Regretting You

by Colleen Hoover

like the day I found out I was pregnant, I became someone else. I guess that happens when you become a mother, though. Your focus is no longer on yourself. Your life becomes all about this beautiful tiny little human you created.

“It means people who make mistakes usually learn from them. That doesn’t make them hypocrites. It makes them experienced.”

I feel like I’m navigating waters that are uncharted by anyone I know.

I know thus feeling

Sometimes you have to walk away from the fight in order to win it.”

Attraction isn’t something that only happens once, with one person. It’s part of what drives humans. Our attraction to each other, to art, to food, to entertainment. Attraction is fun. So when you decide to commit to someone, you aren’t saying, ‘I promise I’ll never be attracted to anyone else.’ You’re saying, ‘I promise to commit to you, despite my potential future attraction to other people.’”

Resentment is a heavy load to carry through life.