Najwa Zebian on expectation
Najwa Zebian53 quotes“Don’t see the worst in a person and expect them to see the best in you.”
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I am broken beyond repair. There is no going back to the person I was before. There is rebirth, rebuilding, reinventing, and soul stitching with gold that needs to happen.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian 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.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian When pain knocks on your door, welcome it. Let it in. Sit with it. Have tea with it. Understand it. Then let it leave.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian I broke my soul trying to mend yours.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian The truth can be seen, but it is not believed until it is openly said.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian You were my home for so long. Now I realize that humans cannot be homes. If homes can leave, then they are not homes.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian My heart aches in corners I did not know existed.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian I spent more time getting over you than I spent falling in love with you.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian 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.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian I may have been successful at giving, but I never know when to stop.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian Keep your heart beautiful. The world needs that.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian 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.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian Today I decided to forgive you. Not because you apologized, or because you acknowledged the pain that you caused me, but because my soul deserves peace.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian It is your choice to either stay halfway through or to continue your journey once you start it, to reach that destination of the person you know you can be.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian 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.
Najwa ZebianNajwa Zebian I am no longer defined by what happened to me, but by who I am.
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