Michael Daaboul

Some healing looks like silence before it looks like progress.

One day you'll walk through a place that used to mean everything to you, and you'll realise it wasn't the place you missed. It was the person you were when you were there.

Be patient with yourself. You're trying to understand a life you've never lived before.

You'll meet people who change your life without staying in it. It doesn't make what they gave you any less real.

One day your children will stop reaching for your hand. You won't remember the exact moment it happened, only that one day they no longer needed to.

Don't rush through ordinary days. Years from now, they'll be the ones you wish you could visit just one more time.

There will come a time when your favourite song no longer reminds you of the person you lost. It will remind you of the person you became.

Take more photos of the people you love. One day, they won't just be photographs. They'll become places you go when you miss someone.

You'll spend so much of your life waiting for the right moment that you'll forget some of the best moments were the ones that arrived unannounced.

One day, someone will ask you about your childhood, and you'll realise you've spent years carrying stories you never knew were heavy.

Some memories don't make you sad because they're gone. They make you sad because they happened only once.

You'll never get this exact version of yourself back. Be kind to the person you are today.

One day you'll put something down that you've been carrying for years, and you'll wonder why you thought you had to carry it alone.

The hardest conversations are usually the ones you have with yourself after everyone else has gone to sleep.

There are people who still smile when they hear your name, and you'll probably never know.

Growing up is realising your parents were carrying things they never spoke about.

Some people don't miss you. They miss the version of you that always made life easier for them.