ever since i was a little girl i knew i was doomed to take things too seriously and think about them forever

Your softness is not the problem. Access to you is.

Your lack of boundaries is!

the day is gonna end anyway and your warm bed will be waiting so you might as well do the hard things and not let them ruin your day

this is unironically how I push myself to do everything I dread

she asked me if i believed in god and i told her that when i was four i almost drowned in a public pool and in my panic mistook a stranger for my father. i clawed my way up his leg. four years later he’d send my parents a picture of the scars alongside a tin of cookies. he said, “i hope she’s still okay. i carry her with me. it isn’t every day you save a life. it isn’t every day you feel like you were here for a reason. when it does happen, you have to cherish that memory. for once, i had a purpose. just being there was enough. she tore me open but she taught me a lot about love.”

Be picky! Whatever you want exists.

a lesson i learned this year is that a person's capacity for growth is directly linked to how much truth they can face about themselves without running away

i have got to give up the desire to be understood. lol

by the grace of God i think i have finally broke the cycle of constantly wanting validation and to be understood. the more you seek his validation, being "understood" feels less desirable. i keep reminding myself that he knows whats in my heart and my intentions behind my actions without verbalizing it to him

Be a teachable individual YOU DO NOT know everything

"it's not that deep" START DIGGING!!