Take more pictures
Always say I love you
Let things go
Learn the lesson. Don't repeat it.
Laugh often.
Be known for kindness
Ask them out.
Hold them close.
Embrace the small moments.
Pray
Love again.
Life is too short.
It’s selfish to enter a person’s life, see that they are a good, genuine, and loving person and decide to wreak havoc in their life because you haven’t faced the demons of your own. Leave people alone if you have no intention of being genuine back.
I'm finally coming to terms with the fact that as much as l wanted certain love, certain people, certain versions of my life, that just isn't my reality right now. And as painful as that is to admit, what hurts even more is realizing how close l came to losing myself trying to hold it all together. Fighting for things that didn't fight for me, pushing for things that didn't belong in my life anymore, trying to force situations that deep down I knew were slowly breaking me. And I can't do that to myself anymore. I can't keep abandoning myself just to avoid losing someone else. So if letting go means I lose people, memories, plans, or the life I thought I'd have by now, then I'm learning to be okay with that. Because at the end of all of this, I still have to live with myself. And no one talks about how hard it is to keep your head up and your heart open when you feel broken and heavy inside. But I know one thing for sure I'm my own home, my own safe place, my own constant. And I'm not losing her for anything or anyone. So whatever happens next, however life looks after this, I'll be okay because this time, I chose myself.