look back and say you gave the bare minimum? You owe yourself more than that.
It’s okay to close some doors; hell, it’s even okay to lock them.
Things might not get better tomorrow. You may have many tomorrows and nothing changes. But that is not the point. The point of moving through all these tomorrows is to get to the one tomorrow that finally does get better.
You’ll end up surprising yourself, you know. Like how strong you are and how much your heart can grow. One minute you’re in pieces and broken on the floor and the next you’re putting on your shoes and heading out the door. Remember all those that smiled at you and who told you to have a good day. They are the little gifts sent to you reminding you to stay.
