It’s just safer being silent these days

u got through everything u didnt think u were strong enough for

have you ever felt like you really want to talk about your feelings but at the same time it’s like “nah no thank you, i’m okay” 

i didn’t realize growing up meant dying inside but hey it’s whatever

sometimes i forget how many times i’ve picked myself off the floor, how many times i’ve washed away smudgy makeup and put myself to bed. how many times i’ve said no to something unhealthy. said yes to something good. how many times i’ve treated myself with kindness and patience. i forget how many times i’ve tended to wounds and made peace with my own anger. if i was taking care of a body that was not my own, i’d believe i was doing everything i could. so here’s to remembering that i’m doing the best i can.

me, with tears in my eyes: time to make a joke

forgive yourself. whether you fail a test, eat too many cookies, say the wrong thing, fail a class, or spend a whole day in bed — learn to forgive yourself. the next day will be better. the next day will be a day closer to your next success. you can do it.

Everyone talks about how traveling back in time and doing something small, like killing a butterfly, can drastically change the present, but no one talks about how doing something small today, like planting a tree, can drastically change the future.

The universe is really speaking to me and telling me to breathe life into the person I feel myself becoming, the changes I am undergoing, to put faith in this new layer of myself that is unfurling