Let compassion bloom in your soul like a flower Let kindness be its roots And forgiveness it’s seeds

ruska

People will leave you, but that doesn’t mean it is your fault.

“I forget that I have an obligation to myself to make home deep within my bones rather than deep within people. I have my heartbeats to sing me to sleep and the blood flowing in my veins to keep me warm. I crave the quietness of myself, the way it’s calm even in the midst of the war that’s raging in my mind. I forget that I’m my only enemy but that’s my own making. I save myself everyday, constantly from myself, and I think that’s the biggest accomplishment I could have. Rather than give in to the darkest parts of myself, I bring myself back up. It’s you against yourself. You have to love yourself so much that the thought of letting yourself drown, makes you want to swim.”

It would have been beautiful You and I But sometimes the stars don’t align and that’s fine because you’ll always be a love of mine You’ll always remind me of stars scattered in the sky

A good night sleep, or a ten minute bawl, or a pint of chocolate ice cream, or all three together, is good medicine.

hiraeth

And I can’t be running back and forth forever between grief and high delight.

So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.