The Last Flight

by Julie Clark

All choices had consequences. It was what you did with those consequences that mattered.

That she had depended, from a very early age, on being able to hide behind a curtain of lies, never trusting anyone enough to let them see who she really was.

“Being unwanted is a heavy burden,”

“You can’t blame them for knowing their limits. Even if those limits included you.”

that kind of rejection does something to a person. It breaks you, all the way down to your core. And makes it impossible to be vulnerable. To open yourself up to anyone.”

“It takes a long time to learn how to see the world as a place where people aren’t doing things to you.

I hope I’ve become someone who doesn’t get angry when others are just trying to get by. I hope I can be the kind of person who looks toward forgiveness first.”