After a certain age, your parents slowly become your children. They ask simple questions, repeat stories, and depend on your patience the way you once depended on theirs. Very few understand this role reversal.What looks like innocence or inconvenience is really time coming full circle. Don't correct them harshly. Don't rush them. Care for them the way they once protected you. This is not a burden. It is repayment.
my ex said this to me when his mom passed and I think about it all the time. we are so much stronger than our fears, but we have to carry them by our side in order to love.
'first in my bloodline' trend makes me realize how rapidly society has changed for women in just a single generation.
They are literally the first in their entire lineage to do very basic things everyone now considers completely normal.
Underrated truth: You're not responsible for your first thought-that's conditioning.
You are responsible for your second thought and every action that follows.
Between stimulus and response, there's a space. That space is where you're built.
Tems said, "your love is not my lifeline, your love is not my home. returning you, you're not mine, to me, you don't belong, i'm better on my own, you're better when you're gone..." THIS IS R&B OMG �