"You will never regret taking more pictures of people you love. Take the blurry ones. Take the ones where nobody is ready. Take the stupid videos that seem pointless at the time. One day you will look back and realize you were documenting a version of your life that you would
"You don’t have to put your life back exactly the way it was. Sometimes you can’t. You just have to figure out what you can do with the life you have now.”
When you miss an ex or a toxic family member, you aren’t missing the harm they caused. Your nervous system is simply remembering the chemical relief after the storm. Recognizing that it wasn’t love—just biochemistry—helped me forgive myself for grieving over people who weren’t
"When you miss an ex or a toxic family member, you aren’t missing the harm they caused.Your nervous system is simplyremembering the chemical relief after the storm. Recognizing that it wasn’t lovejust biochemistry helped me forgive myself for grieving over people who weren’t good
"Be the kind of person who makes cashiers smile, makes waiters laugh, and who makes lonely people feel seen. In a world so obsessed with being important, being kind, present, and wonderfully human is its own kind of extraordinary.”
“There will be a last coffee with someone. A last Sunday. A last holiday. A last chat. You more than likely won’t know it at the time. Live and love accordingly.”
"The person who starts telling the truth is often treated like the one causing the conflict. Not because they’re creating the dysfunction. Because they’re no longer protecting it.”
"I genuinely think reading fiction is one of the most underrated forms of mental rest. Sometimes your brain just needs to live somewhere else for a while.”
“Human beings can keep rebuilding while the construction site is still a mess. You donot have to wait until your lifebecomes quiet. You do not have to wait until you are less sad,less busy, less embarrassed, more motivated, or more certain. You can make one decision from the life