a little bit of happiness

“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.”

Everything happens for a reason. People change so you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they go right.

Picture yourself when you were five. In fact, dig out a photo of little you at that time and tape it to your mirror. How would you treat her, love her, feed her? How would you nurture her if you were the mother of little you? I bet you would protect her fiercely while giving her space to spread her itty-bitty wings. She’d get naps, healthy food, imagination time, and adventures into the wild. If playground bullies hurt her feelings, you’d hug her tears away and give her perspective. When tantrums or meltdowns turned her into a poltergeist, you’d demand a loving time-out in the naughty chair. From this day forward I want you to extend that same compassion to your adult self.

The ability to sit down with another person and talk for hours, about anything and everything, is more attractive to me than anything else.