When thoughts get out

Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.

Looking back at myself a year ago, I was a mess. I was completely and utterly shredded. I was broken into pieces that wouldn’t even fit into each other anymore. I was lost and forgotten. Looking at myself now a year later, I’m perfectly fine. I’m on my feet and sanding up straight. Heart beating again, after months of total silence. Lips forming a smile instead of licking off tears. And a useful brain still making bad decisions, but instead of regretting them this time, I’m making the best out of them.

Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties

Marry a man who loves you more than you love him. A woman will always give more than what is necessary to her lover. It is ingrained into her, like maternity. But even when a man loves you more, he will still only be able to meet you halfway.

The pain that you have been feeling can not compare to the joy that is coming.

She survived whatever happened; she forgave; she became.

We have all hurt someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. We have all loved someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. It is an intrinsic human trait, and a deep responsibility, I think, to be an organ and a blade. But, learning to forgive ourselves and others because we have not chosen wisely is what makes us most human. We make horrible mistakes. It’s how we learn. We breathe love. It’s how we learn. And it is inevitable.

In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.
I realized, through it all, that
In the middle of winter, I finally found that within me there lies an invincible summer.

I’ve learned a lot this year… I learned that things don’t always turn out the way you planned, or the way you think they should. And I’ve learned that there are things that go wrong that don’t always get fixed or get put back together the way they were before. I’ve learned that some broken things stay broken, and I’ve learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.