Finding wisdom/magic in the ordinary

Never chase love, affection or attention. If it isn’t given freely by another person, it isn’t worth having.

There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world because you realize there was so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.

The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.

As long as you look for someone else to validate who you are by seeking their approval, you are setting yourself up for disaster. You have to be whole and complete in yourself. No one can give you that. You have to know who you are - what others say is irrelevant.

Hard work never goes unrewarded.

And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

I think, every once in a while, we need to step back and look at situations and realize that we know ourselves better than anyone else. We live with ourselves everyday. We are the ones who have our thoughts. We are the ones who know our intentions. Stop letting people tell you who you are.

Sometimes you just have to be brave. You have to be strong. Sometimes you just can’t give in to weak thoughts. You have to beat down those devils that get inside your head and try to make you panic. You struggle along, putting one foot a little bit ahead of the other.

When you can tell your story, and it doesn’t make you cry, you know you have healed.