1. You don’t owe anyone anything but the same amount of respect they show you
2. It is what it is. It was what it was. It will be what it will be. Don’t stress it.
3. In the end, there doesn’t have to be someone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.
4. Being yourself is going to make some people extremely uncomfortable. They’ll dislike you solely to feel better about themselves. There’s no need to feed to nurture that negativity- dismiss it. Remember their insecurities are not yours to take on. The only thing that matters is your truth, stand tall in it.
5. Confront unresolved energy.
6. Everything is figureoutable.
7. If you are willing to look at another person’s behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a state about your value as a person, then you will, over a period of time, cease to react at all.
8. Always remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be.
9. There are two things I judge harshly- the inability for one to admit when they are wrong, and the lack of courage to say "I am sorry". Truthfully, we are all wrong at some point, but not all of us are sorry.
10. She was like summer…. Barely anyone appreciates her when she’s here, but when she’s gone, all they do is miss her.
11. Start over. Be brave enough to fund the life you want and courageous enough to chase it. Then start over and love yourself the way you were always meant to.
12. Eliminate everything that gives you conflicted feelings. Embrace the things that resonate with your soul.
13. Stay away from people who make you feel like you’re hard to love.
14. Be inspired by the fear of being average.
15. Change is hard at first. Messy in the middle. Ang gorgeous at the end.
16. Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses
17. You were not created for the entertainment or enjoyment of others. Smile because you’re happy, dance because you’re free, love because your heart is full. Not because you’re expected to be joyful or uplifting for the comfort of outsiders trying to find themselves in you.
18. Own less. Appreciate more
19. You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress, simultaneously. You can be healed and still be healing. You can be open and still be hurting. You can be brave and still frightened.
20. The universe wants you to know it has plans for you that are greater than even your wildest dreams. Trust the process.
21. A lot of times you won’t receive the love or support that you give. Don’t let that discourage you. Let that fuel you.
22. Find peace in what you cannot change. Stay grateful for what you can.
23. Many times, we think someone is ranting, but they are actually speaking with conviction: and everyone has just forgotten the sound of real passion. We’re so afraid of absolutes and a strong gut and digging in your heels, that we dismiss the powerful voice of a lonely fighter. Listen for quiet strength, for humble confidence. It’s not often someone will stand for what is right, what is true and what is pure.
24. Go where your energy is reciprocated, celebrated and appreciated.
25. You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.
26. No longer extend your arms for people who do not want to be caught.
27. Sometimes the most powerful intentions are silent. Ones where you don’t have to say a thing. Ones where you actions reveal where you stand.
28. Sometimes you meet someone. And it’s so clear that the two of you, on some level, belong together. As lovers, as friends, as family or as something entirely different. You just work, whether you understand one another or you’re in love, or your partners in crime. You meet these people throughout your life, out of nowhere, under the strangest circumstances, and they help you feel alive. Hold on to them.
29. She’s learning to love herself. It can be an internal war on some days, and it can be bliss on others. Through it all, she deserves patience, understanding, and love.
30. The best is yet to come…
Words from alex elle, billy chapata, instagram theologist, renya bibby, etc and yours truly.
