"Thanks for being for me" 

Cultivate your circle and only let certain people in.

You can be open, honest and real while still understanding that not everyone deserves a seat at the table of your life.

"Excellence is never an accident. It is the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution, and the vision to see obstacles as opportunities"

I deserve the damn world. That is something that I honestly believe. I have such a good heart, and I deserve someone that knows exactly what they have when they have it and not when it's already gone.

It doesn't take all day to recognize sunshine. I know my worth, it's disappointing that you didn't see it until I decided to walk away. 

I feel like you had some big life change. Everytime you say something it starts with "I used to"

I've done a lot of maturing over the years, and it's always interesting to see just how far I've come.

You never cared.

And you never asked.

Until I stopped replying to you.

Now you'll never know.

Life is anything but easy, but the outcome you want will always be up to the decisions you make.

Nostalgia is a liar. Nothing was ever as good as you remember it to be. There's a reason you don't talk to that person anymore. There's a reason you're not part of each others lives.

Don't trust nostalgia.

Grieve. Reflect. Move on.

Can I just love you forever?

"No one knew much about her past, but somewhere along the way, she drifted into something I could never put into words"

               -- R.M. Drake

What's worse, new wounds which are so horribly painful or old wounds that should've healed but never did? Maybe our old wounds teach us something. They remind us where we've been and what we've overcome. They teach us lessons about what to avoid in the future. That's what we like to think. But that's not the way it is, is it? Some things we just have to learn over and over and over again.

Sometimes I don't know my own strengths. It can be hard to tell just how much weight I can safely bear, or how much will crush me. I'd like to think that I can shoulder as big a burden as I believe I can, that it's all a matter of will. Certainly a comforting thought. Other times it's hard to remember that I had any strength at all. Then I can only hope to have someone remind me -- I was once fierce and able.

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Everyone is fighting their own battle.