Pillow Thoughts

by Courtney Peppernell

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.

I keep wondering how sad do I have to be for someone to stop insisting everything is going to be fine?

Of all the tragedies on this earth, there is none more tragic than a person who cannot see their worth.

But the truth is, you can’t spend your whole life running. It’s exhausting living in fear. Slow down. Chances and risks keep life interesting.

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 can make all the effort in the world and yet someone will still tell you it’s not good enough. But this isn’t about them; it’s about you. You just need to be enough for you.

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