Pillow Thoughts

by Courtney Peppernell

And all your sadness is Yours And I will love you Because of it All

But what is involved in a happily ever after? There are too many versions, not for you to choose but to create.

emotional and messy sometimes lost and confused but if you only realized the wisdom behind those eyes with a heart that never lies would you storm the world like you haven’t a thing to lose?

Your feelings are valid and real. Do not let anybody denounce them just because they do not feel the same way. These feelings do not make you weak, or clingy, or overly emotional. They make you strong, brave, and beautiful. You are not merely made of stardust; you are the comet streaking through the sky on the way to do good and bright things.

running is better than letting someone else in.

You’re still here, you know; under all the messy things, under the stress, the anxiety, the sadness, you’re still you. Come up for some air; there are bright skies up here. You have to pull yourself up; I know you feel like you can’t, but you can. I believe in you, more than you know.

You just have to surround yourself with people who have the same heart as you. 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.

You just need to be enough for you. It’s okay to close some doors; hell, it’s even okay to lock them.

Pain is immeasurable when it’s felt because in that moment it feels like the worst pain on earth.

you cannot grow if you are bitter.

Change is not going to sit you down and ask if you are ready. Change is not going to knock on your door and hand you notice. Change is not going to hug you in the middle of the night and tell you it can wait. Change does not wait. Change doesn’t care if you aren’t ready. It will happen anyway. Change is not always the friend you may want, but it will always know when you need it. It’s like Batman, basically.

You are a battlefield. Never will there be a greater war than the one you hold with yourself.

just don’t forget to love yourself too

There are too many ways to feel alone and not enough places to fall in love.

I dreamed of love and it gave me too many sleepless nights.

and the way you eat half a tub of ice cream is sexy

hell.

Stop acting like you aren’t enough, because you are.

maybe you were just a sweater, and you were only ever meant to be worn until they no longer needed you. You’ve become so damaged That when someone Wants to give you What you deserve You have no idea How to respond

Dear Life, you are exhausting at times. You throw more tantrums than I have ever known possible.

They don’t teach you that some people will turn on you even after you have loved them with all the atoms in your body. They don’t teach you that some days you might not believe the sun will rise, but it will. People hurt like you. If you are heartbroken, the girl at the cashier or the boy on the train might be too. You are not alone. Just be kind. Teach yourself.

Do not let the world turn your heart cold.

That’s the thing about people who are soft. Everyone else thinks they can walk all over them as though they won’t notice. But we do; we notice everything.