And so the adventure begins

“When you find love, you take it. You grab it with both hands and you do everything in your power not to let it go. You can’t just walk away from it and expect it to linger until you’re ready for it.”

“Work with the cards you’re dealt instead of always imagining a different hand. Those who constantly want more without appreciating what they have will never be content.”

“Only cowards flee in the face of misfortune. I dare you to love me when I am brittle and breaking.”

“You feared rejection, and so did I. But I took the risk for you, for us–because I thought you were worth it. I wanted to make you feel loved, accepted and comforted, but you didn’t let me. I tried to ask what’s going on with you, but you didn’t listen to me. And now we’ve separated ways with so many things left unsaid–because you never let me say them.”

“Someone who truly loves you, sees what a mess you can be, how moody you can get, and how hard you can be to handle, but still wants you.”

“So often we try to make other people feel better by minimizing their pain, by telling them that it will get better (which it will) or that there are worse things in the world (which there are). But that’s not what I actually needed. What I actually needed was for someone to tell me that it hurt because it mattered. I have found this very useful to think about over the years, and I find that it is a lot easier and more bearable to be sad when you aren’t constantly berating yourself for being sad.”