my life is nowhere near where i want it to be but i still just feel so grateful to be here right now. to show up most days trying my best to just make it happen for myself. the rough days make me appreciate the radiant ones. i pray i can give myself the life i feel i deserve.
It’s my birthday. I’m 37 and I have some things I’d like to share, in no particular order.
1. No one thinks about you more than you do. That thing from two years ago that keeps you up at night? No one else remembers. Honor the memory and let it go.
i’ve found that people who have experienced significant loss (death), end up having a deeper appreciation of life and living in the moment than those who have not experienced loss. they are also less likely to make big deals about trivial things.
i love princess treatment. tie my shoe for me when it gets untied, carry me when my feet start to hurt from wearing these really cute heels all day, kiss my hand and tell me i’m the most beautiful girl you’ve ever laid eyes on, open doors for me, pull my chair out for me,
Please teach your daughters that following a man through hell is not love. Sticking by his side while he drags you through years of embarrassment and infidelity that makes you question your worth is not love. Abandoning your dignity and self respect to keep the peace is not lo-
Best thing you can do for relationships is to know that no one is there to play a character in your fantasy world. People have their own life and path. They be going through things.
The less you accept that, the more you wanna change others or wait for them to get into script.
let’s talk abt how tiring it is to meet new people, introducing urself again, cracking old jokes, narrating old experiences, saying an overly used sweet phrases, opening ur scars again, giving nicknames, making memories, sharing ur fave music and darkest secrets and kinks w sum1,
never regret the love you have shown people. if you showed up in someone’s life with nothing but gentleness, kindness and compassion - it’s not on you if they couldnt return it. the fact you’re abundant enough to express love loudly and unapologetically is beautiful. don’t change
you exist in other people's hearts. you carve your existence in songs, words, scents. someone thinks of you when they hear a melody in a cafe, they watch the sunset in hopes that you are too. beloved one, simply by existing you are remembered. the traces you left won't disappear.