someone once told me “emotional intelligence is the discipline of sitting with a feeling long enough to understand it before you hand it to someone else” and that honestly changed how i move.
I think this Mercury Retrograde in Cancer is teaching me that even if the person who has harmed me wants to move on and forget their actions, I don’t have to. It was a crucial part of my development. And the only way out? Is through. I will face my fears. And I shouldn’t
keep doing things for you. just for you. for your own recognition, for your own approval, for your own joy. keep doing things that spark your confidence and self understanding. keep experiencing yourself.
I’m in love with this sentence:
“The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away.”
A mf will do everything besides love you properly.
They’ll watch your stories.
They’ll stalk your page.
They’ll think about you all day.
They’ll get jealous.
They’ll play games.
They’ll test your boundaries.
But ask them for honesty, consistency, and real love? Suddenly that’s too much.
Baby stop settling for potential. If they wanted to love you right they would.
you can always tell when someone gonna be successful cuz they be blatantly different from everything else around them without even trying, the demeanor just be different.