Searching for Freedom

“You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.”

There may come a time in your life when you need to focus a little bit more on yourself. There may come a time when you need to accept a little bit more love from yourself instead of dishing it out to everyone else around you.

“Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”

“We cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever. We must stand up and move on to the next action.”

Don’t run away from your fears, but run straight into them. Devour them. Conquer them. Feel them, and endure them. Running away only temporarily shields them from your sight. They will remain until they are attacked head on. So face them. Turn and face them until there is nothing left.

Be ready and willing to shed the parts of yourself that are meant to be let go of.

““You cannot save people, you can only love them.””

“Not all of us are the product of our parents, our situations, our hardships; some of us are reactions. You do not walk in the rain and become the rain, you become wet and respond by running for cover. Similarly, just because your parents were unkind does not mean you are unkind, you’ve been hurt. Now, you show even strangers a greater kindness than you’ve ever known.”

“Not everyone deserves to know the real you. Let them criticize who they think you are.”

“I crave time by myself to sit and heal my heart before I step out into the world again.”

Sometimes simply sitting silently with oneself can be more soothing than anything else within that moment.

“But some people can’t tell where it hurts. They can’t calm down. They can’t ever stop howling.”

“My entire life can be described in one sentence: It didn’t go as planned, and that’s ok.”

“Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence…”