I just want to be loved the way or greater than I already love. I am such a give me a little and I’ll give you the world type of person that it ends in me receiving less and less and I don’t deserve that.
Gotta STAY CLEAR of folks who don't value the small sacrifices you make... like spending money you barely got, pulling up when you tired, giving advice, carrying their problems, or being the one who always checks in first. Some people only love the benefits, never the person. They'll use your energy just to go pour it into everybody but the one who's actually helping them.
ngl,this year really woke me up. I see clearly now,who's for me and never was. I learned to set boundaries, stop overextending myself and stop pouring into cups that don't pour back. it's not easy,but it's necessary and peaceful
I realize that God’s protection often looks like disappointment at first. You thought you lost something, but God was really saving you from it. I’m so thankful for everything that didn’t go my way & every single thing that prepared me for where I am now.
Girls will survive abuse, heartbreak, grief, and unspeakable tragedies and still navigate through the world with kindness and compassion, but one minor inconvenience in a man's childhood and he spends the rest of his life terrorizing and poisoning everyone around him
Not everyone knows how to express love through words, learn how to ask deeper questions so you can better understand people instead of writing them off..
My aunt dated a man for two years and eventually left him. To her, it felt like he never truly loved her, he never said “I love you,” never held her hand first, and never made big romantic gestures. She felt like she was the only one trying, like she was invisible to him.
Years later, she met his sister at a supermarket. They talked briefly, then the sister went quiet and said, “You know he grew up in a home where love was never expressed out loud. His father would punish any sign of emotion.”
She went on to say, “He stood outside your workplace every lunch break for six months before he found the courage to ask you out. He saved every message you ever sent him. Printed them. Kept them in a box under his bed.”
My aunt sat in her car in that parking lot and cried for an hour.
Then she called him.
He picked up on the first ring.
They’ve now been married for nine years.
Most relationships don’t fail because love disappears, it fails because two people are speaking different emotional languages and both assume silence means indifference.
Check on the people you love. Ask the questions you’re afraid to ask.
Don’t let years pass built on assumptions.
Btw in your 20’s and 30’s you’ll start rediscovering the niche interests and hobbies you had as a kid. It’s very important you revisit them. Your younger self was actually on to something