I just remembered how excited I was to stop using pencils and start writing with a pen in Primary 3. Funny how the smallest things felt like major milestones back then.
If only I knew 😭
Life is so funny. You can literally have the worst week of your life and then a few days later, life becomes so beautiful again and you feel happier than ever. Remember this when you're going through a rough patch. It'll pass. Give it time.
I told my therapist:
“I’m not suicidal…
but I’m tired in a way that scares me.”
She didn’t brush it off.
She didn’t say “everyone gets tired.”
She didn’t tell me to think positive.
She said softly:
A lesson I learned this year is that a person's capacity for growth is directly linked to how much truth they can face about themselves without running away.
you cannot outrun the suffering and struggles in life but you also cannot let it become you. choose love, romanticise the little things, see the magic, chase your dreams, learn and unlearn, choose peace, do your best, be insane be passionate be alive.
love & live. <3