when soul meets body

“I know people who feel like they’ve wasted their lives because of poor choices. They’ve spent years in a relationship that was toxic, years with an addiction, years at a job that wasn’t fulfilling. But you have to realize nothing you have been through is ever wasted. Your past experiences - good and bad - have deposited something on the inside of you. Those challenges have sharpened you to help make you who you are today.”

“I’ve been thinking too much, help me.”

“See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.”

“There comes a day when you realize turning the page is the best feeling in the world because you realize there was so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.”

“Give yourself some credit. If someone gives you a compliment, accept it. If something makes you feel a little more confident, give space for it. It’s better to be a human being who’s proud and knows what they’re worth than it is to be someone who keeps searching for love and acceptance everywhere except from themselves and ends up with a heart filled with hurt.”

“Appreciate those who don’t give up on you.”

“Understanding is the first step to acceptance and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”

“Jetzt weiß ich, dass ich nicht wusste, was Liebe ist. Und wie sich ein gebrochenes Herz auch nur im Ansatz anfühlt. Vor dem Menschen zu stehen, der für dich alles auf der Welt ist, und gesagt bekommen, dass du nicht genug bist. Zu erfahren, dass er sich nicht für dich entscheidet. Dass du ein Schatten bist für den, der deine Sonne ist.”

“I have always — at least, ever since I can remember — had a kind of longing for death.”

“I kept it in me, that’s how my soul got eaten.”

“You are loved, needed, important, and irreplaceable. Even if the people around you don’t show you or tell you like they should. Always know it. Unconditionally, you are loved by the universe. Exactly as you are, you are absolutely essential here - to countless lives and to countless moments, including those that are only yours.”