If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you can’t change.
—Tony Gaskins #ThingsToNeverForget
artwork by Erik Ly
A real apology is remorse followed by silence, space & changed behavior. A real apology is less speaking and more personal work on yourself. A real apology is looking within and addressing what caused you to hurt & disappoint someone you love
I once told my therapist, ‘I don’t understand why they did that to me, I’d never do the same to them.’ she said I can’t expect everyone to behave as I would, as they don’t view the world through my lens. they may not ever think to treat me with the same amount of consideration
woke up 25 today, frontal lobe fully developed.. my brain finally feels whole and it has allowed me to come to the crystal clear realization that there is nothing left for me