You can not be betrayed by someone who was never on your side.
You can not convince someone to love you.
A conversation about you is not a conversation with you,
Just because someone has a negative opinion doesn’t mean they feel negatively about you as a whole.
Small steps will lead to big things.
Allowing your community to be there for you is allowing your community to love you.
Still waters run deep.
Do not spend time with people who make you feel like an inconvenience because you are not.
Do not worry about how people perceive you (let them be wrong).
You were hired for a reason - you are capable of doing the job at hand.
Romance is everywhere.
The best journeys are the ones that are both beautiful and terrifying.
Use your voice - even if it shakes.
The love you give will always return to you.
You are your own home.
Try the weird food, just one bite.
Just because you don’t yell, doesn’t mean you aren’t mean.
Being on the dance floor is the best place to be.
“No” is a complete sentence.
The right people make all the difference.
You deserve an unburdened existence.
No one is paying attention to how your arms look in that one picture as much as you are.
Truth will always have peace to it.
A changing mind is a growing mind.
You are worthy of love, even after some people made you feel you are not.
No souls meet on accident.
Running away from your past will allow it to hijack your future.
What is for you will not pass you.
I love how this list holds both some softeness and somestrength. “You can not convince someone to love you”, been there. done that. got my heart ripped into two.
“Allowing your community to be there for you is allowing your community to love you” really stood out to me. I have a very hard time telling people I need something. In the first half of 2025, I was struggling with my parents' health and I felt like sleeping on a bed of nails was easier than asking for helping.
Keep writing! Sending love and magic your way.
Lessons are learned. By the way, Happy belated Birthday!!