Damaged Goods

Best friends are people who make your problems their problems, just so you don’t have to go through them alone.

Fact: “I’m fine” is the biggest lie.

Thank you. For every last bruise you gave me. For every time I sat in tears. For the million ways you hurt me. I just want to tell you this: You broke my world. Made me strong. Thank you. Messed up my dreams. Made me strong. Thank you!

When someone does something wrong, don’t forget all the things they did right.

I will not beg you for your time or try to convince you to choose me, the world is too big and I have too much to offer.

I miss you but I’m not going to say anything because you don’t care enough.

“You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge.Apologize for mistakes. Apologize for unintentionally hurting someone — profusely. But don’t apologize for being who you are.”

Disabled people’s lives are not tragedies. Parents and carers are not “heroes” for loving disabled people. Disabled people’s private moments should not be shared without consent on your “warrior mom” blog. Disabled people are not your pity hires, dates, or friends. Disabled people do not exist to be saved or spoken for by non-disabled people.

A best friend is someone that came into your life, stuck with you through ups and downs and never left.

You, of all people, deserve a happy ending. Despite everything that happened to you, you aren’t bitter. You aren’t cold. You’ve just retreated a little and been shy, and that’s okay.

Only love can save me and love has destroyed me.

Feeling like an Inconvenient waste of space…

I will not tell you I miss you.  You will not hear that from me, no.  I will not admit I have been thinking about you, 
not out of resentment towards you, 
but because I am strong and you are in the past.  I will not tell others about you, 
since you tell no one of us.  I will not explain myself, 
for the ways I chose to distance myself 
from memories of you, 
for sucking others dry 
attempting to hurt you 
but you were too far away 
to be damaged.  I will not question why you left, 
you have done me a favor, 
even if it doesn’t feel like one right now. I will not look for an explanation from you,  on why you did the things you did,  I do not have an interest in justifying your actions.

Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from certain people. If they care, they’ll notice. If they don’t, you know where you stand.

I gave too much. I gave away all my water at soccer practice, I gave away all my secrets to comfort others. and when I was sad, and people were blowing up my phone needing guidance and a listening ear, I gave away the little tiny bit of happiness that i needed for myself.

Those who are heartless, once cared too much.

How a person reacts to your sadness says a lot about how long they’re going to be in your life.