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Despite all the bad days and mean people, I still believe in good days and kind people. Plus, there are always dogs.

I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you think you can’t.

In my world there are no bad kids, just impressionable, conflicted young people wrestling with emotions and impulses, trying to communicate their feelings and needs the only way they know how.

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.

Sometimes all you can do is accept there’s not much you can do. And sometimes all you can control is how well you let go of control.

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

If today gets difficult, remember the smell of coffee, the way sunlight bounces off a window, the sound of your favorite person’s laugh, the feeling when a song you love comes on, the color of the sky at dusk, and that we are here to take care of each other.

The best apology is simply admitting your mistake. The worst apology is dressing up your mistake with rationalizations to make it look like you were not really wrong, but just misunderstood.

Don’t let the ugly in others kill the beauty in you.

People used to drive me crazy. Now I don’t get into their car.

Don’t personalize or internalize other people’s behavior. What they do is not a reflection of you. Their actions represent them and where they are in their growth. Just observe instead of getting caught up and overreacting emotionally.

Never wish them pain. That’s not who you are. If they caused you pain, they must have pain inside. Wish them healing. That’s what they need.

By practicing self-awareness and pausing before reacting, we can help create a world with less pain and more love.

We can disagree with each other without attacking each other, and we can recognize that someone is attacking our beliefs and opinions without feeding into it. It’s not easy to step back and disengage, but it saves us all a lot of unnecessary drama.

Despite how open, peaceful, and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you as deeply as they’ve met themselves.

Sometimes walking away is the only option because you finally respect yourself enough to know that you deserve better.

When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don’t take it personally. It says nothing about you but a lot about them.

Focus on the people who inspire you, not the ones who annoy you.

When you have to start compromising yourself or your morals for the people around you, it’s probably time to change the people around you.