My favorite form of intimacy has always been asking questions, not to pry, but to understand the architecture of someone's inner world. The way they think. The way they feel. The way their past still echoes in their present. There's a depth in people that never shows unless someone asks the kind of questions that require honesty instead of performance.
there is something incredibly satisfying about reading the first page of a book, and immediately something in your brain sits up and goes 'oh, i'm going to like this' — and then every subsequent page proves you right.
What's the point of calling them your people if you can't run to them when life gets heavy? What's the point of love, friendship or connection if you have to sit alone with your pain just to avoid feeling like a burden.
“People know exactly what they’re doing”
Until it’s you. Then suddenly, your intentions matter. Everyone wants grace for themselves, but rarely wants to extend it to others.
Major cheat code for life: Be fully where your feet are. When you're at work, work. When you're with family, be with family. When you're resting, rest. Most people are physically present and mentally everywhere else.
I’ll remove myself before I allow anger to consume me ever again . I like to love. I like to laugh . I like to be happy. So if I gotta distance myself to keep things that way, I will.
i saw a girl on tiktok who said "accountability is so important to me. nobody's perfect, but don't try to flip the script and make my reaction the issue when your actions lit the match" i felt this to the core.
I love recommending things to people. Where did I do my nails? Where did I get my hair done? Oh, this dress?
First of all, I’m flattered you asked! I will never gatekeep, everyone deserves to look good!!!!
"Until death, all defeat is psychological." - Marcus Aurelius
Refuse everything that would lead most people to give up.
Refuse it.
Rise from the dead 1000 times.
Commit to never stay down & never give up.
Everything you want is on the other side of struggle.
I'm not married but my mom once told me that you can marry the right person and still feel stuck. You can have a stable, faithful partner and still feel unfulfilled if you built your whole identity around being someone’s wife instead of being your own person first.
Marriage benefits from a strong individual, it doesn’t create one. If you don’t know who you are, what you want, and how to stand on your own, marriage can quietly turn into a place where you shrink instead of grow. So don’t chase marriage like it’s the goal. Chase a life that already feels full so if you choose to marry, it adds to you, not becomes you.
The most underrated act of kindness is simply letting people be. Let them mispronounce a word, talk too much about a show they love, or get excited about something you don't quite understand. Everyone has something that lights them up, let them shine, even if it's not your thing.
Oh’to be disgustingly educated. To have a degree with your name on it. To enter rooms & raise the standard. To know your stuff & to know it well. To have knowledge nobody can take from you. Such a big flex. & most importantly, to be in alignment with God…