12 uncomfortable truths we all need to accept:
1. Things never end up as good as you hope, but they never turn out as bad as you feared, either.
2. It’s better to fail at something than to regret never trying.
3. No one is responsible for your happiness but you.
4. If all of your relationships have the same problems...you’re the problem.
5. Maintaining relationships takes effort.
6. The most common reason why people keep making the same mistakes is because their insecure ego prevents them from taking responsibility for their own inconsistencies, toxic traits and their own mistakes.
7. Money is not the root of evil, greed is.
8. Closure is your choice.
Closure isn't an apology, or justice, or answers. That's insecurity.
If the situation made you feel awful, seeking closure by reopening it is insanity. Closure isn't something they can give you. Closure is moving on. Closure is your choice.
9. If you're happy alone, you'll be happier together. There is no type of affection that can fill the void of a person who doesn't love themselves already. There is no independence in dependency. There is no personal security in attaching yourself to a secure person. Until you have a healthy relationship with yourself, you won't make healthy decisions about someone else.
10. It's not your job to fix damaged people. Your responsibility to help someone will never outweigh their responsibility to help themselves.
But, it's worth asking yourself why you resonated so strongly with someone that so desperately needed "fixing" in the first place. Often, our own toxic romantic and non-romantic attachments tell a story about an issue we have within ourselves.
11. Life is short; death is inevitable- make it count.
12. Denying the reality of Allah (God) or lack of faith will eventually rust you from the inside out.
