Take a moment to listen to your breath.

“I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.”

“If it gets awkward, let it be awkward. That awkwardness is something they created. You don’t owe anyone a performance of being okay when you are not feeling okay so that they can feel better about themselves.”

“Not all toxic people are cruel and uncaring. Some of them love us dearly. Many of them have good intentions. Most are simply toxic to our being simply because their needs and way of existing force us to compromise ourselves and our happiness. They aren’t inherently bad people, but they aren’t the right people for us”

“Behind every strong person lies a broken child who had to learn to stand up and take no shit.”