Don’t break a bird’s wings and then tell it to fly. Don’t break a heart and then tell it to love.
NAJWA ZEBIANDon’t see the worst in a person and expect them to see the best in you.
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To the heart in you, don’t be afraid to feel. To the sun in you, don’t be afraid to shine. To the love in you, don’t be afraid to heal. To the ocean in you, don’t be afraid to rage. To the silence in you, don’t be afraid to break.
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Your opinion of me does not equal my self-worth.
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When you know what are you are doing and have a clear vision of where you are going, you will not need to chase opportunities. Opportunities will seek you. Happiness will chase you. And, instead of being a choice, you will be the one choosing.
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Letting go does not mean that you are giving up or that you are weak. It could just mean that you are no longer allowing what hurts you to control you.
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My heart aches in corners I did not know existed.
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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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I broke my soul trying to mend yours.
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Don’t play with fire and expect to stay perfectly safe.
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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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The reality you live in is partially up to you. The fantasy you live in is entirely up to you.
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Broken wings are a sign of struggle and strength.
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Never wish them pain. That’s not who you are. If they caused you pain, they must have pain inside. Wish them healing. That’s what they need.
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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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Own your healing as you’ve owned your pain.
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To you, it is much easier to not say a word. To me, I choke on my words if I do not say them. What truly hurts me is that you know that your silence infects a storm in my mind yet you choose it oh so easily.
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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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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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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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I may have been successful at giving, but I never know when to stop.
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You may be a disaster for a day, a month, or a year. Just don’t be a disaster forever.
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I spent more time getting over you than I spent falling in love with you.
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These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.
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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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It was the weirdest thing ever. I said to myself: why are people always so okay with not having me in their lives?
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We don’t make ourselves compassionate; we are born compassionate.
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