When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

by Brianna Wiest

It’s not always knowing exactly what we’ll be doing in 10 years, but having the courage to pursue what feels right and comes effortlessly today.

Certainty is the cheap way out.

Life does not begin when everything is perfect.

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When you’re watching a movie, you don’t spend the whole hour and a half just waiting for the ending, for the final answers. You understand that each piece of the story has meaning, each part is there to be enjoyed, savored, metabolized.

an effort to make sense of our lives, we end up more lost than ever because

love isn’t logical, joy isn’t logical, passion isn’t logical.

We have to be kindest to ourselves when it seems least deserved, because that’s usually when it is most needed.

Being loved means being completely seen and embraced by a few close people, not seeing just how many people you can convince to admire you.

Discomfort is what quietly communicates to us that something isn’t quite right, which means that deep down, we know there is an alternative path,

things happen in small steps.

When you have to try so hard to convince yourself that something is right, it’s almost always because deep down, you know that something is wrong.

we are here to bring the world within us out into the world around us.

when you’re given something greater than you’d know to ask for—it’s not a coincidence.

The life you have today is a mere dream of the past.

In one way or another, a path was made where it did not exist before.

no longer neglect what you truly desire, and that’s a good thing, even if it’s uncomfortable in the process.

You’re adjusting who you are on the outside to better reflect who you know you are on the inside,

let go with gratitude, and step in with grace.

What this means is that you’ll be thankful for everything you’ve experienced, including each misstep and mistake.

We never leave people we truly love and value and care for.

Self-worth is an inside job.

When you are enough for you, other people’s measures don’t seem to matter that much.

When you are no longer seeing your life through other people’s eyes,

you get to see, and feel, ...

Think of one thing, however small it might be, that you may be able to do better today than yesterday.

These micro-improvements will eventually change your life.

You’re trying to overthink your way into controlling someone else’s behavior.

Love is a free flowing thing. If

Are they making you feel safe, giving you direction, making you feel wanted?

all of the stress and energy you pour into trying to convince someone to think a way that they refuse to—even if it would be better for them long-term—is just your own energy wasted.

If someone isn’t willing to change, they aren’t going to change, and nothing you say or do will amend that.

prioritizing your future needs over your current wants.

It is believing in our potential enough to choose better.

stop accepting a life that’s less than what we deserve.

If you are afraid of losing love, your desire is healthy, stable relationships.

Absolutely everyone knows what they really want—they are just too afraid to want it.

Every time you interact with someone, you are creating a cascading, ripple effect through humanity.

reality is that to be overflowing with love, we

must first fill ourselves up with it. We must first come to a place of knowing before we can share wisdom.

To build yourself into a person you are proud to be, even if nobody else is clapping for you.

We heal with a simple smile, a message of appreciation, a warm-hearted act of love.

is the catalyst, this is that moment movies are made about and books are written around and songs are inspired by.

You can only move on if you start building something new.

you slowly, over time, forget about the past.

long as we are telling ourselves that we must let go, the more deeply we feel attached. So don’t tell yourself to let go.

rather that we constrict our hearts and want to close off to connection in order to keep ourselves safe.

That fear usually has to do with feeling unstable, uncertain, or unclear about our future.

Detachment comes from real self-awareness and personal evolution.

that this is a separation we initiate because we have enough clarity to realize that the relationship isn’t actually good for us.