Every Word You Cannot Say

by Iain S. Thomas

Sometimes we do not see how much someone is already hurting and so when we hurt someone just a little, and they react, we think they’re overreacting, that they’re hostile and they think they’re finally being brave.

*We forget that how a person acts in each moment is not who they are, that each person is a series of moments and we cannot judge any moment in isolation, and use that moment to define them.

You need to stop running, turn around and—hug—the monster. Because you are the monster. And the hero—the person running.

The world will always wear you down, so let it wear you down until only the good remains. Hold on to the incredible parts of you that survive.