with grace in your heart + flowers in your hair

“You are well within your rights to stand up, interrupt everyone around you and say ‘This is not who I am. This is not what I want. I’m sorry, but you’ve mistaken me for somebody else.’”

“Without forgiveness, our souls are tied to what happened to us in the past. Whatever you do, choose to forgive.”

“One day someone is going to hug you so tight, all of your broken pieces will go right back together.”

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”

“After going through something like that, you will never be the same. And that’s okay. You will never be the same person that you were before it all happened. You can’t go back to being the ‘old you.’ That’s okay, stop fighting it. Learn to accept it and accept the new ‘normal’ and the new you.”

“Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”

“Loving yourself isn’t always easy. However, this is a battle that must be won. Must. For all of the beauty that exists around us must first stem from the realization of the beauty that exists within.”

“I want to be the one whose arms you can run to whether you have reason to rejoice or cause to collapse.”

“A year ago, you did not know today. You did not know how you’d make it here. But you made it here. By grace, you made it here.”

“Seek the ones who never stop caring, who break down your walls, and help you come back to yourself.”