Sarah J. Marvin on expectation
Sarah J. Marvin56 quotes“The expectation of happiness can induce quite the opposite.”
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You don’t need to reach the most people, you just need to reach the right people.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin You don’t need to understand me to respect me.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin Sometimes anger is the hardened hurt we never healed from.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin Somedays you need to let go of the world and it’s expectations of you.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin I started naming the reasons, until I realized; “I don’t want to” is the only one I need.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin I am not a vessel – don’t tell me what to hold.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin I wonder if the world I’m meant for just hasn’t been written yet.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin I decided to make a choice. And there is beauty in that – decision.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin They sold us the idea of happiness at the price of actual happiness.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin Sometimes you have to let go of others so you can better hold on to yourself.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin Remind yourself every day how worthy you are of your own love.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin How can I be anywhere that I am, when I dream of being everywhere that I’m not?
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin It takes a lot of effort to care.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin I need to do it for me and you need to do it for you- because we are reason enough all on our own.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin You can’t gaslight a fire burning from rage.
Sarah J. MarvinSarah J. Marvin I wanted to use only the prettiest of words for you – but even those weren’t enough.
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