AISHA

Crossing Oceans

How to Survive 1 - count. tell yourself one. two. three. four. five. six. start over. 2 - breathe. it goes like this: in, out. in, out. you can close your eyes, but just breathe. 3 - cry. let tears fall. scream, wail sob your sorrows. don’t be alright. 4 - talk. don’t be silent. don’t listen to that voice that says no one cares they’ll listen. 5 - laugh. laugh loudly at anything. laugh because it’s raining. 6 - keep moving life is a river darling and you stop and start drowning, so move. 7 - learn. learn to dance. learn to suck at things and be okay with it. do things you never expected. 8 - have fun. watch a movie, eat ice cream in bed with only your socks on, don’t brush your hair that day. 9 - I’m going to tell you something, it’s different from the rest, now you need to know though so here it is right now: 10 - it’s okay to not be okay to regress, because an arrow only moves forward, once it is pulled back and you’re an arrow darling. So count to ten breathe in. breathe out. cry. talk. laugh loudly. keep moving. keep learning. have fun. darling, this is how you survive.

And what she had was beautiful resilience. She was broken several times but she always found a way of recreating herself.

Loyalty is hard to find. Trust is easy to lose. Actions speak louder than words.

you’ll never have to force what’s real

The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.

Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

You’re under no obligation to diminish yourself to make others more comfortable.

Please be patient with me. Sometimes when I’m quiet, it’s because I need to figure myself out. It’s not because I don’t want to talk. Sometimes there are no words for my thoughts.

We all grow at different rates so never compare yourself to someone else’s situation, doing so, can only bring disappointment!

sometimes it’s more about being there for someone when they need you rather than you benefiting from it. you’ll be rewarded later.