I've been gone for a long time.

“There is strength in the ability to remain soft after the world has tried relentlessly to toughen you up.”

“Promise me not to hide yourself when you’re in pain, it’s unfair that we laughed together but you cried alone”

“Everything heals. Your body heals. Your heart heals. The mind heals. Wounds heal. Your soul repairs itself. Your happiness is always going to come back. Bad times don’t last.”

“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

“So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me because I, too, am fluent in silence.”

“Our reaction to a situation literally has the power to change the situation itself.”