From The North Side

“One day you will thank yourself for never giving up.”

“The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.”

“Let them judge you. Let them misunderstand you. Let them gossip about you. Their opinions aren’t your problems. You stay kind, committed to love and free in your authenticity. No matter what they do or say, don’t you doubt your worth or the beauty of your truth. Just keep shining like you always do.”

“The people who are meant to be in your life will always gravitate back towards you, no matter how far they wander.”

“The hardest battle you are ever going to have to fight is the battle to be just you.”

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

“Be strong, but not rude. Be kind, but not weak. Be humble, but not timid. Be proud, but not arrogant.”

“Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just… start.”

“Growth is painful. Change is painful.But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.”

“Don’t let the pain destroy you.”

“Be willing to go alone sometimes. You don’t need permission to grow. Not everyone who started with you will finish with you. And that’s OK.”

“It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger.”

“Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.”

“It’s so nice when toxic people stop talking to you. It’s like the trash took itself out.”

“you can’t satisfy everyone in your life, and that’s okay. you’re just one person and you’re doing your best.”