The reality you live in is partially up to you. The fantasy you live in is entirely up to you.
NAJWA ZEBIANDon’t break a bird’s wings and then tell it to fly. Don’t break a heart and then tell it to love.
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You were my home for so long. Now I realize that humans cannot be homes. If homes can leave, then they are not homes.
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My home will never welcome me if I don’t welcome me.
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Letting go does not mean that you are giving up ir that you are weak. It could just mean that you are no longer allowing what hurts you to control you.
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Don’t break a bird’s wings and then tell it to fly. Don’t break a heart and then tell it to love.
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Own your healing as you’ve owned your pain.
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If they don’t appreciate your presence, they may never recognize your absence.
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The truth can be seen, but it is not believed until it is openly said.
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Respect me, not because I respect you, but because I deserve your respect.
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A heart does turn cold unless it’s been treated with coldness for a while.
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If you ever get the chance to treat them the way they treated you, I hope you choose to walk away and do better.
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Self-love is loving yourself exactly as you’d love the person you love the most. And that love actually feels like love and looks like meeting your own needs.
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If you gave them once the love that they did not deserve, they will come back for more.
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Take responsibility for the choices you could have made but restrained yourself from making.
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My heart aches in corners I did not know existed.
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I fell in love with you the day you showed me your soul. And I spent days, months, and a year and part of a year realizing that you covered your soul again because you could not handle the love that I was touching you with.
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When pain knocks on your door, welcome it. Let it in. Sit with it. Have tea with it. Understand it. Then let it leave.
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Don’t judge people and expect them to stand by your side.
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Whatever you do, do it with purpose.
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For them to see you shine, you must stay far away, for you are just like the sun, when you are too close, you light makes them blind. And when you are too far, they seek you. So let them seek you.
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Never underestimate the power of fate. It can knock down the highest of goals that seem guaranteed in your life.
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Don’t see the worst in a person and expect them to see the best in you.
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Keep your heart beautiful. The world needs that.
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These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.
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You can draw a path for your life and have all of your goals set. You can change yourself as much as possible and change things around you just to reach those goals.
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Don’t blame life for what you do. That is so selfish and ignorant on your behalf.
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If you ever get the chance to treat them the way they treated you, I hope you choose to walk away and do better.
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