J. Collins 🍓

The other day I heard someone say that being humble as a woman is dangerous and it struck me as true. Humility when it’s taken too far, doesn’t protect you. It only serves the people who want to take advantage of you

The best way to treat yourself is to treat yourself in your love language. So for example, If your love language is acts of service, try doing small, intentional things that make your life easier because you deserve to feel supported by you. This is one of the ways you will feel most fulfilled. Also remember that we teach people how to treat us, by how we treat ourselves

“It was good for a while, being empty. I didn’t hurt anymore. But as time went on, it was like I could hear myself from far away, begging for permission to come back.”

“I thought, lying there, that I might love him for the rest of my life. We did love each other—maybe we never said it, and maybe love was never something we were in, but it was something I felt. I loved him, and I thought, maybe I will never see him again, and I’ll be stuck missing him, and isn’t that so terrible.”

“I am aware that I am less than some people prefer me to be, but most people are unaware that I am so much more than what they see.”