Naughty Henry

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.

Life doesn’t always introduce you to the people you want to meet. Sometimes life puts you in touch with the people you need to meet – to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you, and to gradually strengthen you into the person you were meant to become.

People start to heal the moment they feel heard.

It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes are usually of the mind, mistakes of judgment. But people will not easily forgive the mistakes of the heart, the ill intention, the bad motives, the prideful justifying cover-up of the first mistake.

When nobody else celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments you, then compliment yourself. It’s not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It’s up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside.

Nothing is sexier than someone who wants you as much as you want them.

she looked up toward the sky and it was like she didn’t know you anymore she asked the moon, maybe some people are hard to love; maybe they were never meant to be loved at all and the moon, in all its glistening beauty, pulled the tide. high rise until the sun hugged the horizon, what a painfully beautiful sunrise warm blurry rays kissed the desert cold cacti and dry brush, lizards laying against red rock she asked the sun the same and the sun said, i’m a beautiful thing. but take too long to stare, and you’ll surely go blind. she looked away and toward her feet along the cracked cliff and soaring morning bird above she said, maya angelou, am i the caged bird that can’t sing? and there was no answer only the resolute sound of a warming desert and penniless pocket of the long walk home.

Nothing is more real than nothing.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather. Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.