open mind & grateful heart

“If all you can do is crawl, start crawling.”

“The ones who notice the storms in your eyes, the silence in your voice and the heaviness in your heart are the ones you need to let in.”

“Life has many ways of testing a person’s will - either by having nothing happen at all, or by having everything happen at once.”

I feel like emotional neglect should be talked about more. It’s is so much harder to recognize than physical neglect.

“You need people in your life that are further along than you, people that are more experienced, people that are out of your league. You need to be exposed to new levels so that you can go to new levels.”

“Reading isn’t important because it helps to get you a job. It’s important because it gives you room to exist beyond the reality you’re given. It is how humans merge. How minds connect. Dreams. Empathy. Understanding. Escape.”

“A huge amount of freedom comes when you take nothing personally.”

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”

“People never learn anything by being told. They have to find out for themselves.”

“It takes a strong person to do their own thing and not wait for anybody else to validate their existence.”

“The greatest gifts you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, and your concern.”

“I and me are always too deep in conversation.”